Resources

Allergy and Asthma Information/Support

Canada

• Allergy/Asthma Information Association www.aaia.ca
• Allergy Safe Communities www.allergysafecommunities.ca
• Anaphylaxis Canada www.anaphylaxis.ca
  
• L’Association quèbècoise des allergies alimentaires (Quebec allergy association) www.aqaa.qc.ca
• Asthma Society of Canada www.asthma.ca
• Canadian Celiac Association www.celiac.ca
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency www.inspection.gc.ca
• Canadian MedicAlert Foundation www.medicalert.ca
  
• Health Canada www.hc-sc.gc.ca
• Health Canada Air Quality www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/air/index_e.html
• Lung Association (Canada) www.lung.ca
• Public Health Agency of Canada www.phac-aspc.gc.ca
  

U.S.

• AAFA (Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America) www.aafa.org
• American Lung Association www.lungusa.org
• FAAN (Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network) www.foodallergy.org
• Food Allergy Initiative www.foodallergyinitiative.org

Medical Sites

• CSACI (Canadian Society of Allergy & Clinical Immunology) www.csaci.ca
• CAAIF (Canadian Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Foundation) www.allergyfoundation.ca
• AAAAI (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology) www.aaaai.org
• AllerGen www.allergen-nce.ca
• Mayo Clinic www.mayoclinic.com
• American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology www.acaai.org
• National Institues of Health (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services) www.nih.gov

Legislation/Policy

• Alberta School Boards Association’s Policy Advisory on Anaphylaxiswww.education.alberta.ca/admin/studenthealth/aair.aspx
• B.C. Anaphylactic and Child Safety Framework www.bced.gov.bc.ca/health/tools.htm
  
• CFIA – Canadian food labeling information www.inspection.gc.ca
• Ontario e-workshop for principals, teachers www.eworkshop.on.ca
• Ontario’s Sabrina’s Law www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills_detail.do?locale=en&BillID=135&isCurrent=false&ParlSessionID=38:1
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration – Food labeling information www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/wh-alrgy.html

Books

• The Complete Peanut Allergy Handbook by Dr. Scott Sicherer (available through online retailers)
• Free Your Child From Asthma by Dr. Gary Rachelefsky (available through online retailers)
• The Gluten Fee Diet by Shelley Case www.glutenfreediet.ca
• Understanding and Managing your Child’s Food Allergies by Dr. Scott Sichererwww.press.jhu.edu/books/title_pages/9191.html