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The World’s Largest Sandbox 2015

April 3, 2015

Announcing the 4th Annual World’s Largest Sandbox

Once again, The Sandbox Project is raising awareness of child and youth health issues by building the World’s Largest Sandbox in Ottawa’s Sparks Street Mall.

For the fourth year in a row, the World’s Largest Sandbox will bring together Members of Parliament, Senators, Cabinet Ministers, media personalities, not for profit organizations and industry professionals in a large sandbox with local children and school groups where they take part in a sandcastle-building competition. In addition to being a great time for the adults and children alike, this public event raises awareness of the importance of collaborating, investing and focusing on the health and wellbeing of our youngest citizens.

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Clearing the Air: the 2nd Annual Conference of the Asthma Society of Canada

March 25, 2015

The Asthma Society of Canada announces its 2nd Annual Clearing the Air Summit

The Asthma Society of Canada is holding its Second Annual Conference on May 4th and 5th, 2015 at the Courtyard by Marriot Downtown in Toronto. By bringing together leaders from government, industry, academia, and the not-for-profit sectors, they will examine asthma and respiratory allergies in a time of climate change and issue a call-to-action for decision makers. 

Clearing the Air is an opportunity to demonstrate that health and the environment are inextricably linked. Asthma and allergies, including both the social and economic impacts of climate change on respiratory health demand more attention from policy makers and the public.  

The Asthma Society of Canada is pleased to announce the keynote speaker will be the Honourable Glen Murray, Ontario Minister of the Environment and Climate Change.

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Recap: January 2015 Sandbox Project Conference

February 3, 2015

The Sandbox Project Conference is over for another year! Thank you to everyone who participated by contributing their time, energy and ideas toward improving child and youth health in Canada. It is this diverse representation from leaders in industry, government, non-profit, research, health care, youth and families that makes our conference such a worthwhile collaborative opportunity every year. If you would like to stay connected with other participants going forward, please join The Sandbox Project Conference 2015 Facebook Group.

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The Sandbox Project hosts 5th national conference to improve health for young Canadians

January 23, 2015

News Release: The 5th Annual Sandbox Project National Conference

TORONTO, Jan. 22, 2015 – Building a better future for Canada’s next generation took the spotlight at a national conference featuring some of the country’s leading experts in child and youth health.

The Sandbox Project hosted its 5th national conference and workshop on January 22nd, 2015 at TELUS House in Toronto, creating a venue for experts and conference participants to work together on strategies to improve health outcomes for young people throughout Canada.

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The Sandbox Project to Host 5th Annual Conference

January 20, 2015

Media Advisory

TORONTO, Jan. 20, 2015 /CNW/ – A national conference organized by The Sandbox Project will bring together leading experts and advocates in child and youth health from across Canada on Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 in Toronto.

The keynote speaker at the conference will be the Founder of The Sandbox Project, the Honourable Dr. K. Kellie Leitch, Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women.

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CHILD Study: 3,500 Children Could Change Canada’s Approach to Fighting Chronic Diseases

November 28, 2014

Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) study examines how a child’s environment during pregnancy, and in the first few years of life, can interact with genetics to affect the risk of developing allergies, asthma, type 2 diabetes and other chronic diseases

If just 24 children can help scientists discover that Caesarean sections and formula feeding may deprive babies of the protective gut bacteria needed for lifelong health, just imagine what will be discovered by collecting a wide range of health information from some 3,500 children. Scientists believe it will influence everything from health policy and building codes to parenting decisions for decades to come.

Those 3,500 children, along with their mothers and about 2,600 fathers from Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto and several communities in Manitoba, are on the front-lines of the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study, a national birth cohort study funded in part by the Allergy, Genes and Environment Network (AllerGen).

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