Resources

Developed as part of the Ontario Early Adversity and Resilience (OEAR) Framework, this topic summary explores the connections between food, feeding and nutrition, early adversity, and resilience. It emphasizes the importance of responsive feeding relationships, food security, and equitable access to nutritious and culturally appropriate food in supporting healthy development, well-being, and resilience among children and families.

Developed as part of the Ontario Early Adversity and Resilience (OEAR) Framework, this topic summary explores the connections between infant feeding (0–6 months), early adversity, and resilience. It highlights the role of infant feeding in supporting healthy development, caregiver-infant attachment, and long-term well-being, while emphasizing the importance of equitable access to feeding supports and nurturing environments that strengthen resilience for infants and families.

Developed as part of the Ontario Early Adversity and Resilience (OEAR) Framework, this topic summary explores the connections between mental health, early adversity, and resilience. It highlights how adverse experiences can influence mental health and well-being across the life course, while emphasizing the importance of supportive relationships, protective factors, and equitable access to services in fostering resilience and promoting positive mental health for individuals, families, and communities.

Developed as part of the Ontario Early Adversity and Resilience (OEAR) Framework, this topic summary explores the connections between substance use, early adversity, and resilience. It highlights how adverse childhood experiences and toxic stress can increase the risk of substance use and related harms across the life course, while emphasizing the importance of prevention, supportive relationships, and protective factors in fostering resilience and promoting health and well-being.

Developed as part of the Ontario Early Adversity and Resilience (OEAR) Framework, this topic summary explores the connections between trauma, violence, early adversity, and resilience. It highlights how trauma- and violence-related experiences can shape health and well-being across the life course, while emphasizing the importance of trauma- and violence-informed care, safe relationships, and equitable, supportive environments in reducing harm and strengthening resilience for individuals, families, and communities.

This fact sheet helps parents understand how economic difficulties can affect their families, in terms of their sense of safety, connectedness, and hope. It also helps families find ways to cope during uncertain times.

This guide provides information on what constitutes a healthy sexual environment and suggests rules that can be put in place at home to establish clear boundaries.

This fact sheet addresses how childhood adversity, toxic stress, and trauma can negatively impact students’ ability to thrive in school, at home, and throughout life.

This checklist can help organizations respond to high intensity and unplanned events by preparing individuals to manage the practical, logistical, and emotional impacts following incidents.

This page offers proactive and timely strategies to help children, especially those who have experienced childhood trauma, learn to better control their emotions.