Canada Post Community Foundation for Children
Canada Post Community Foundation for Children Deadline: April 11, 2016 From the website: The Foundation will fund projects that support three primary focus areas—community, education and health. Funding will be allocated to projects that will generate maximum impact, creating lasting change for children and youth (up to the age of 21), in the following areas: […]
Fighting for Breath: Severe Asthma Conference
Registration for the Asthma Society of Canada’s Fighting for Breath: Severe Asthma Conference is now open
Fighting for Breath: Severe Asthma Conference will bring together clinicians, patients, researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders to examine the complex health, social and economic issues related to Severe Asthma and issue a call-to-action for decision makers.
A post-conference YCRH perspective
YCRH member Jacob Hill on his involvement with the YCRH and the 2016 Sandbox Project Conference
I’m still not even sure how I got involved with the Young Canadians Roundtable on Health (YCRH). Like many other Canadians I spent a quiet evening harmlessly scanning through my Facebook feed trying to sort out what to do with my life, ignoring “Candy Crush” requests when I came I across this organization. I had begun a journey into the world of massage therapy so anything with an aspect of health felt like a good investment for my career and resume.
I clicked on the link to discover The Sandbox Project. Its mission to make Canada the safest and healthiest place for our youth to grow up was a statement I was eager to stand behind. I submitted my application and within a few weeks I was granted the honour of becoming a part of this group of talented individuals.
Healthy Minds Canada’s (HMC) online mental health tool for parents
At Healthy Minds Canada, we repeatedly hear how overwhelmed parents feel when first caring for a child with behavioural and mental problems. Add to that the often overwhelming task of navigating Canada’s mental health system on behalf of their children and parents can feel lost, confused and frustrated.
To help, HMC spent years working with parents, teachers, and other caregivers to adapt the content of our Families version of When Something’s Wrong, our resource handbook, and supplemented with assessed suggestions from other parents.
When Something’s Wrong – Strategies for Teachers & Ideas for Families
Presenting Healthy Minds Canada’s When Something’s Wrong Resource Handbooks
Our When Something’s Wrong – Strategies for Teachers is a quick reference guide of useful classroom strategies to help elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators understand and assist students with mood, behaviour or thinking problems.
When Something’s Wrong – Ideas for Families is a quick reference guide of useful coping strategies and resources for parents and caregivers to help them with children who have mood behaviour or thinking problems.
Videographers Wanted!
Videographers
Healthy Minds Canada is looking for a team (2 or 3) of videographers/filmers for our Workplace Mental Health Lunch & Learns Series.
Ideally, the same team would film all three events in the series, but as long as you are available for one of the three, we want to talk to you!
Parachute’s Horizon: Up-to-date injury prevention resource hub
Parachute’s Horizon is the first stop for evidence-based injury prevention solutions. This is truly a game changer: an online hub that connects Canadians with leading practice solutions for injury prevention. Preventable injury can impact anyone throughout all walks of life, whether that is injury on the road, on the sports field, at play, at work, or at home. Preventing injuries is critical.
Reaching For the Top: A report by the advisor on healthy children and youth
A recommendation from this 2007 report by Dr. K. Kellie Leitch MP, MD, MBA, FRCS(C) led to the genesis of The Sandbox Project. “Canada is among the most prosperous nations in the world. We boast a universally accessible health care system, and a large number of generous social programs, many of which were conceived to […]
The Sandbox Project hosts 6th national conference to improve health for young Canadians
Improving the health and wellbeing of Canada’s young people was the focus of a national conference on Thursday that brought together many of the country’s leading child and youth health organizations.
The Sandbox Project hosted its 6th national conference and workshop on January 21st, 2016 at TELUS House in Toronto, creating a venue for experts and conference participants to work together on strategies to improve health outcomes for children and youth throughout Canada.
One Young World: Reflections from a jet lagged, but inspired, attendee
YCRH member Alicia Raimundo on the One Young World Summit 2015
From November 18-21, 2015, 1300 diverse young people from around the globe, bonded by a desire to improve the world, gathered together in Bangkok Thailand. We addressed significant topics such as health, disability, refugees, climate change, and prevention of hate and terrorism. As the days progressed, it became clear to me that each of these topics influences the others.
If we don’t have a safe place to live, how can we maintain good health? If the environment around us is getting progressively worse, how will we continue to have access to good food and healthcare (especially in island states around the world that are sinking)? These are the new perspectives, projects and ideas that I am excited to bring back to the Young Canadians Roundtable on Health. They will influence our work going forward.