Medavie Health Foundation: 2017 Grants Program Update
Do you know a not-for-profit organization offering programs that support individuals impacted by child and youth mental health or post-traumatic stress disorder? The Medavie Health Foundation 2017 Grants Program opens January 15 and they’re looking for applicants who are making a difference in their communities in these two core cause areas. If you know a […]
Funding Opportunity (Ontario): Advancing the health of women and girls
Student Budget Consultation: Children First Youth Ambassadors Submit Recommendations to Minister Morneau
In November, the Canadian Minister of Finance, the Hon. Bill Morneau launched a process of national consultation with students across the country, seeking input to the federal budget. The Youth Ambassadors for Children First Canada prepared a submission, calling on Minister Morneau and the federal government to invest in Canada’s kids. Visit the Children First […]
New report: 2016 child care fees in Canada’s big cities
Today, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a new report, A Growing Concern: 2016 child care fees in Canada’s big cities. The study reveals the most and least expensive cities for child care in Canada. It examines median unsubsidized child care fees in Canada’s biggest 27 cities for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, as well as […]
Governor General David Johnston: Let’s act on concussions and make sports safe again
CYCC Network: #YoungRefugees Community of Practice
Public Consultations (Ontario)
Ontario seeking input on its early years and child care system Ontario is seeking public input across the province on its early years and child care system. Feedback received from parents, families, experts and the public will help shape the government’s renewed vision and framework for early years programs and services, including the commitment to […]
A Landmark Report on the State of Canada’s Children
While Canada is the 5th most prosperous nation in the world, we are ranked 17th out of 29 affluent nations for children’s wellbeing – and we rank near the bottom when it comes to measuring child poverty and children’s health and safety. We can and must do better: Canada’s future depends on it. The Sandbox Project […]
Active choice must be default, global comparisons with ParticipACTION Report Card suggest
For the first time, the grades from the ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth are compared to grades from 37 other countries across six continents. The global comparisons were led by Dr. Mark Tremblay, Director of the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario […]
Mental Health Commission of Canada call for Youth Council applications
The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) is currently seeking applications for eight (8) new Youth Council members as we enter our renewed 10-year mandate (2017-2027). Three of the vacant seven seats are designated for Indigenous representatives to be filled by one First Nations, one Inuit, and one Métis youth. The MHCC’s Youth Council […]