Directory of Canadian Pediatric Organizations
Quick Links:
Blood banks
Alberta Cord Blood Bank 780-492-2673 www.acbb.ca
Canadian Blood Services www.bloodservices.ca
Cells for Life 905-472-0060 www.cellsforlife.com
Create 416-323-7727 www.createbank.com
Progenics Cord Blood Cryobank 1-866-398-7778 www.progenicscryobank.com
Stem Sciences Inc. 1-866-730-0800 www.stemsciences.com
Breastfeeding
The Breastfeeding Committee for Canada 416-465-8265 www.breastfeedingcanada.ca
INFACT Canada (Infant Feeding Action Coalition) 416-595-9819 www.infactcanada.ca
La Leche League Canada Breastfeeding Referral: 1-800-665-4324 www.lalecheleaguecanada.ca
Caregivers
Canadian Medical Association 613-731-9331 www.cma.ca/cpgs
Canadian Nurses Association 613-237-2133 or 1-800-361-8404 www.cna-nurses.ca
Canadian Paediatric Society 613-526-9397 www.cps.ca
The College of Family Physicians of Canada 905-629-0900 www.cfpc.ca
Family Ties 416-264-6767 www.familytiescanada.com
Great Aupair 925-478-4100 www.greataupair.com
NFDA Canada 604-272-1622 www.nannyfindersbc.com
Select Nannies 866-710-1287 www.selectnannies.ca
Society of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists of Canada 613-730-4192 or 1-800-561-2416 www.sogc.medical.org
Child Care
Canadian Child Care Federation 613-729-5289 or 1-800-858-1412 www.cccf-fcsge.ca
Child Care Advocacy Association of Canada 613-594-3196 www.ccaac.ca
Centre for Urban and Community Studies 416-978-6895 www.childcarecanada.org
Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care 416-538-0628 or 1-800-594-7514 www.childcareontario.org
Contraception/ Family Planning
The Bay Centre for Birth Control 416-351-3700
Planned Parenthood Federation of Canada 613-241-4474 www.ppfc.ca
Serena Canada 613-728-6536 or 1-888-373-7362 www.serena.ca
Doulas
Doula C.A.R.E. Inc. 905-842-3385 or 1-888-879-3199 www.doulacare.ca
Canadian Doulas www.canadiandoulas.com
Doulas of North America www.dona.com
Health
Allergy/Asthma Information Association 416-679-9521 or 1-800-611-7011 www.aaia.ca
Asthma Society of Canada 416-787-4050 or 1-800-787-3880 www.asthma.ca
Bureau of Reproductive and Child Health 613-941-2395 web: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ main/lcdc/web/brch/reprod.html
Canadian Dental Association 613-523-1770 www.cda-adc.ca
The Canadian Dermatology Association 613-730-6262 or 1-800-267-3376 www.dermatology.ca
The Canadian Institute of Child Health 613-230-8838 www.cich.ca
Canadian MedicAlert Foundation 416-696-0267 or 1-800-668-1507 www.medicalert.ca
The Hospital for Sick Children 416-813-1500 or 1-800-268-9017 www.sickkids.ca
Learning Disabilities Association of Canada 613-238-5721 www.ldac-taac.ca
Mothercraft 416-920-5983 www.mothercraft.ca
Motherisk Program 416-823-6780 (M-F 9-5) www.motherisk.org Provincial Genetics Resource Centre Children's Hospital of Western Ontario 519-685-8140 or 1-800-243-8416
Infant Death
Bereaved Families of Ontario 416-440-0290 or 1-800-BFO-6364 www.bereavedfamilies.net
Cdn Foundation for the Study of Infant Death 416-488-3260 or 1-800-END-SIDS www.sidscanada.org
The Compassionate Friends of Canada 204-475-9527
Prenatal Bereavement Services Ontario 905-472-1807 or 1-888-301-PBSO www.pbso.ca
Infant /Maternal
Health ConditionsCanadian Cancer Society 1-888-939-3333 www.cancer.ca
Canadian Diabetes Association 416-363-3373 or 1-800-226-8464 www.diabetes.ca
Canadian Fitness & Lifestyle Research Inst. 613-233-5528 www.cflri.ca
Canadian Liver Foundation 416-491-3353 or 1-800-563-5483 www.liver.ca
Canadian Lung Association 613-569-6411 or 1-888-566-5864 www.lung.ca
Epilepsy Canada 514-845-7855 or 1-877-SEIZURE www.epilepsy.ca
The Kidney Foundation of Canada 514-369-4806 or 1-800-361-7494 www.kidney.ca
Lupus Canada 1-800-661-1468 www.lupuscanada.org
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada 416-922-6065 or 1-800-268-7582 www.mssociety.ca
Thyroid Foundation of Canada 613-544-8364 or 1-800-267-8822 www.thyroid.ca
YWCA of Canada 416-962-8881 www.ywcacanada.ca
Nutrition
Dietitians of Canada 416-596-0857 www.dietitians.ca
National Eating Disorder Information Centre 416-340-4156 www.nedic.ca
National Institute of Nutrition 613-235-3355 www.ccfn.ca
Parenting
Ella Centre for Pregnancy and Parenting 416-425-6500 www.ellacentre.com
Family Service Canada 613-722-9006 or 1-800-668-7808 www.familyservicecanada.org
One Parent Families Association of Canada 905-831-7098 www.opfa.net
Parent Help Line 416-586-5437 or 1-888-603-9100 www.parentsinfo.sympatico.ca
Postpartum Depression
Canadian Ass. of Family Resource Programs 613-237-7667 www.frp.ca
Canadian Mental Health Association 416-484-7750 www.cmha.ca
Pacific Postpartum Support Society 604-255-7999 www.postpartum.org
Parent Development Centre 403-777-1850 www.parentdevelopment.com
Postpartum Adjustment Support Services 905-844-9009 www.folland.com
Postpartum Support Program of Quinte 613-968-7342 or 613-392-5266
Postpartum Support International www.chss.iup.edu/postpartum
Reproductive Health
The Canadian Women's Health Network 204-942-5500 or 1-888-818-9172 www.cwhn.ca
Women's College Health Sciences Centre 416-966-7111
Vancouver Women's Health Collective 604-736-4234
Women's Health Office Health Sciences 905-525-9140 ext. 22210 www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/women/
Safety
Canada Safety Council 613-739-1535 www.safety-council.org
Canadian Juvenile Products Association 905-893-1689
Canada Road Safety & Vehicle Regulation 800-333-0371 www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/
Canadian Toy Testing Council 613-228-3155 www.toy-testing.org
Child and Family Canada www.cfc-efc.ca
Infant & Toddler Safety Association 519-570-0181 (hotline)
Safe Kids Canada 1-888-SAFE-TIPS www.sickkids.ca/safekidscanada
Safe Start 604-875-3273 or 1-888-331-8100 www.bcchildrens.ca/a>
Special Needs
About Face International 1-800-665-3223 www.aboutfaceinternational.org
Autism Treatment Services of Canada 403-253-6961 www.autism.ca
Cdn Association of Speech-Language Pathologists And Audiologists (CASLPA) 1-800-259-8519 www.caslpa.ca
The Canadian Association of the Deaf 613-565-2882 or TTY: 613-565-8882 www.cad.ca
Canadian Council of the Blind 613-567-0311 www.ccbnational.net
Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 416-485-9149 or 1-800-378-2233 www.cysticfibrosis.ca
Canadian Down Syndrome Society 403-270-8500 or 1-800-883-5608 www.cdss.ca
Canadian Hemophilia Society 514-848-0503 www.hemophilia.ca
Canadian National Institute for the Blind 416-486-2500 www.cnib.ca
Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders www.cord.ca
Canadian Spinal Research Organization 905-508-4000 or 1-800-361-4004 www.csro.com
Cerebral Palsy Canada 403-543-1161 or 1-800-363-2807 www.cerebralpalsycanada.com
Easter Seals/March of Dimes Council 416-932-8382 or TTY: 416-932-8151 www.esmodnc.org
Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada 416-488-0030 or 1-800-567-2873 www.mdac.ca
Spinal Bifida & Hydrocephalus Association 1-800-565-9488 www.sbhac.ca
Turner's Syndrome Society 416-781-2086 or 1-800-465-6744