"Today, Member of Parliament, Scott Simms, on behalf of the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, announced funding for Toward Prevention, which will increase awareness of FASD, prevent alcohol use in pregnancy, and improve the health and social outcomes for those affected by FASD.
The prevention-based awareness campaign will include social media ads, infographics, and resource materials for the public and for health and social service professionals that reflect Atlantic Canada’s unique needs, values, and contexts. The campaign and resources will be translated into French, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy-Maliseet, Innu-Aimun, and Inuktitut.
The ‘FASD 101 and the Justice System’ training curriculum is tailored to justice professionals such as policing, corrections and parole officers, lawyers and judges.This comprehensive, evidence-based FASD training offers a trauma-informed lens to understanding FASD and its intersection with the justice system in Atlantic Canada. This project will support the development of a facilitator manual and virtual training sessions to increase capacity of justice professionals to train others across the Atlantic provinces." 

Read the full press release here.
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Watch the announcement here with remarks by Scott Simms, Member of Parliament for Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, Newfoundland and Labrador, Sean Casey, Member of Parliament for Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and Katharine Dunbar Winsor, fasdNL Executive Director.

*New Study on Vaping in Pregnancy Recruiting Participants *
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The Centre of Excellence for Women's Health is currently recruiting participants for a new study designed to understand vaping of cannabis and nicotine during pregnancy and postpartum.
This study is looking to hear from pregnant and postpartum women firsthand in order to understand women’s experiences, attitudes, knowledge and practices.
If you are interested and think this might apply to you, click this link to learn more about the project and participate in the survey:
http://ow.ly/Yxlu50DbH8a
#VapingInPregnancyStudy

Seeking research participants (until end of January 2021) on the education and care of people using methadone or Suboxone during pregnancy.  Interested? Email adrover@mun.ca or call 709-777-4057.

About this research project: "This project has full ethics approval from the provincial Health Research Ethics Board.
The purpose of this study is to support and improve the obstetrical care and perinatal education provided to pregnant parents undergoing Opioid Agonist Treatment (Methadone/Suboxone) in Eastern Health.
Through private discussions with participants, held over Zoom, we wish to explore the pregnancy, delivery and immediate post-partum experience of birthing parents who were taking methadone or suboxone.
If you are interested in participating in this study please review the recruitment poster below and follow the indicated steps. New participants will be accepted until end of January, 2021."

The Atlantic FASD Community Network brings together stakeholders from the Atlantic provinces whose work focuses on or intersects with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) at the community or committee level.
The Network aims to move forward FASD initiatives in the Atlantic region through collaborative efforts around awareness, prevention, education, intervention, and knowledge mobilization.
The blog is an initiative led by the Atlantic FASD Community Network. It aims to capture the experiences and views of various individuals working or living with FASD in the Atlantic provinces.

Interested in contributing a post about your experience working or living with FASD?
Email contact@fasdNL.ca
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