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Best Start Resource Centre 
Provincial Forum for Service Providers:
Big Picture ↔ Local Action:
Working with Families and Young Children
Living in Poverty 
Sheraton Toronto Airport Hotel and Conference Centre
801 Dixon Road 
Toronto, ON M9W 1J5
http://www.starwoodhotels.com <http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=3508> 
Tuesday March 9, 2010
Time: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
For:
This full day forum is designed for service providers who work with young children, with parents of young children, or who have the opportunity to influence the health and development of young children. 
Workshop Description:
The Best Start Resource Centre team is pleased to announce a Provincial Forum on Child Poverty in Toronto, Ontario.  This Provincial Forum will address pertinent information for service providers working with families with young children (0-6 years old) living in poverty.  It will share information about rates of child poverty, consequences of child poverty, strategies that influence the impact of child poverty, and strategies that influence the rate of child poverty.  Registration will start at 8:30 am and the forum will end at 4:30 pm.
DISPLAY SPACE:
There will be space available for programs to bring material that is relevant (research, programs and services, policies) and relates to the issue of working with families and young children (0-6) living in poverty.
For more information, or to register for this event:
http://www.beststart.org/events/detail/poverty/poverty.html <http://www.beststart.org/events/detail/poverty/poverty.html> 
Wendy Burgoyne
Interim Best Start Manager
Best Start Resource Centre
Health Nexus / Nexus Santé
418 Mary Street East
Thunder Bay, Ontario P7E 4K3
Tel: 1-800-397-9567 x2279
1-807-623-2922
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Register now! Space is limited - 'Early bird' rates end January 8th.
Best Start Resource Centre: 2010 Annual Conference
February 17-19, 2010: Toronto, ON
http://www.beststart.org/events/detail/bsannualconf10/index.htm <http://www.beststart.org/events/detail/bsannualconf10/index.htm>