Become a Member
Make an Impact by Joining Children’s Healthcare Canada
Who we are
Children’s Healthcare Canada is a national not-for-profit association comprised of healthcare delivery organizations serving children, youth and their families across the continuum of care. With the combined strength of our members, we advance strategic priorities to accelerate excellence and innovation in the healthcare systems that serve Canada’s eight million children and youth.
Our members deliver health services to children and youth, and include regional health authorities, children’s tertiary/quaternary and rehabilitation hospitals, community hospitals, children’s treatment centres, palliative and hospice care homes, and home/respite care agencies serving children.
How we provide value
Children’s Healthcare Canada convenes members, strategic partners and decision makers to identify and co-design solutions to inform stronger, more equitable, agile and accessible health systems serving a growing population of children and youth.
Children’s Healthcare Canada advances models of care, shares innovations and discoveries and creates accessible learning communities to collectively build Canada’s capacity to meet the increasingly complex healthcare needs of children and youth.
Children’s Healthcare Canada leverages best available evidence to inform progressive, child friendly policies and investments. We mobilize elected officials and decision-makers to take action to improve the health of children and youth.
Together with our members, we will inform integrated and innovative health systems for kids by:
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evidence to accelerate implementation of high-quality care;
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strategic partners; and
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to improve children’s health and healthcare systems.
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“Children’s Healthcare Canada and our members are on a mission to improve the health and wellbeing of children and youth. Our collective call to action is yielding measurable results. Join us on this journey to flip the script for Canada’s kids. ”
Emily Gruenwoldt, President and CEO, Children’s Healthcare Canada
Benefits of membership
When you become a member of Children’s Healthcare Canada, you join a community of like-minded peers and organizations working to advance experiences of care, and health outcomes for children and youth.
Together, we identify emerging trends in children’s health, tackle complex challenges inherent in coordinating and delivering care across sectors, and mobilize provincial, territorial and federal governments to invest in children’s health systems.
Children’s Healthcare Canada members create and maintain connections in a variety of ways: through participation in practice networks (communities of practice), at shared virtual and in person learning opportunities (webinars, conferences and pop-up events), and by engaging in collective advocacy (including Children’s Healthcare Canada’s annual Lobby Day).
✔ Voting Rights at AGM
✔ Member Pricing for Conference and Events
✔ Child Health Advocacy Day
✔ Presentations at Federal Committees
✔ Practice and Policy Networks
✔ Child Health Hubs
✔ Family Network
✔ Executive Network*
*Executive Network is for full members only.
✔ Peer to Peer Information Requests
✔ SPARK programs
✔ Job Postings
Check out our Membership Benefits page for all the details on our programs and activities for members!
Membership Categories
Members are organizations that provide healthcare services to children and youth in Canada. This includes (but is not limited to) acute care children’s hospitals, community mixed adult and pediatric hospitals, community health centres, children treatment centres, rehabilitation centres/hospitals, homecare and respite provider agencies, and regional health authorities.
All staff and physicians will have access to programs indicated below.
Associate Members are not for profit organizations/associations that share our interest in advancing children’s health and healthcare, but do not deliver health services directly to patients or their families. They may serve a specific population or area of child health, and their staff would benefit from our services and resources.
Don't fit in to one of these categories? Let us know!
Email: info@childrenshealthcarecanada.ca, we would be happy to find a custom solution for your organizations size and needs.
