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Government announces funding to help improve Indigenous children’s mental health and well-being

August 12, 2021, Ottawa, ON, Health Canada

Indigenous children in Canada face inequities in accessing health services, including mental health and wellness resources, and the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened these gaps. The Government of Canada is working with partners to address the unique health needs of Indigenous children and ensure they have access to culturally appropriate mental health services, when and where they need them.

Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, announced $2...

Large 42-country study connects teen mental wellbeing to both screen time and physical activity

A study published today in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, involving data for more than 577,000 adolescents (ages 13 to 15) from 42 North American and European countries, finds that increased physical activity is clearly associated with better mental wellbeing and increased recreational screen time, beyond 2 hours per day, is detrimentally related to mental wellbeing. It is the first study to show such clear relationships in a large multi-country sample.

The paper is an international...

Kids 12 and older won’t need an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine at upcoming pop-up clinic!

July 20, 2021 – Ottawa, ON – For four days next week, CHEO and other partners of the Kids Come First Health Team – including Roger Neilson House, community pediatricians and numerous family physicians – will provide COVID-19 vaccines to all youth aged 12 to 17 and their families at the Minto Sports Complex on the University of Ottawa campus. CHEO and Kids Come First partners are calling on community members and media to help spread the word. 

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Children's Health Coalition: response to the Ontario Science Table's brief on school re-opening

TORONTO, July 19, 2021 – The Children’s Health Coalition strongly urges the Ontario government to adopt the expert advice of the report issued today by the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table supporting the safe return to in-person learning in schools this coming September. 

The Table’s report makes the benefits of such a return very clear not only for development but, just as importantly, for the overall health and well-being of Ontario’s children and youth. The Coalition is especially...

Ontario Science Table and hospitals release new guidance for return to in-person school

Summary: Ontario Science Table, CHEO, SickKids and other hospitals across the province provide guidance on COVID-19 mitigation measures for the return to in-person school in September 2021.

To help the return to in-person school in September 2021, the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, CHEO, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and other hospitals from across the province have released a Science Brief that provides guidance on how schools...