Environment

AllerGen researchers awarded CIHR grants

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.

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.

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The Sandbox Project Summer 2013 eNewsletter

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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 calls for support for the CHILD Study

The Sandbox Project's Environment Working Group writes a letter to encourage the continuation of the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study

Dear Honorable Minister,

On behalf of The Sandbox Project, we wish to draw your attention to, and encourage your support for, the continuation of the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study, an internationally recognized, longitudinal population-based birth cohort investigating the origins of chronic childhood illnesses.   The CHILD Study represents a key tool for understanding the impact of the environment on children’s health, and the epidemic of asthma, allergy and many other chronic diseases of later childhood and adulthood in Canada. The mission of The Sandbox Project is to make Canada the healthiest place on earth for kids to grow up – what can be learned from the CHILD Study is critical if we hope to succeed.