Within Canada call the toll-free telephone information and reference service at 1-800-559-4514
In 1992, a Parliamentary committee report on fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol effects recommended the establishment of a national FAS/FAE resource centre, and cited the National Clearinghouse on Substance Abuse, operated by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA), as the logical location to house such a service. In response to that recommendation, CCSA successfully negotiated with three sponsors (Health Canada, the Association of Canadian Distillers and the Brewers Association of Canada) for the creation of an FAS/FAE Information Service, which was implemented in April 1994.
The service provides links to support groups, prevention projects, resource centres and experts on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. It also provides bilingual information to a variety of clients, including caregivers, educators, social workers, health care and treatment professionals, members of the legal community, policy makers and planners, researchers and the general public and maintains a searchable database of Canadian resources on FASD and substance use during pregnancy.
A reference desk, staffed by a bilingual information specialist, can be accessed from across Canada by calling a toll-free number, 1-800-559-4514; by calling the CCSA at (613) 235-4048, ext. 223; by faxing (613) 235-8101; by emailing fasd@ccsa.ca; or by mail at: CCSA, 75 Albert Street, Suite 500, Ottawa, ON, K1P 5E7.
For more information, please contact the FASD Information Service as indicated above.