Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)

What We Do

At the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute, within the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Prevention Program, our focus is to prevent FASD from occuring (primary prevention). To make a difference we:
Promote awareness, education, and understanding of FASD by:

Developing multi-media messages.
Delivering presentations, workshops, and conferences for professionals, service providers and community groups.
Coordinating a Saskatchewan FASD Speakers' Bureau. To book a speaker, please refer to the Saskatchewan FASD Speakers Bureau Section.

For upcoming conferences and training opportunities, please refer to our Events Section on this website.

Develop and share evidence-based resources with professionals, service providers and community groups by:

Producing fact sheets, brochures, posters, booklets, DVD's and presentation packages and hosting a video lending library. (Over 13,000 resources were distributed in a 3 month period between January and March, 2010.
Providing downloadable resources on our website.

Support communities and build capacity through outreach by:

Providing grants and facilitating networking opportunities for Regional FASD Committees in Saskatchewan. To start a Regional FASD Committee in your community, contact the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute at info@preventioninstitute.sk.ca for more information.
Working with youth across Saskatchewan through the Youth Action for Prevention (YAP) Project. This project involves youth in discussions and community events around alcohol use and risks associated with it.

Facilitate provincial coordination, networking and the sharing of FASD information and resources by:

Facilitating provincial coordination of the FASD Coordinating Committee and the Regional FASD Committees in Saskatchewan.
Representing the Institute on provincial and national committees including:
- The Canada Northwest FASD Partnership. For more information, visit: http://www.cnfasdpartnership.ca/.
- National Advisory Group
- National Advisory Group on Youth Substance Abuse Prevention (YSAP) through the Canadian Centre of Substance Abuse (CCSA)

The FASD Prevention Program receives funding from a variet of sources, including: the Government of Saskatchewan; the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA); Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC); First Nations Inuit Health (FNIH); and Potash Corporation.