Play Safe Injury Tracker
Introducing the Play Safe Injury Tracker From the Play Safe Initiative website: After several years of development and research PSI is pleased to introduce the Play Safe Injury Tracker – Canada’s first web-enabled injury surveillance platform for sport and recreation injury. Cost:It’s free. We have eliminated any financial barriers for organizations to effectively track injuries […]
Obese Children Do Not Need to Increase Their Physical Activity Any More than Their Lean Counterparts Do
Traversy Gregory Peter, Chaput Jean-Philippe. Obese Children Do Not Need to Increase Their Physical Activity Any More than Their Lean Counterparts Do. Frontiers in Pediatrics 2016: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2016.00035. Via the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, CHEO Research Institute IntroductionThe relationship between child physical activity (PA) levels and obesity has been studied extensively (1, 2). […]
New UNICEF report: Canadian children at back of the pack among rich nations
Well-being of most vulnerable children at risk if widening gaps are not addressed
TORONTO, April 14, 2016 – A new report released today by UNICEF highlights the inequalities in child well-being in the world’s most affluent nations, including Canada. While progress in reducing child wellbeing gaps has been modest overall, Canada’s children are at the back of the pack, ranking in the bottom third when measured against other rich nations.
60 Minute Kids’ Club Amalgamates with Sport for Life Society
The Sport for Life Society is excited to announce that the organization amalgamated the operations of 60 Minutes Kids’ Club into its suite of programs and services
The Sport for Life Society is recognized as the international experts on the Sport for Life movement, Long-Term Athlete Development, and physical literacy development. 60 Minute Kids Club is a program that has helped more than 78,000 elementary students from over 400 schools across Canada learn healthy habits over the past six years.
Yummy Lunch Club 4 Kids: New kids’ e-mag
To read the issue: http://www.joomag.com/magazine/mag/0130408001457374536Yummy Lunch Club: http://www.yummylunchclub.ca
Canada Post Community Foundation for Children
Canada Post Community Foundation for Children Deadline: April 11, 2016 From the website: The Foundation will fund projects that support three primary focus areas—community, education and health. Funding will be allocated to projects that will generate maximum impact, creating lasting change for children and youth (up to the age of 21), in the following areas: […]
Fighting for Breath: Severe Asthma Conference
Registration for the Asthma Society of Canada’s Fighting for Breath: Severe Asthma Conference is now open
Fighting for Breath: Severe Asthma Conference will bring together clinicians, patients, researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders to examine the complex health, social and economic issues related to Severe Asthma and issue a call-to-action for decision makers.
A post-conference YCRH perspective
YCRH member Jacob Hill on his involvement with the YCRH and the 2016 Sandbox Project Conference
I’m still not even sure how I got involved with the Young Canadians Roundtable on Health (YCRH). Like many other Canadians I spent a quiet evening harmlessly scanning through my Facebook feed trying to sort out what to do with my life, ignoring “Candy Crush” requests when I came I across this organization. I had begun a journey into the world of massage therapy so anything with an aspect of health felt like a good investment for my career and resume.
I clicked on the link to discover The Sandbox Project. Its mission to make Canada the safest and healthiest place for our youth to grow up was a statement I was eager to stand behind. I submitted my application and within a few weeks I was granted the honour of becoming a part of this group of talented individuals.
Healthy Minds Canada’s (HMC) online mental health tool for parents
At Healthy Minds Canada, we repeatedly hear how overwhelmed parents feel when first caring for a child with behavioural and mental problems. Add to that the often overwhelming task of navigating Canada’s mental health system on behalf of their children and parents can feel lost, confused and frustrated.
To help, HMC spent years working with parents, teachers, and other caregivers to adapt the content of our Families version of When Something’s Wrong, our resource handbook, and supplemented with assessed suggestions from other parents.
When Something’s Wrong – Strategies for Teachers & Ideas for Families
Presenting Healthy Minds Canada’s When Something’s Wrong Resource Handbooks
Our When Something’s Wrong – Strategies for Teachers is a quick reference guide of useful classroom strategies to help elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators understand and assist students with mood, behaviour or thinking problems.
When Something’s Wrong – Ideas for Families is a quick reference guide of useful coping strategies and resources for parents and caregivers to help them with children who have mood behaviour or thinking problems.