Adults - Healthy Living

• Aboriginal Canada Portal
  Your single window to Canadian Aboriginal on-line resources, contacts, information, and government programs and services.
• Active Living
  A 'Chatelaine Editors Choice' website. This site focuses on how fitness and recreation activities are a central part of active living.
• Active Living for Your Good Health
  Information about the benefits of regular physical activity, the federal role in the promotion of physical activity, and its role in the prevention of chronic disease.
• Alberta Health and Wellness
  Provincial government site containing information about Alberta Health and Wellness programs and services.
  • Regional Health Authorities
    This site is within the Alberta Health and Wellness site and provides information on Alberta's 9 Regional Health Authorities. Look here to see what is going on in your region.
• Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living
  A guide to help you make wise choices about physical activity. Choices that will improve your health, help prevent disease, and allow you to get the most out of life
• Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network
  The Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network is a national coalition of Aboriginal people and organizations that provide leadership, support and advocacy for Aboriginal people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.
• Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
  This site has information on activities related to minimizing the harm associated with the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.
• Canadian Council on Social Development
  The CCSD is a not-for-profit organization that has a mandate to promote better social and economic security for all Canadians. The CCSD conducts research in the areas of income security, employment, poverty, child welfare, pensions and government social policies.
• Canadian Health Network (CHN)
  This Public Health Agency of Canada sponsored site contains information from Canada's leading health organizations. The resources identified provide tips to improve the health and wellbeing of you and your family.
• Environmental Health
  The Safe Environments Programme (SEP) promotes healthy living, working and recreational environments by identifying and assessing health risks to Canadians posed by environmental factors.
• Family Health International (FHI)
  Family Health International is a not-for-profit organization committed to helping women and men have access to safe, effective, acceptable and affordable family planning methods. This site contains listings of FHI publications, services, research and even employment opportunities.
• Federal Initiative to Address HIV/AIDS in Canada
  This Public Health Agency of Canada site provides information on Canadian advances in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment, research, surveillance and community development.
• Government of Nunavut
  This is the official site for Canada's newest territory, Nunavut!
• Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
  HRSD is the federal department responsible for providing all Canadians with the tools they need to thrive and prosper in the workplace and community. They support human capital development, labour market development and are dedicated to establishing a culture of lifelong learning for Canadians.
• Industry Canada 'Strategis'
  The Strategis website provides Canadians with business and consumer information. The site is aimed at not only informing, but also at making Canadian businesses and consumers more successful at home and abroad.
• Justice Canada
  Canada's Department of Justice works to ensure that Canada's justice system is as fair, accessible and efficient as possible. This site has information on current Department of Justice initiatives.
• Law Commission of Canada
  The Commission was established in 1997 to engage Canadians in the renewal of the law and ensure that it is relevant, responsive, effective, equally accessible to all and just.
• Men's Health
  Listing of Health Canada information that can be accessed on various men's health issues including heart disease, hypertension, nutrition and tobacco.
• Mental Health
  This Public Health Agency of Canada site provides a wide range of online materials related to mental health promotion. It includes links to other related sites.
• National Clearinghouse on Family Violence
  The National Clearinghouse on Family Violence is a national resource centre for all Canadians seeking information about violence within the family and looking for new resources being used to address it.
• National Clearinghouse on Tobacco and Health
  The Clearinghouse provides information and networking services relevant to tobacco use prevention.
• Natural Health Products
  The Natural Health Products Directorate of Health Canada (NHPD).
• Nutrition
  Information on Canada's Food Guide, Body Mass Index and the newest recommendations on infant feeding.
• NWT Health and Social Services
  The Government of the Northwest Territories department responsible for a broad range of health and social programs. This site contains information on what is underway to promote, maintain and enhance the health and well-being of the citizens of the Northwest Territories.
• Office of Public Health Security (OPHS)
  The OPHS provides information on global and national public health events, administers the Quarantine Act, deals with travel medicine and tropical health issues, coordinates the national health emergency duty officer system and responses to terrorist events or accidents involving chemical, biological and radioactive substances. The Office is responsible for coordination and management during health emergencies.
• Social Development Canada
  The Department of Social Development (SD) is mandated with helping to secure and strengthen Canada's social foundation. They do this by helping families with children, supporting people with disabilities and ensuring that seniors can fully participate in their communities. This includes income security programs, such as the Canada Pension Plan.
• Statistics Canada
  Statistics Canada's site provides the latest data on a variety of Canadian behaviours. Also provides information from the 2001 census.
• The Media Project
  This site offers entertainment professionals an array of services to encourage and support accurate portrayals of family planning, sexuality and reproductive health in their work.
• Travel Health
  This site has information for travellers including locations of travel health clinics, travel health advisories, and more.
• Voluntary Sector Initiative
  The Voluntary Sector Initiative (VSI) is a unique undertaking between the Government of Canada and the voluntary sector to enhance their relationship and strengthen the sector's capacity.
• Women's Health
  Here is an index of Health Canada information available on a wide range of topics related to women's health.

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