New report Reveals the Top 10 Threats to Childhood and the Impact of COVID-19
Raising Canada 2020 is the third in a series of reports that track the top 10 threats to childhood in Canada. This year, the report includes a special focus on the impacts of COVID-19 on the health and well-being of children. Researchers found that most of the threats are increasing – or are in danger of increasing – because of the pandemic.
The report is jointly published by Children First Canada (CFC), the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine's O'Brien Institute for Public Health and the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute.
Raising Canada 2020 includes:
New data on the impact of COVID-19 on children’s health and well-being
A child rights framework applied to each of the top 10 threats
New threats to children’s health, including the impact of climate change, the closure of schools and lack of access to essential services
The lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic highlight one key factor: children’s most basic rights to life, survival and development are in jeopardy. Canada’s recovery efforts need to give special attention to the best interests of children and youth. The future of Canada depends on it.