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03/18/2025

Please join us on April 23rd and please also pass on the word! Presentations will be in English and French with automatic translation.

Rejoignez-nous le 23 avril et faites passer le message ! Les présentations se feront en anglais et en français avec traduction automatique.

03/11/2025

Please consider attending this free online conference and share with your respective networks! Presenters from different parts of the country will be speaking about advancements and challenges in supporting perinatal loss parents (in both English and French with simultaneous translation).

03/06/2025

For all student and independent filmmakers out there who are interested in highlighting the important role of fathers (referring to all who play fatherly roles) in children's lives, here is an excellent opportunity! Submission deadline is March 24th--

What is The D3F?
“Daddying” is what occurs when fatherhood and nurturing converge in service to a child's well-being. The Daddying Film Festival and Forum (D3F), is not your ordinary film festival. D3F is the world’s first and only film festival focused exclusively on promoting the importance of positive dad/dad figure involvement for kids and families. D3F was created by the DADvocacy Consulting Group and its Daddy Appleseed Fund (DAF) to offer children and youth a stage to express through film/video how they feel about the relationship they have or wish they had with their dads.

The inaugural virtual Daddying Film Festival in 2022 provided students and other non-student, independent filmmakers from 17 countries a worldwide stage to convey the importance of involved dads in their lives. In 2023, D3F expanded its outreach to encourage dads and dad figures to submit their own films for consideration. (Note: when we use the words "father" or "dad," we also refer to all who play fatherly roles.)

“Daddying” is what occurs when fatherhood and nurturing converge in service to a child's well-being. The Daddying Film Festival and Forum (D3F), is not your ordinary film festival. D3F is the world’s first and only film festival focused exclusively on promoting the importance of positive dad/...

10/01/2024

October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month...a special thought to all my perinatal loss parents past and present.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑷𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒌𝒊𝒏
A beautiful poem by Jennifer Giles

This is the story
Of a pumpkin of white
What is its place on this autumn night?
Amidst all the orange and colors of fall
It seems out of place; not belonging at all
But oh what a place, and oh what a story
You see, in its face lies the image of glory

Of babies so small, so incredibly tiny
Perfect in purpose, their souls shining brightly
No less a baby, a child just the same
As one who was held and called by their name
Was my baby a he?
Or was she a she?
What would my child have grown up to be?
Yet bigger than questions and what ifs and whys
Is the comfort they feel when they look to the skies
For their hope is the truth that they so tightly cling
“I’ll know all the answers, understand everything
on the day that God hands my child back to me”

This pumpkin is sweet baby boys and girls
Who never opened their eyes to this world
Never cried, never feared
Protected from pain
Touched by their innocence
We’re never the same
Lives perfect and pure
All things lovely and sweet
And we honor them here
‘Till heaven we meet

This pumpkin is all of the sweet little ones
Whose lives although short were covered in love
In kisses and snuggles, rocking and playing
Their parents not knowing they wouldn’t be staying
But the time that they had they would never trade
Even if they could be saved from the pain
Their cribs may be empty, but the promise remains
One day they’ll hold their babies again

This pumpkin is for all these sweet angel friends
Whose parents all know this isn’t the end
And how they are doing
Tonight up in heaven
Is better than anything we could imagine
Though we’re missing our children
And we’re still on this side
Our hearts will continue to swell with pride
At the special, the wondrous, the out of place things
Like this white pumpkin, and the joy that it brings
A reminder that our children are more than alive
They are perfectly whole, all things are made right

Angel parents, I know there’s still tears to be shed
But I hope that this pumpkin brings peace instead
Our babies are promised forever in heaven
And that’s the best gift we could ever be given.

09/18/2024

A new podcast from the data-driven parenting content of Emily Oster...now this I can get behind in terms of providing guidance to expectant parents!

Listen to The Free Press’s Raising Parents with Emily Oster podcast on Apple Podcasts.

09/15/2024

09/13/2024

To mark Quebec's first Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Day on October 15th, the première of a documentary on miscarriage will be screened at UQO.

07/05/2024

THIS 💙

06/06/2024

Listening to patient voices is crucial, but physicians can sometimes overlook details that could lead to an important diagnosis. AI can help.

03/11/2024

Can we get 5000 signatures?!

Join us in this important cause by signing our petition to bring the issue of fertility care to the attention of the Government of Canada. Together, we can pressure the government to prioritize this issue and take necessary steps to ensure affordable and accessible fertility care for all Canadians.

This petition serves to advocate for the affordability and universality of access to fertility care across Canada. We believe that every Canadian deserves equal access to fertility treatments, regardless of their geographical location within the country.

Once our petition is presented in the House of Commons, the Government of Canada is obligated to provide an official response. By signing, you are helping us emphasize the importance of this matter and urging the government to take action.

Our goal is to have over 5000 signatures. Please sign and share with your network.

Let's make a difference and work towards a future where affordable and universal fertility care is available to everyone across Canada. Sign the petition today!

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4844