Baby Smiles Dental Health

Weskewikwa'sit mijua'ji’j - Baby Smiles

Download and read the book online here.
Watch and listen in Mi'kmaw and in English.
Download the audiobook in Mi'kmaw and English
Community members can request a free copy by contacting their local Health Centre.
Books are also available for purchase online and at bookstores across Nova Scotia:
- Strong Nations
- Amazon
- Nimbus
- Indigo-Chapters
- Ask for it at your local bookstore!

Project by Tui’kn

The Baby Smiles book is a project by the Tui’kn Partnership. It provides healthy habits to promote baby's healthy teeth, and is being distributed to new mothers and caregivers throughout Nova Scotia.

The Tui’kn Partnership consists of the five Unama’ki First Nations: Eskasoni, Membertou, Potlotek, Wagmatcook and Waycobah. The Partnership is aimed at bringing a new way of thinking about health and the delivery of health services to the five First Nation communities of Unama’ki (Cape Breton Island). Tui’kn means “passage” in the Mi’kmaq language. Visit Tui’kn Partnership's website.

Help us Promote the Baby Smiles Book

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Feedback?

We would love to hear from you! If you have comments or suggestions about the Weskewikwa'sit mijua'ji’j - Baby Smiles book, please reach out to us at taji@mhwns.ca.

Wela’liek - Special Thanks

To the Baby Smiles Team:
Sharon Rudderham, Director of Health Transformation, Tajikeimik; Karlee Francis, Health Director, Eskasoni First Nation; Darlene Anganis, Health Director, Membertou First Nation; Laurie Touesnard, Health Director, Potlotek First Nation; Elaine Allison, Health Director, Wagmatcook First Nation; Jennifer MacDonald, Health Director, Waycobah First Nation; Floyd Prosper, Dental Therapist, Eskasoni First Nation and First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Department of Indigenous Services Canada; Shauna Hachey, Associate Professor, Dalhousie Faculty of Dentistry and Dalhousie Healthy Populations Institute Flagship Project Co-Lead, Putting ‘Oral Health is Health’ into Action; Mary McNally, Professor, Dalhousie Faculty of Dentistry; Margot Latimer, Professor and CIHR Research Chair in Indigenous Health in Nursing, Dalhousie Faculty of Health; Stacey Lewis, Project Manager, Tui’kn Partnership; and Courtney Pennell, Indigenous Health Consultant, IWK Health

And to Shanda LaRamee-Jones, Carol McDougall and the Nova Scotia’s Read to Me! program; IWK and Dalhousie Faculty of Dentistry Paediatric Dentistry Team

And for financial support from Chronic Disease Prevention and Management: Oral Health Promotion Fund, Indigenous Services Canada; Tajikeimɨk (Mi’kmaw Health and Wellness); Dalhousie Faculty of Dentistry; CIHR Aboriginal Children’s Hurt & Healing Initiative

Illustrations by Loretta Gould

Mi’kmaw translation by Floyd Prosper, Kenny Prosper and Katani Julian

Narrated by Anne Marchand

Graphic Design by Mark Santos Creative

Join us on this journey

Community organizations and members will have opportunities to help shape and develop health and wellness programs and service priorities for the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia. Stay up to date with progress by following us on social media.