Events, Calendar, and Announcements

FANS Annual Conference
Nov
21

FANS Annual Conference

Mark Friday, November 21, 2025 on your calendar. FANS 4th conference will offer renowned speakers providing research and best practices on critical issues associated with FASD. Register early on Eventbrite.

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FANS Family Gathering - Sat. Feb. 15, 2025
Feb
15

FANS Family Gathering - Sat. Feb. 15, 2025

Come join us for a relaxed afternoon to get to know each other and build our caregiver community. We will have some activities, snacks and a big open gym space to run around and play. All ages and all family members/caregivers/siblings welcome. Drop in any time between 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.

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Webinar - FASD and Aggression: From Conceptualization to Clinical Best Practice - Friday, August 16, 2024 (Via Zoom)
Aug
16

Webinar - FASD and Aggression: From Conceptualization to Clinical Best Practice - Friday, August 16, 2024 (Via Zoom)

In this CanFASD webinar, attendees will learn about the conceptualization of aggressive behaviours and FASD while hearing about new research on clinical best practice using the application of Nonviolent Resistance. Attendees can expect to hear from both researchers in the field and in-body experiences.

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Announcements

  • FANS distributes it’s “Report on the Discriminatory Impact of the Provincial School Code of Conduct Policy on Students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)”

  • April 2025 - The Nova Scotia Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (EECD) introoduced the Provincial School Code of Conduct policy.

  • April 9, 2025 - FANS delivers “Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) in Nova Scotia - A Roadmap to Excellence” to all the MLA’s of the 65th Legislature of Nova Scotia. This is a basis for a provincial framework on FASD.

  • On Friday, March 21, 2025, Honourable Derek Mombourquette introduced Bill 107, “Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Act, “An Act Respecting Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder”.

  • February 7, 2025 - I had the pleasure of meeting with the students from Mount Saint Vincent Faculty of Education. Thank you to Bruce Fisher for introducing me to such an engaged group of future educators, and allowing me to tell them about how FASD will impact their careers. Allan

  • November 22 and 23, 2024 - I was pleased to work with the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) Sydney Waterfront Campus, Early Childhood Development Centre. On Friday I did a presentation to students, and on Saturday I provided a workshop for staff from Cape Breton Early Childhood Centres. Thank you to Kathy Milburn at NSCC for her organization and hospitality, and to all the participants for travelling through inclement weather to attend.

  • November 8, 2024 - FANS held our third conference at the Halifax Towers Hotel. Speakers included Audrey McFarlane, Executive Director of CanFASD, and Annette Cormier & Stacy Taylor from the New Brunswick FASD Centre of Excellence.

  • September 9, 2024 was International FASD Awareness Month. A great opportunity to talk about FASD.

  • May 28, 2024 -FANS (Fetal Alcohol Nova Scotia) launches new website.

  • March 1, 2024 - FANS hosts it’s second conference in Halifax.

  • September 9, 2023 - FANS hosts it’s first conference in Truro.