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2022 Impact Report

It has been another extraordinary and unpredictable year for Canada’s children and youth, and the healthcare delivery organizations who serve them. In the midst of some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable, Children’s Healthcare Canada and our members worked together to ensure the unique considerations for children and their families were not overlooked.

This past year has underscored the value of purposeful partnerships – with members, with families, with policy makers, and with other...

Canadians Agree: It’s Time for All Levels of Government to Prioritize Children’s Health

Nearly all Canadians agree that it is time for decision-makers to put children first in health care planning and spending. New public opinion research, released Feb. 6 by Abacus Data in partnership with Children’s Healthcare Canada and the Pediatric Chairs of Canada, found that 92 per cent of Canadians (and 95 per cent of parents) agree health care services must urgently be bolstered to better meet the needs of children and youth.

For years, Canada has systemically underinvested in child and...

A Call to Action for Canada’s Kids

November 18, 2022

Ottawa, ON-

A Call to Action for Canada’s Kids

As Canada’s federal, territorial, and provincial Ministers of Health met for their first face-to-face meeting since 2018 to discuss priorities in healthcare, children’s hospitals and community partners across the country experienced a critical surge in admissions of children and demand. The convergence of healthcare workforce shortages, a particularly difficult respiratory virus season, COVID-19, increased mental health admissions and...

Children's Healthcare Canada Welcomes New Board Leadership

It is with great pleasure that Children’s Healthcare Canada welcomes a new Chair of the Board of Directors, Ms. Julia Hanigsberg, effective October 13th, 2022.

Ms. Hanigsberg is the President and CEO of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Canada’s largest pediatric rehabilitation hospital and an academic health science centre fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. She has served the Children’s Healthcare Canada board for seven years, including five years on the Executive...

#ChildHealthCan2022

Each year, the Children’s Healthcare Canada Annual Conference convenes health and healthcare leaders from coast-to-coast to accelerate excellence and innovation in health systems caring for children and youth.   

In 2022, the Annual Conference, with the theme, Energy, Optimism and Leadership: A bright future for child health in Canada,  celebrates leaders in child and youth health and healthcare. 

This conference will take place during November,  SPARK Child...