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CHEO receives national award for innovation in communication
Posted on Monday, June 01, 2026 04:38 PM
June 1, 2026, Calgary, Alta. — CHEO is honoured to receive the 2026 Children’s Healthcare Canada Health Communications Award that acknowledges our innovative approach to supporting youth mental health through digital storytelling.
The award recognizes CHEO’s YouTube series, “This is what it feels like / Voici ce que l’on ressent,” created in partnership with YouTube Canada and Ottawa’s own Juno-nominated artist Jamie Fine to bring trusted, evidence-based mental health information directly to young people.
The...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford visits CHEO and sees redevelopment report card
Posted on Friday, May 29, 2026 09:00 AM
May 29, 2026 - Ottawa, Ont.— Ontario Premier Doug Ford visited CHEO this week along with Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, Michael Parsa and local MPP, George Darouze, to see construction progress for the Integrated Treatment Centre (ITC), a marquis new addition to the CHEO campus to improve care for children and youth in the region.
Since breaking ground in April 2025, there has been considerable progress on the new 220,000-square-footbuilding with the final beam set in place last month, walls...
CHEO and Queensway Carleton Hospital team up to complete more pediatric surgeries
Posted on Monday, May 25, 2026 08:45 AM
May 25, 2026, Ottawa, Ont. – CHEO and Queensway Carleton Hospital (QCH) have joined forces to speed up access to care and address wait-lists for pediatric surgeries.
Through this collaboration, CHEO specialists will perform certain lower-complexity day surgeries at QCH, alongside the hospital’s experienced surgical teams.
This expands CHEO’s regional surgical program to six hospitals across the region, building on the success of the program first launched as a Kids Come First initiative in 2024.QCHwill become the first partner to...
Health Canada investment enables Valoris and CHEO to enhance youth mental health services
Posted on Friday, May 01, 2026 09:30 AM
May 1, 2026, Rockland, Ont. — Valoris for Children and Adults of Prescott-Russell, in collaboration with CHEO, are proud to announce a significant contribution from Health Canada through the Youth Mental Health Fund to support the implementation of the BRAVA Program - Building Resilience and Attachment in Vulnerable Adolescents.
This four-year funding of $902,769 will allow Valoris to increase the capacity of its youth mental health team. Designed for adolescents experiencing suicidal ideation and...
CHEO Research Institute strengthens pediatric clinical trials in Canada
Posted on Thursday, April 23, 2026 10:05 AM
April 23, 2026, Ottawa, Ont. – The CHEO Research Institute has launched its new Clinical Trial Access Core and Clinical Investigation Unit (CIU) — a significant investment designed to expand pediatric clinical trial capacity in the region and strengthen Canada’s clinical trials ecosystem.
Located within the CHEO Research Institute, one of Canada’s top 40 research hospitals, the new Clinical Trial Access Core brings together the infrastructure, expertise and operational support needed to lead and...