Canada’s Most Influential Sport, Wellness and Health Organizations Offer Unprecedented Help to Get Kids ‘Active at School’
More than 60 of Canada’s Leading Companies and Organizations Join Forces to Get Kids ACTIVE AT SCHOOL Private Sector and Not-For-Profit Organizations Offer to Share Responsibility to Achieve One Hour of Physical Activity Every Day at School Unprecedented Offer of Access to Considerable Networks, Resources, Investments and Marketing to Reverse a Staggering Trend of Inactivity […]
Canada’s “Clean Air Champions” win the 2013 International Olympic Committee’s Sport and Environment Award
Charity led by various Canadian Olympians becomes first Canadian recipient of coveted IOC award
SOCHI – Yesterday, Canada’s Clean Air Champions (CAC) were awarded the 2013 International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Sport and Environment Award at the IOC World Conference on Sport and the Environment. This win makes CAC the first Canadian charity to win the esteemed international award, granted to individuals, groups and organizations that have shown initiative and taken action to drive environmental change within their communities.
Is Canada Failing its Children and Young People? Reactions to the 2013 UNICEF Innocenti Report Card
Is Canada failing its children and young people through lack of political focus on their health and wellbeing? If so, where is the outrage and what should be done about it?
CAPHC is pleased to bring our colleagues from the Canadian Child and Youth Health Coalition (CCYHC), and their “CCYHC Hot Topics” to the CAPHC Presents! audience.
The Globe and Mail: Don’t shut disabled kids out of society
The Globe and Mail’s André Picard writes about limited social interactions for Canadian kids with physical and developmental disabilities
There are few things more heartbreaking than a child with no friends.
But being friendless is the norm for Canadian children with physical and developmental disabilities.
A new study, written by Anne Snowdon, a nurse and professor at the Odette School of Business at the University of Windsor in Ontario, shows that 53 per cent of disabled kids have no friends.
Even those with friends have very limited interactions. Outside of formal settings such as the classroom, less than two hours a week spent with their peers is the norm; only 1 per cent of children with disabilities spend an hour a day with friends.
Canadian Tire: Run For Playgrounds
Why are we running? Playgrounds are the heart of our communities, but many need to be rejuvenated. So we’re holding the first Canadian Tire Run For Playgrounds event. An 8k run, a 5k walk / run or stroll and a kids event to raise money to help give local kids a sporting chance and revitalize […]
Canadian Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion Conference
Details on the 2013 Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference
What: 2013 Canadian Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion Conference
When: November 5 to 7, 2013
Where: Hilton Bonaventure, Montreal
Conference theme: Evidence to Action: Prevent Injury and Violence Now!
The Sandbox Project Summer 2013 eNewsletter
The Sandbox Project Summer 2013 newsletter features news and updates
Read more for the latest on the Young Canadians Roundtable on Health (YCRH), our sandbox at the 2013 Windsor Essex International Children’s Games, updates from our Working Groups, news from our partners and many more information.
The Sandbox Project Growing Healthy Bodies Working Group commends Toronto Public Health on not sending ‘Fat Letters’; warns of negative repercussions of weighing kids
The Sandbox Project’s Growing Healthy Bodies Working Group writes letter to Toronto Public Health to identify key issues to consider in its BMI study
To Whom It May Concern,
On behalf of The Sandbox Project charity and our Growing Healthy Bodies Working Group, we would first like to commend you on initiating the Body Mass Index (BMI) Study, to be held in schools next year. As a national child and youth health charity, we are encouraged that you have made this a priority to invest in the health of children as they truly are our future. While this study is a valuable resource that identified one measurement of the status of Toronto children’s health, there are some issues that have been identified by our Growing Healthy Bodies Working Group experts that we would like to bring to your attention.
Windsor Sandbox and International Children’s Games a Success!
The Sandbox Project travelled to Windsor Ontario last week to participate in the 2013 International Children’s Games
In an effort to raise awareness of the importance and power of collaboration in tackling child and youth health issues, The Sandbox Project is brought its signature event, “The World’s Largest Sandbox” to The International Children’s Games on August 16th! While The World’s Largest Sandbox is held annually in Ottawa each June to raise the awareness of child and youth health issues with public officials, this event focused on our not-for-profit partners and families from the Windsor-Essex community. Joining The Sandbox Project in the Sandbox was AllerGen NCE, Play Safe and Parachute – three of our great partners!
The 2013 World’s Largest Sandbox Event in Ottawa
Friends and valued partners of The Sandbox Project: The Sandbox Project works to break down barriers and silos to bring people together and make Canada the healthiest place in the world for children and youth to grow up. In this spirit, we are having an awareness event for The Sandbox Project and child and youth […]
