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YCRH at the Arctic Youth Ambassador Summit

November 3, 2014

YCRH member Hannah Hill as The Sandbox Project’s representative at the Arctic Council Youth Ambassador Summit (ACYAS) from October 30 to November 2, 2014

Young Canadians Roundtable on Health (YCRH) member Hannah Hill is back from Iqaluit where she represented The Sandbox Project at Global Vision’s first-ever Arctic Youth Ambassador Summit (ACYAS) from October 30 to November 2.

“It was a truly incredible four days,” said Hannah.

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2014 Ontario Child Health Study

October 23, 2014

The 2014 Ontario Child Health Study seeks to assess the mental health status and needs of children and youth living in Ontario

The 1983 Ontario Child Health Study told us that 1 in 5 children and youth experienced serious mental health challenges. This estimate is outdated as is much of what we know about child and youth mental health in Ontario. The 2014 Ontario Child Health Study will tell us about the mental health status and needs of children and youth living in Ontario today. 

From October 2014 to May 2015, Statistics Canada will be inviting 7,000 families with children aged 4 -17 years to complete an interview in their home. At the same time, McMaster researchers will be conducting School Mental Health Surveys in 240 Ontario schools to help us learn new ways of promoting and addressing student mental health needs. 

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New online course helps educators to keep allergic kids safe at school

September 19, 2014

Anaphylaxis Canada has launched a new online course to help teachers, administrators and educational staff to keep allergic students safe at school

Anaphylaxis in Schools: What Educators Need to Know is a free, bilingual resource available to schools across the country. The course incorporates graphics, audio narration, practice scenarios, and step-by-step visual guides to help educators prevent and manage emergency situations at school.

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AllerGen researchers awarded CIHR grants

August 11, 2014

CHILD research team awarded five-year CIHR grant

Dr. Malcolm Sears, an AllerGen research leader and a professor of medicine at McMaster University, together with a team of CHILD researchers from across Canada, has received a five-year operating grant, valued at over $1 million, from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health. The CHILD Study application was ranked first among 65 proposals reviewed by the respiratory committee in the March 2014 competition.

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Two outstanding mental health initiatives for youth launched in June

July 3, 2014

The YCRH’s Andy Hall on the Family Navigation Project and the new national awareness campaign led by Companies Committed to Kids

23 June 2014

On behalf of The Sandbox Project, I attended June receptions celebrating two outstanding mental health and wellness initiatives for children and youth. Sunnybrook has launched a unique navigational service to guide and support families who have youth struggling with mental health and addictions concerns. Companies Committed to Kids launched a series of awareness raising public service announcements that reveal some fundamental truths about kids’ mental health.

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Sandbox Project Summer Newsletter: World’s Largest Sandbox 2014 Recap

June 25, 2014

On June 4th, 2014, The Sandbox Project held its third annual World’s Largest Sandbox in Ottawa. This event is designed to raise awareness of the importance of child and youth health issues. The world’s largest sandbox brings everyone together, in the sandbox for a common cause: making Canada the healthiest place in the world for children and youth to grow up.

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Building a Healthier Generation of Canadians: The Sandbox Project aims to improve health outcomes for Canadian children

June 4, 2014

Media release: The 2014 World’s Largest Sandbox

OTTAWA, June 4, 2014 /CNW/ – Canada’s leaders are playing in the sand to make a better life for the next generation. In an effort to raise awareness about The Sandbox Project, several Canadian MPs, media personalities, NGOs and business leaders were building sand castles in the world’s largest sandbox on Sparks Street in Ottawa on Wednesday.

“With a specific focus on injury prevention, mental health, growing healthy bodies and the environment, The Sandbox Project is working hard to improve child and youth health in Canada,” says Dr. Christine Hampson, President & CEO of The Sandbox Project. “We are facing an unprecedented future where our children have a shorter life expectancy than their parents. Quite simply, this is unacceptable.”

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