Coalition for Healthy School Food: Focus Group Report
The Coalition for Healthy School Food is an organization that is striving to introduce Canada to a national food program. This will provide students across Canada equal access to the nutrition they need to support their social, cognitive and physical development and wellbeing.
Equitable Standards for Transitions to Adulthood for Youth in Care: Report & Policy Brief
The Equitable Standards for Transitions to Adulthood for Youth in Care public report and accompanying Policy Brief on Supporting Equitable Transitions to Adulthood for Youth in Care in Canada are now available on the Child Welfare League of Canada website! The Equitable Standards report is a collaborative effort by the Child Welfare League’s Senior Research and […]
Open letter to the Prime Minister and Parliamentarians: Put children at the heart of pandemic recovery plans
Coalition calls on all cities to join Toronto, Vancouver, and Victoria to support a National Universal School Food Program
Municipal governments are standing up for child and youth health and well-being June 15, 2021 – Great news for Toronto students and their parents as the June 8th Toronto City Council meeting confirmed its annual investment of $16,407,857 for student nutrition programs. As the largest city in Canada and the first to provide municipal school […]
Join our #Roadmap4Recovery
Inspiring Healthy Futures (IHF) commissioned a new poll conducted by Abacus Data to better understand the experiences of children, youth, and families during COVID-19. The results, while bleak, present a clear call to action for IHF moving forward. 79 per cent of parents would like to see a variety of policy solutions to address child […]
IHDCYH Youth advisory council applications are now open!
IHDCYH is looking for young Canadians between the ages of 12-25 to join their youth advisory council The Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH)’s youth advisory council is a group of diverse young Canadians who are passionate about health and health research. The council brings the youth voice directly into conversations about […]
Calling #CodePINK
Children First Canada and its partners – including The Sandbox Project and the Young Canadians Roundtable on Health – are uniting to raise the alarm about the current crisis facing children and youth across the country. COVID-19 school closures, the lack of access to sports and recreational programs, and social isolation have led to devasting […]
Launch: Inspiring Healthy Futures
A VISION FOR CANADA’S CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES RELEASED TODAY To mark International Day of Families, an unprecedented, collaborative vision for Canada’s future was released, creating a foundation for a better tomorrow for generations to come. Inspiring Healthy Futures: A Vision for Canada’s Children, Youth and Families is the result of a months’ long collaboration […]
The Young Canadians’ Parliament is Launching for a Second Year
Children First Canada is launching a second year of the Young Canadians’ Parliament (YCP). Through this growing movement, young people under 18 are speaking up for their rights and sharing their views with parliamentarians. YCP members will work on advocacy plans with other young people. This will require approximately five hours per month between June […]
Take MLSE’s Change the Game Survey for a Chance to Win Some Great Prizes!
Attention youth aged 6 to 29 (and parents/guardians)! The Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) Foundation has launched the Change the Game research project, an Ontario-wide youth sport census to understand sport/recreation access, engagement, and equity issues. Existing sport equity report cards lack insights for deeper understanding of racial, cultural, geographical, other socioeconomic factors. Our […]