Psychology Foundation of Canada Survey: What keeps working parents up at night?
The Psychology Foundation of Canada needs your help answering the question: What keeps working parents up at night? By answering their simple survey, you can help the Pyschology Foundation of Canada to develop resources and tools to support working parents. Simply click on the button below – it will take you less than a minute to […]
NEW CAPHC Child and Youth Mental Health Community of Practice
Building on the success of CAPHC‘s first four communities of practice (COP), CAPHC is now seeking to create a new COP focused on improving the delivery of mental health services to children and youth. To populate this COP, CAPHC is looking for individuals from across the continuum of care: both healthcare professionals, as well as […]
WHO Nurturing Care Framework: Global online consultation
The online consultation on the Nurturing Care Framework is now open! Have your say and help children get the best start in life WHO and UNICEF, supported by the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH), the ECD Action Network, and many other partners are launching a two-staged consultation on a Nurturing Care Framework […]
CHILD Study awarded over $9M through Genome Canada grant
Genome Canada, in collaboration with other partners, has awarded over $9 million to a team of top Canadian researchers who will leverage AllerGen’s CHILD Study to look for clues to the causes of childhood asthma in the infant gut microbiome. The researchers will look for a way to predict which babies will go on to […]
Wisdom2Action Vancouver: Embrace Life
Wisdom2Action Embrace Life will bring together community service providers, researchers, educators, policy makers, youth, and others who are involved in suicide prevention and support initiatives. Emphasis will be on sharing the perspectives of youth-led initiatives and adult-youth co-created programs. The event will provide an opportunity to share promising practices to improve services to those affected […]
Recasting Recess: PHE Canada Announces New Partnership
Physical and Health Education Canada (PHE Canada) is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Recess Project as part of its commitment to supporting all children and youth living healthy, physically active lives. The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights recognizes PLAY as an essential right of every child. When one considers the […]
Call for Abstracts: Outdoor Play & Early Learning Policy Research Invitational Symposium
The Lawson Foundation will be hosting a two day symposium to support outdoor play and early learning policy in Canada from October 24-26, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The interactive symposium will provide a forum for researchers, government officials, educators, service providers, and others interested in sharing new research in the field of outdoor play […]
Medavie Health Foundation 2018 Grants Program opens January 15th
The Medavie Health Foundation 2018 Grants Program opens in January! Do you know an organization making a difference in the lives of those impacted by child and youth mental health, post-traumatic stress disorder, or type 2 diabetes? They may be eligible to apply. Learn more!
Teach Resiliency Blog Launch
PHE Canada, along with their partners, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Western University, are excited to launch a blog section of TeachResiliency.ca. Monthly blog posts on a variety of mental health topics such as healthy brains, peer support, and family engagement will provide you with an opportunity to stay informed on current […]
Don’t “Dis” My Ability
Partner post by Michelle McClure, Executive Director of Ability Online At Ability Online, we help our members – young people of ALL abilities – discover their potential and abilities and help them enhance those abilities by building confidence and self-esteem; letting them know they are not alone and providing opportunities to develop skills that will […]