Raising Canada 2021 is the fourth in an annual series of reports that track the top 10 threats to childhood. This year, the report highlights the impacts of the pandemic and provides policy recommendations for addressing each threat
The latest data on the effects of COVID-19 school closures on kids in Canada
A child rights framework applied to each of the top 10 threats
An analysis of the interconnection between threats
Artistic expressions and quotes from children across Canada
Recommendations and calls to action for the Government of Canada
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Associate Vice-President, Social Impact (Canada), TD Bank
Opening Remarks
President and CEO, The Economic Club of Canada, Founder of The Jr. Economic Club of Canada, CEO & Co-Founder of The Global Institute for Conscious Economics (GICE), and Member of the Council of Champions at Children First Canada
Moderator
Assistant Chief Statistician of the Social, Health and Labour Statistics Field at Statistics Canada
Founder and CEO of Children First Canada
Youth Advisory Council Member, Children First Canada
Director, Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth & Family Mental Health, CAMH
Health reporter and columnist for The Globe and Mail
Moderator
District Vice President, Calgary Central, TD
Opening Remarks
Senior Vice-President, IG Wealth Management
Director, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Husky Energy Chair in Child and Maternal Health, and Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation Chair in Pediatric Research
Founder and CEO of Children First Canada
Director of Brand Management, SureCall
Youth Panelist
Yukon Regional Chief, Assembly of First Nations
The Raising Canada 2021 report is released with joint calls to action from the Council of Champions. Kids are in crisis. It’s time to put #ChildrenAtTheHeart of Canada’s COVID-19 recovery plans.
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Are you under 18? Are you a parent of a child under 10? We are looking for artwork from children and youth to support Children First Canada’s Raising Canada 2021 report. Raising Canada is an annual series of reports that track the top 10 threats to childhood. Click here to...
The Raising Canada 2020 report revealed that the top 10 threats to childhood are increasing – or are in danger of increasing – due to the impact of COVID-19. Sara Austin, CFC’s founder and CEO, explains why the time to act is now.
Children First Canada (CFC) has released Raising Canada 2020, a joint research report that highlights the state of childhood in Canada. The findings reveal that most of the top 10 threats to childhood may be increasing – or in danger or increasing – because of the COVID-19 pandemic. CFC...
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