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Birthing and bonding: an expectant father's issue! 
Describes the father's role during labour and childbirth.
Source: BC Council for Families (BCCF)
From: Becoming a parent / parenting in early childhood
Healthy fathers—Canadian men talk about the rewards and challenges of being 'Dad' 
Briefly discusses how the role of fathers has evolved in recent years. Features four men who are at various stages of fatherhood and presents their answers to questions about their life, their feelings, their challenges, and their views of being a father. Prepared by CHN's Eastern Regional Operating Centre.
Source: Canadian Health Network (CHN)
From: Magazine feature of the month: archives
Fathers and daughters - staying connected through the years 
Acknowledges that the teen years present different challenges to the relationship between fathers and daughters. Points out why it is so crucial that a father continue to play a participating role. Offers suggestions to fathers (including those separated by divorce) on how to involve themselves in their daughters' lives.
Source: Canadian Health Network (CHN)
From: Magazine feature of the month: archives
New dads are more involved than ever before 
Argues that fathers bring a different (but important) dimension to child rearing as compared to a mother. Suggests both supportive and practical ways in which a father can be a valuable participant in a household with a new baby.
Source: Canadian Health Network (CHN)
From: Magazine feature of the month: archives
Father Involvement Research Alliance (FIRA) 
Develops collaborative research initiatives designed to strengthen the relationships between fathers and children. Encourages fathers to be a positive influence in the lives of their children, and strives to effect change at the community and societal levels.
Source: Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being (CFWW)
Dads Can 
Promotes responsible and involved fathering by supporting both men's personal development into fatherhood and healthy fathering patterns in our society. Web site includes fathering tools to help build involved fathers, a chat room, a directory of fathering information, and press releases.
Source: Dads Can
10 + 1 tips to be an involved father 
Provides eleven parenting tips suggesting how dads can become involved fathers.
Source: Dads Can
Fathering Information Network Directory (F.I.N.D.) 
Provides a directory of organizations across Canada that offer information or services related to fathering.
Source: Dads Can
Father Involvement Initiative - Ontario Network (FII-ON) 
Describes a community-based project that promotes father involvement as a valuable component of healthy child development. Web site includes resources, tools, research, and reports.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
From: Description of the initiative
Involved fathers: a guide for today's dad  PDF
Explains how fathers can play a positive and involved role with their families and children. Outlines why fathers are important to their children and ways to overcome the challenges of fathering. Describes how to be an involved father in different family structures. Link requires PDF reader.
Source: Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
From: Father Involvement Initiative - Ontario Network
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