Last week, Oxfam Canada launched their newest report, Who Cares? Why Canada Needs a Public Child Care System. Child care is one of the most feminized job sectors in Canada and early childhood educators are some of the most undervalued workers, resulting in low retention rates, low levels of job MORE
Parachute Safe Kids Week is an annual campaign to raise public awareness of child safety issues in Canada, encouraging community involvement as part of the solution. This year, Safe Kids Week runs June 3 to 9, and is focused on preventing harm from children’s falls in the home and at MORE
The World Health Organization’s new guidelines outline that children under five must spend less time sitting watching screens, or restrained in prams and seats, get better quality sleep and have more time for active play if they are to grow up healthy. The recommendations include specific guidelines of physical activity for infants MORE
Yellowknives Dene First Nation youth in the Canadian Northwest Territories participated in the ‘On-the-Land Health Leadership Camp,” where they used a strength- and community-based participatory approach through an Indigenous research lens to collect stories from youth through sharing circles, PhotoVoice, mural art, and surveys. The youth found that the emerging MORE
New research compares early childhood health and well-being on a number of important measures in the UK to similar countries, including Canada. Measures include poverty, injuries and poisoning, congenital anomalies, infant mortality, childhood cancer rates, immunizations rates, obesity, life expectancy and more. Click here to read the full report.
Children are least responsible for climate change, but will bear the brunt of impacts. Because they have no vote in federal and provincial elections that determine climate policy, on this issue, children constitute a minority that the federal government is obliged to protect within the Canadian constitution. The Canadian Coalition MORE
On April 9th, MP Anne Minh-Thu Quach introduced a private member’s bill (Bill C-441) that would establish the Office of the Commissioner for Young Persons in Canada. Many organizations, including First Call and the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children, have been calling for a national children’s commissioner for MORE
Verena Tan, coordinator of the criminal justice program at the Canadian Friends Service Committee, spoke on the CBC Sunday Edition last week to discuss their 2018 report on what happens to the children of incarcerated parents. A one-year survey of Canadian case law found an absence of any cases that MORE
Early this year, the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health released a body of research that discusses three main themes of Indigenous Early Childhood Development in Canada: the context of young Indigenous children’s lives, the health and well-being of young Indigenous children, and intersectoral interventions for Indigenous child health. The report suggests MORE
For the fourth year in arrow, Canadian Senators are asking Canadians from across the country to nominate Indigenous youth leaders from their communities so they can share their experiences and ideas with the Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples during an official public hearing. This activity is part of Youth Indigenize MORE
Two days ago, the Federal Government announced Budget 2019. It outlines both continuing and new financial investments for initiatives across the country. While Budget 2019 proposes some important investments, it misses the mark on bold investments on areas like poverty reduction, child care and pharmacare. Many national organizations weighed in MORE
The Canadian Labour Congress is looking for stories from women in the workforce. When Canada’s unions launched their #DoneWaiting campaign, they identified several key barriers many women face: wage inequality, violence and harassment at work, and the lack of accessible and affordable child care. Now it’s time to expand the MORE
CBC News: B.C. introduces sick days as part of proposed employment law changes APTN News: B.C. social worker accused of punishing Indigenous youth for sexual assault while in foster care Vancouver Sun: Number of B.C. teens struggling with anxiety up in 2018: study CBC News: Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs demanding province take action MORE
Do you know someone who is making a difference in the lives of kids that are in or transitioning from the child welfare system? This National Award recognizes extraordinary Canadians or initiatives that have made an indelible mark on the child welfare landscape. The Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada will MORE
This week Health Canada released a revised Canada Food Guide. The revised guide steers away from food groups and portion sizes but recommends more fruits and vegetables, whole grains and puts an emphasis on plant-based proteins. With one in every six Canadian children living in households that are food insecure, the revised Food MORE