Digitally Innovative

Author: anasraza

AllerGen’s new DIGITAL Annual Report

Videos | Slideshows | Interactive graphics Be among the first to experience AllerGen’s inaugural digital Annual Report! The report features dynamic multimedia highlights of 2016-2017 Network research, knowledge mobilization, commercialization, and capacity-building accomplishments and impacts. Hear researchers describe new findings from the CHILD Study and the Clinical Investigator Collaborative Meet an 11-year old Allergy Pals participant […]

Family-Centered Maternity and Newborn Care: National Guidelines

The Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs is pleased to announce the release of the first chapters of the updated Family-Centered Maternity and Newborn Care: National Guidelines from the Public Health Agency of Canada. The guidelines are dedicated to improving and creating consistency in maternal and newborn health and to inform evidence based practice across […]

GET-FACTS researchers identify new genes linked to food allergy

By Emily Shantz & Susan J. Elliott, on behalf of the GET-FACTS Steering Committee GET-FACTS scientists Yuka Asai, Ann Clarke, Denise Daley and their team have published a study in The Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology that provides new information on how our genes may be involved in the development of peanut and other food […]

TELUS WISE® End Cyberbullying video contest

Did you know? In the past four weeks, 42% of Canadian youth have been cyberbullied and 60% have witnessed others being cyberbullied.  The TELUS WISE® End Cyberbullying video contest gives Canadian youth aged 13-16 the opportunity to produce and submit a short video, 60 seconds or less, that explores the subject of cyberbullying and provides positive […]

The Young Canadians Roundtable on Health launches YouthHealthRights.ca

A national campaign rallying Canadian youth to advocate for better health The Young Canadians Roundtable on Health (YCRH) is empowering Canada’s youth to be participants in their own health and to take action for better health in their communities. YouthHealthRights.ca is an online education and advocacy platform created by youth to increase health advocacy by […]

Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years released today

Too much screen time prevents young tots from meeting healthy movement guidelines New guidelines outline the right amounts of moving, sleeping and sitting children aged four and under need for healthy growth and development Canadian kids aged four and under are spending too much time in front of screens. For example, although it’s recommended that […]

Study finds asthma and food allergies predictable at age one

Children at one year old who have eczema or atopic dermatitis (AD) and are sensitized to an allergen are seven times more likely than other infants to develop asthma, and significantly more likely to have a food allergy by age three. This new finding from the Canadian CHILD Study will help doctors better predict which […]

Healthy Minds Canada merges into Jack.org

Helping to train, empower and amplify the voices of young mental health leaders Healthy Minds Canada (HMC) is proud to announce the merging of its charitable organization into Jack.org through the transferring of HMC’s net assets to Jack.org to start the “Healthy Minds Canada Fund.” In so doing, HMC’s programming goals of community engagement and mental […]

WEBINAR: Preventing child falls, the latest trends & prevention strategies

Preventing child falls, the latest trends & prevention strategies Monday, November 6th, 2017 1:00 p.m. EST Join Parachute & the Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre for a discussion on the latest trends and prevention strategies for preventing falls in children aged 0-6. This hour-long webinar will feature three presentations from experts in the field of […]