The Future is NOW! Awards: Canada’s Top 10 Young Changemakers Announced
Ten children from across Canada honoured for their leadership in making social change. TORONTO, MAY 7, 2024 – Canada’s top young changemakers were unveiled today by The Future is NOW! Awards. Ten inspirational children and youth from across the country were chosen for their leadership in defending children’s rights and tackling urgent issues that matter […]
Canada Doubles Down on Investing in Our Greatest Natural Resource: Kids
Advocates Celebrate Budget 2024 Commitments for School Food, Youth Mental Health, Online Safety, Safety in Sport, and Equitable Treatment for First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Children.
New Awards Program Celebrates Canada’s Youngest Changemakers
Nominations have opened for the inaugural The Future Is NOW! Awards to celebrate the accomplishments of Canada’s youngest young changemakers. The awards recognize diverse young leaders driving social impact on issues that matter most to Generation Z.
38,000 Kids Will Gather Across the Country to Demand Action on Children’s Rights, Doubling Last Year’s Record!
Event comes as Canada sees increase in child food insecurity, poor mental health and violence against kids. November 20, 2022, Calgary, AB – More than 38,000 kids from Kindergarten to Grade 12 are gathering across the country today, on National Child Day, to demand that governments prioritize their rights and freedoms. This year marks the […]
New Report Reveals Top 10 Threats to Kids in Canada, Including 29% Increase in Food Insecurity
Annual ‘Raising Canada’ report includes urgent calls for action by government Calgary, AB – As kids head back to school, a new report on the state of the nation’s children sounds the alarm on the top 10 threats to childhood. For the first time ever, the annual Raising Canada report incorporates primary research with youth […]
Social Impact Lab: Engaging Calgary-Area Youth in Combatting Anti-Black Racism
Calgary, AB – Children First Canada (CFC), BlackNorth Initiative (BNI), and United Way of Calgary and Area (UWCA) are proud to announce the launch of a Youth Social Impact Forum aimed at empowering Calgary-area youth to tackle anti-Black racism. This forum will provide an innovative and safe space for young minds to learn from emerging […]
New Research Puts a Multi-Billion Price Tag on Failure to Improve Children’s Health in Canada
Calgary, AB – Children First Canada has released a new report, ‘Pedianomics: the Social Return on Investment in Improving the Health and Wellbeing of Children and Adolescents’. The report is a comprehensive assessment of the past 5 years of investments in the lives of 8 million young Canadians, making the case to put children first […]
Thanking our Board Chair, Gail O’Brien, upon the completion of her term
It is with immense gratitude that Children First Canada wishes to acknowledge and express our deepest thanks to our Board Chair, Gail O’Brien, as she steps down upon the completion of her term as the Chair and as a member of the Board of Directors. Gail has played a pivotal role in CFC since the organization’s inception in 2015, […]
Children First Canada responds to Federal Budget
Calgary, AB – The federal government has released Budget 2023, “A Made-in-Canada Plan: Stronger Middle Class, Affordable Economy and Healthy Future”. While it delivers the promised investments in health transfer payments and has a focus on the next generations’ clean economy, children and youth will not receive the catalytic investment and strategy needed to support […]
Children First Canada responds to announcement by Canada’s premiers on child health crisis
Calgary, AB – Today Canada’s Premiers announced they would host a timely press conference to address the crisis facing children’s hospitals across the country. Children First Canada along with many other organizations and individuals who share a commitment to ensuring the health and wellbeing of children were hopeful that the announcement would bring news of […]