The Young Canadians Roundtable on Health (YCRH) issued its first policy brief in July 2022. The report examines poverty in Canadian youth and the links between poverty and mental illness, comparing rates between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous communities.
The findings in the report reaffirm the fact that more needs to be done to meet the needs of Canadian youth.
For learn more about his brief, please click here
Resilient Kids Canada has developed a dedicated website to give young people the emotional, social and cognitive skills to navigate through challenges. From a mental health perspective alone, studies have shown that compared to pre-pandemic times, depression and anxiety symptoms amongst children have doubled.
The website https://resilientkidscan.org/ offers programs to parents, educators and children that encourage discoveries that are crucial for children to make in their early years. Through evidence-based and playful activities, the website fosters healthy childhood development and gives parents, educators, and kids the tools to enable children to have the best cognitive, social, and emotional start in life.
For more information, please visit : https://resilientkidscan.org/
The Young Canadians Roundtable on Health (YCRH) is seeking partnerships with like-minded organizations to give youth a voice and provide consultation and strategies into meaningful youth engagement.
Researchers, healthcare organizations and those working in the youth sector interested in learning about youth perspectives on children and youth health and well-being can contact the YCRH at ycrh@sandboxproject.ca for more information.
To mark the launch of UNICEF Report Card 17 on May 24th, The Young Canadians Roundtable on Health (YCRH) held a panel discussion to share youth perspectives on the findings of the report, the state of the environment in Canada today and how youth can be involved in addressing some of these challenges.
The panel discussion brought together experts from Youth Climate Lab, CLIMAtlantic and the YCRH to discuss various topics including air pollution, lack of green spaces in urban areas, lack of drinking water and how they impact the health and well being of children and youth.
The discussion highlighted the urgent need to include youth, indigenous and racialized communities in efforts to tackle climate change and mitigate it’s effects on public health.
On April 7th, Stacie Smith, the Executive Director of The Young Canadians Roundtable on Health, (YCRH) joined the Centre of Excellence for Health to discuss the YCRH’s partnerships, ongoing and future projects and various strategiese used by the YCRH to engage Canadian youth on topics of health and wellbeing.
