Programs
Empowering Families Through Knowledge, Lived Experience and Support
Our programs provide essential guidance for parents, caregivers, and educators, equipping them with the tools to foster healthy child development. From foundational parenting strategies to specialized support for perinatal wellness in post-secondary settings, we create programs that nurture resilience, confidence, and well-being for individuals and communities.
Core Foundations Parenting Program
Core Parenting Foundations: A Collective for Mothers in Strength, Growth, and Community is a 13-week program designed to provide teenage mothers with a supportive foundation through education, emotional support, and life skills, leveraging personal narratives and guest speakers to guide them from pregnancy to early parenthood.
Current and expecting teenage mothers
Organizations working with teenage mothers
The Core Parenting Foundations: A Collective for Mothers in Strength, Growth, and Community Program helps teenage mothers build a strong foundation for parenting while also focusing on perinatal wellness and being mentored by a seasoned and educated parent and professional.
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Fall 2025
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Post-Secondary Perinatal Wellness and Academic Support (PPAS) Program
Post-Secondary Perinatal Wellness and Academic Support (PPAS) is a virtual program component with an optional in-person doula support component with subject matter that covers topics related to research-informed perinatal wellness, doula and birthing support, and academic success.
Graduate students
Post-secondary insitusions
The Post-Secondary Perinatal Wellness and Academic Support (PPAS) Program provides academic support for parent-students without forcing them to compromise their perinatal health or parenting priorities.
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Fall 2025
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Workshops
Workshops
Practical Insights for Parents and Practitioners
Our interactive workshops address families and professionals' challenges when navigating and delivering mental health and perinatal care. Designed to be engaging and informative, these sessions provide actionable tools for fostering inclusive, culturally responsive support systems.
Navigating Mental Health Services for Parents Workshop
Navigating Mental Health Services for Parents is a three-part workshop series designed to empower parents with practical skills, emotional support, and advocacy tools to navigate the mental health system for their children effectively. Through a blend of education, healing-focused exercises, and actionable advocacy techniques, parents will gain confidence and resilience in supporting their children’s mental health journeys. These workshops provide a supportive community environment where parents can openly address their concerns and learn from experts and peers alike.
Parents with youth struggling with mental health challenges
Institutions working with youth
The Navigating Mental Health Services for Parents Workshops provides guidance informed by lived experience and institutional policies and protocol.
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Winter 2025
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Culturally Sensitive Perinatal Practice Workshop
Culturally Sensitive Perinatal Practice is a virtual workshop that covers topics such as how to use a culturally safe framework, the history of inequities within the healthcare space for marginalized groups, the importance of culturally safe practice.
Nurses, perinatal professionals and practitioners
Hospitals and healthcare organizations
The Culturally Sensitive Perinatal Practice Workshop provides guidance informed by lived experience of the facilitator, a mother of 7, with expert insight on institutional policies and protocol.
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Fall 2025
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Workshops
Ready to empower familes and strengthen communities?
Whether you're a parent, educator, healthcare professional, or community leader, our expertise can support your goals. Reach out today to explore how our programs, workshops, consultations, and speaking engagements can empower you and your community.
Consultations
Expert Guidance for Inclusive and Culturally Safe Practices
We provide in-depth analysis and strategic recommendations to ensure policies and content align with best practices in equity, accessibility, and cultural safety. Our consultations support organizations in creating environments where all individuals feel seen, respected, and supported.
Content and Policy Analysis for Culturally Safe Healthcare Practice
Expert review of healthcare policies, training materials, and patient-facing documents to ensure cultural safety and accessibility. We help refine language, framing, and inclusivity through detailed feedback and recommendations, fostering respectful and equitable healthcare environments.
Healthcare leadership, health practitioners
Hospitals and healthcare instiutions
Culturally safe healthcare improves patient trust, engagement, and outcomes. Our consulting helps identify biases, refine language, and enhance accessibility in policies and materials. By investing in this service, organizations foster equitable, respectful, and inclusive care environments, ensuring all patients feel heard and valued.
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Covenant Health
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Global Healthcare Leaders Foundation
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Engage Global Health
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Daymark Foundation
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Content and Policy Analysis for Inclusive Practice Tailored Towards Disabled Students
Expert review of policies and educational materials to ensure they are inclusive and accessible for disabled students. Through detailed feedback and recommendations, we help refine language, structure, and accommodations, fostering equitable learning environments where all students can thrive.
Universities and post-secondary instiutions
Ensuring inclusive policies and materials isn’t just ethical—it’s essential. Our consulting helps organizations identify barriers, improve accessibility, and align with best practices, creating environments where all individuals feel valued and supported. Investing in this service enhances compliance, engagement, and equity, improving student and community outcomes.
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Red Deer Polytechnic
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University of Alberta
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Wilfrid Laurier University
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Nova Scotia College of Social Workers
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Toronto Metropolitan University
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Northern Caribbean University
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Humber Polytechnic
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Speaking Engagements
Inspiring Change Through Thought Leadership
Dr. Anita Ewan delivers compelling keynotes, guest lectures, and panel discussions that spark dialogue and inspire action. With expertise in child, family, and community development, her speaking engagements provide evidence-based insights, practical solutions, and a deep commitment to equity and inclusion.
Keynote, Guest Lecture, and Panel Speaking Engagements by Dr. Anita Ewan
With over 15 years of experience in social work, early childhood education, and maternal health, Dr. Anita Ewan is a passionate advocate for equitable, inclusive, and culturally safe care. As a professor, researcher, and consultant, she bridges academic expertise and lived experience—including navigating systemic barriers as a mother of seven—to drive meaningful change. Through engaging keynotes, Dr. Ewan inspires audiences to challenge inequities, reimagine policies, and foster inclusive systems that uphold dignity and justice for all.
Students
Professors
Staff
Leadership
Service Users
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Perinatal health and wellness
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Parenting
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Neurodiversity in children
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Parenting and autism
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Social entrepreneurship
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Motherhood and career development
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Parenting and mental health
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Perinatal mental health
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Teenage pregnancy
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Supporting marginalized parents and families
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Public housing policy, barriers and support
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Child welfare concerns
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Parent, school, hospital, child and family services collaboration
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National Perinatal Mental Health Conference by the Daymark Foundation 2024
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