Change, Challenge and Opportunity: an interdisciplinary symposium on injury prevention in sport and recreation
On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, you are invited to join PSI for “Change, Challenge and Opportunity: an interdisciplinary symposium on injury prevention in sport and recreation,” a day of presentations and discussions focused on injury prevention in sport and recreation.
September 2014 Network Update
Updates from the 60 Minute Kids’ Club, Active at School, Canadian Obesity Network (CON-RCO) and CYCC.
AllerGen researchers awarded CIHR grants
CHILD research team awarded five-year CIHR grant
Dr. Malcolm Sears, an AllerGen research leader and a professor of medicine at McMaster University, together with a team of CHILD researchers from across Canada, has received a five-year operating grant, valued at over $1 million, from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health. The CHILD Study application was ranked first among 65 proposals reviewed by the respiratory committee in the March 2014 competition.
Two outstanding mental health initiatives for youth launched in June
The YCRH’s Andy Hall on the Family Navigation Project and the new national awareness campaign led by Companies Committed to Kids
23 June 2014
On behalf of The Sandbox Project, I attended June receptions celebrating two outstanding mental health and wellness initiatives for children and youth. Sunnybrook has launched a unique navigational service to guide and support families who have youth struggling with mental health and addictions concerns. Companies Committed to Kids launched a series of awareness raising public service announcements that reveal some fundamental truths about kids’ mental health.
Sandbox Project Summer Newsletter: World’s Largest Sandbox 2014 Recap
On June 4th, 2014, The Sandbox Project held its third annual World’s Largest Sandbox in Ottawa. This event is designed to raise awareness of the importance of child and youth health issues. The world’s largest sandbox brings everyone together, in the sandbox for a common cause: making Canada the healthiest place in the world for children and youth to grow up.
Building a Healthier Generation of Canadians: The Sandbox Project aims to improve health outcomes for Canadian children
Media release: The 2014 World’s Largest Sandbox
OTTAWA, June 4, 2014 /CNW/ – Canada’s leaders are playing in the sand to make a better life for the next generation. In an effort to raise awareness about The Sandbox Project, several Canadian MPs, media personalities, NGOs and business leaders were building sand castles in the world’s largest sandbox on Sparks Street in Ottawa on Wednesday.
“With a specific focus on injury prevention, mental health, growing healthy bodies and the environment, The Sandbox Project is working hard to improve child and youth health in Canada,” says Dr. Christine Hampson, President & CEO of The Sandbox Project. “We are facing an unprecedented future where our children have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. Quite simply, this is unacceptable.”
Préparer une génération de Canadiens en meilleure santé: Le Projet Sandbox vise à améliorer la santé des enfants au Canada
Communiqué de presse: Le plus grand carré de sable au monde 2014
OTTAWA, le 4 juin 2014 /CNW/ – Les leaders canadiens jouent dans le sable afin d’améliorer la vie de la prochaine génération.
Dans un effort pour sensibiliser les gens au Projet Sandbox, plusieurs députés canadiens, personnalités des médias, ONG et chefs d’entreprise ont entrepris de construire des châteaux de sable dans le plus grand carré de sable au monde, ce mercredi à Ottawa.
«Axé particulièrement sur la prévention des blessures, la santé mentale, le développement d’un corps sain et l’environnement, le Projet Sandbox s’efforce d’améliorer la santé des enfants et des jeunes au Canada», a expliqué la Dre Christine Hampson, présidente et directrice générale du Projet Sandbox. «Devant nous se dresse le spectre d’un avenir dans lequel l’espérance de vie de nos enfants est plus courte que celle de leurs parents. Il s’agit là d’une situation sans précédent et tout simplement inacceptable.»
Avis aux médias – Jouer dans le plus grand carré de sable au monde
Et sensibiliser les gens à l’amélioration de la santé des enfants au Canada
OTTAWA, le 3 juin 2014 /CNW/ – Venez assister à la troisième édition de l’événement « Le plus grand carré de sable au monde » et contribuer à sensibiliser les gens à la question de l’amélioration de la santé des enfants et des jeunes au Canada.
Media Advisory – Playing in the World’s Largest Sandbox
Raising awareness to improve the health of Canadian children
OTTAWA, June 3, 2014 /CNW/ – Come to the third World’s Largest Sandbox event and help raise awareness for the health of Canadian children and youth.
The World’s Largest Sandbox is coming back to Ottawa
June 4th, 2014 Every year, The Sandbox Project raises awareness of child and youth health issues by building the World’s Largest Sandbox in Ottawa. The Sandbox Project invites Members of Parliament, Senators, Cabinet Ministers, media personalities, not for profit organizations and industry professionals in a large sandbox with local children and school groups where they […]