Children First Canada Founder Sara Austin Recognized by WXN as one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women for Third Straight Year
Children First Canada founder Sara L. Austin has been recognized as a 2016 Women’s Executive Network (WXN) Top 100 award winner for the third year in a row. The Top 100 Award recognizes women who have made strong contributions to their organizations, their fields of endeavour and their communities.
Sara was chosen as a winner of the KPMG Professionals Award for her accomplishments as a passionate champion for women and children, and as an established senior leader with nearly 20 years of experience in the non-profit/charitable sector.
Canada, the kids are not alright.
Huffingtonpost.ca
Canada is one of the best countries in which to grow up. Kids who live in Canada have won the lottery. Canada takes good care of our youth. These are great statements and most people believe them. Sadly, they’re not always true.
New report paints gloomy picture of childhood in Canada
Catch our story on CTV National News from November 16, 2016.
Children First Canada: New National, Non-Profit Organization Launches to Advocate for Canada’s Children
Children First Canada launches with Lisa LaFlamme, Chief Anchor, CTV National News; Katie Taylor, Chair, RBC and Sick Kids Foundation; Hannah Alper, youth Ambassador, Children First Canada; Sara Austin, Founder, Children First Canada; Sam Yacob, youth ambassador, Children First Canada; Rhiannon Traill, President, Economic Club of Canada
Kids need more support coping with stress: poll
Dean Recksiedler – News 1130, Vancouver
Your child’s mental health may be bigger concern than you realize and a new survey from the Angus Reid Institute suggests Canadians believe we need to do more to help our kids.
New report paints gloomy picture of childhood in Canada
Jeff Lagerquist , CTVNews.ca
Canada is the fifth most prosperous nation in the world but its youngest citizens are behind their global peers when it comes to poverty, exercise, infant mortality and several other key measures, according to a new report.
New charity wants Canada to put children first
Laurie Monsebraaten – Social Justice Reporter, thestar.com
Charity urges Ottawa to appoint a national children’s commissioner to improve the wellbeing of kids.
The kids are not alright
Hailey Eisen, Women of Influence
Canada is the 5th most prosperous nation, so why is it ranked 17th for children’s wellbeing and 27th for child health and safety? A group of influencers are teaming up through a new non-profit, Children First Canada, not just to answer that question, but to mobilize Canadians to improve the lives of children.
The kids are not alright: New non-profit aims to take on child poverty in Canada
Gilbert Ngabo, Metro News – Toronto
“As a new report paints yet another gloomy picture for child poverty in the city, a Toronto woman is leading a national movement to protect and empower children everywhere.”
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New national study: The kids are not alright
Prominent group of Canadians team up with a new non-profit, Children First Canada, to influence the government to drive positive change for our children