Faculty of Health at Dalhousie University is looking for inputs on a new Digital Health Tool.

The Faculty of Health at Dalhousie University is looking for participants to contribute to the design and timeline of a digital health tool to support youth mental health. The tool is being developed to support youth during times when mental health support services are inaccessible, which happened during the COVID-19 pandemic, and is likely to happen again in future public health crises.

The research is recruiting five groups of key informants that include: 1) academics and researchers; 2) policy and decision makers; 3) health care providers; 4) parents of youth (aged 11-18 yrs); and 5) youth (aged 11-18 yrs).

To be taken to the survey, please click here, or copy and paste the following link into your browser: https://survey.ucalgary.ca/jfe/form/SV_e8TkvjP6zC2xWm2

UNICEF's Report Card 18 is now available!

For more than twenty years, UNICEF Report Cards have measured child and youth well-being in wealthy countries. The first Report Card, in 2000, focused on child poverty for its extensive impacts across children’s lives and futures.

Report Card 18 returns to this focus at a critical time – when child poverty is rising in Canada for the first time in many years. This report compares levels of child poverty amidst wealth in the richest countries; the progress they have been making to end child poverty; and how well their policies protect every child from poverty.  

 Income support policies have lifted many children out of poverty and lifted Canada up the rankings in UNICEF Report Card 18 to 7th among 39 wealthy countries for its progress to reduce child poverty.  Only a handful of countries reduced child poverty at a steeper rate over the past decade. This is because good policies yield good rankings in UNICEF league tables. 

 But UNICEF Report Card 18 also shows us that Canada can’t check children off the policy to-do list just yet.  

To read the latest Report Card, please click here

National Child Day Events held by UNICEF Canada and Children First Canada

November 20, 2023, marks the 30th anniversary of National Child Day in Canada – it’s a day to honor Canada’s commitment to upholding the rights of children and two historic events: the 1959 signing of the UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child and the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. Globally, the day is known as World Children’s Day. This year, National Child Day promises to be the biggest event in history!

The Sandbox Project will join two partners to celebrate the day.

UNICEF Canada

Join UNICEF Canada, young people, partners, adult influencers, and decision-makers on November 20 for an intergenerational event to showcase young people’s recommendations for the future they envision in Canada and worldwide. Youth leaders across Canada are hosting a virtual showcase to discuss their recommendations to reimagine the future and recover together, specifically focusing on: Climate Change, Gender Equality, Healthcare, and Racial Justice and Indigenous Rights.

To register for this event: https://ow.ly/jNk450PZ1CK

Children First Canada

This year the theme is #EveryChildEveryRight because ALL 8 million kids in Canada should be able to experience ALL of their rights!

Last year more than 20,000 students and 200+ schools participated! Sign up as a classroom or with your whole school/organization to watch together.

To register for this event: https://nationalchildday.org/events/

Inspiring Healthy Futures is seeking a Managing Director

Inspiring Healthy Futures (IHF) is a pan-Canadian community comprised of cross-sectoral champions (individual and organizational) for children, youth and families. IHF was founded by four co-sponsors including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health, Pediatric Chairs of Canada, UNICEF Canada and Children’s Healthcare Canada but includes over three hundred individuals and organizations committed to working together to advance child, youth and family health and wellbeing.

Inspiring Healthy Futures is seeking a dynamic and visionary leader to serve as the inaugural Managing Director. Drawing from a collective impact model, the Managing Director will co-develop and oversee all aspects of the network’s operations, programs, and strategic initiatives aimed at measurably improving child, youth and family health and wellbeing. This individual will be responsible for leading engagement, building pan-Canadian and International strategic partnerships, leading advocacy efforts and implementing effective strategies to achieve our vision, improve health equity and make a lasting impact for Canadian children, youth and families.

To learn more about the role and to apply, please click here

It's National Pain Awareness Week

Around 8 million Canadians, many of them children, live with pain—over 65% of children in hospitals experience painful procedures without any pain management in place. By raising awareness of best practices, The Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP) Project is working to improve pain management in Canadian health institutions.

To learn more about the work being done at SKIP, please visit: https://kidsinpain.ca/