Featured Partner Resource: TheyWill2
The South West Injury Prevention Network has created the TheyWill2 website to encourage parents and caregivers to role model bike helmets: According to a 2015 Ontario Injury Compass report, 589 Ontario children under the age of 14 years old, the equivalent of 23 classrooms of children, suffered a head injury from bicycling in 2010/2011. Falls […]
Play Safe Injury Tracker
Introducing the Play Safe Injury Tracker From the Play Safe Initiative website: After several years of development and research PSI is pleased to introduce the Play Safe Injury Tracker – Canada’s first web-enabled injury surveillance platform for sport and recreation injury. Cost:It’s free. We have eliminated any financial barriers for organizations to effectively track injuries […]
Parachute’s Horizon: Up-to-date injury prevention resource hub
Parachute’s Horizon is the first stop for evidence-based injury prevention solutions. This is truly a game changer: an online hub that connects Canadians with leading practice solutions for injury prevention. Preventable injury can impact anyone throughout all walks of life, whether that is injury on the road, on the sports field, at play, at work, or at home. Preventing injuries is critical.
Vision Zero: A lecture on the future of road safety
Parachute to host Vision Zero: A lecture on the future of road safety event
The multi-national road traffic safety project has been gaining traction across the world with cities in the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States jumping on board. Parachute is happy to host Vision Zero: A lecture on the future of road safety, a dialogue on leading practices from a pioneer in the field. The purpose is to inspire collective action in Toronto around the future of road safety. Dr. Belin’s learnings are instrumental in envisioning how road safety and urbanism in cities like Toronto.
Young worker safety is everyone’s responsibility
This spring, members of the Young Canadians Roundtable on Health were given the opportunity to attend training sessions offered by Aecon Group to be educated about workplace health and safety. From the beginning it was very clear that we were learning from people who are experienced in the field of injury prevention and passionate about building a safety culture in the workplace. I was particularly impressed with the amount of resources dedicated to workers’ safety through initiatives such as the Young Workers Program and routine Safety Moments.
Change, Challenge and Opportunity: an interdisciplinary symposium on injury prevention in sport and recreation
On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, you are invited to join PSI for “Change, Challenge and Opportunity: an interdisciplinary symposium on injury prevention in sport and recreation,” a day of presentations and discussions focused on injury prevention in sport and recreation.
The Globe and Mail: Canada is a laggard on children’s health. We need to do better – The Sandbox Project
The Globe and Mail’s André Picard writes about Canada’s ranking when it comes to kids’ health and The Sandbox Project
With the desk-banging, heckling and mock outrage that passes for debate in Question Period, the ham-fisted attempts to steal from the cookie jar that is the public treasury and the almost laughable denials of the obvious, the antics of Parliamentarians can, at times, seem childish.
So it is nice to see that someone has thought it fit to set up a big sandbox near Parliament Hill – complete with pails and shovels – and invite MPs and Senators alike to come play.
The “world’s biggest sandbox” (as it is billed) is not designed to mock the foibles of elected officials but rather to engage them, to remind them that, when it comes to kids’ health, Canada can do a lot better.
The Sandbox Project Supported Initiative Officially Announced
Regarding Safe Kids Canada’s Enabling Active and Safe Cycling for Canadian Children and Youth Project
Colin Carrie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, today announced on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, support for a project to reduce cycling injuries by promoting safe and healthy cycling practices among children and youth.
“High speeds, lack of equipment and limited experience can lead to cycling injuries,” said Parliamentary Secretary Carrie. “Today’s investment will provide young Canadians and their families with cycling skills and knowledge to keep themselves safe from injury while leading an active, healthy lifestyle.”
The Sandbox Project applauds Harper government’s investment in children & youth injury prevention initiative
The Sandbox Project applauds the federal government’s investment of $5 million over two years to support injury prevention initiatives for children and youth
As one of the central pillars of The Sandbox Project; injury prevention, especially in the areas of concussions, drowning and fractures, is critical to providing safe environments for Canada’s kids to grow up healthy and active.
“Increasing awareness of injury prevention strategies is critical to providing parents, caregivers, coaches and educators with the tools they need to help keep Canadian children and youth safe said Dr. Kellie Leitch, paediatric orthopaedic surgeon and founder of The Sandbox Project. “We applaud the government’s engagement of non-governmental organizations and their networks in this initiative to help ensure that information on preventable injuries and best practices reach those who need it most.”
