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News & Press
September 2009

CCYHC Welcomes new Co-Chair - Following unanimous endorsement by members of the Coalition Steering Committee, we are very pleased to welcome Dr. Ian Manion as new Co-Chair of the Canadian Child & Youth Health Coalition (CCYHC), effective October 18th, 2009. Dr. Manion is currently the Executive Director of Ontario’s Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, a clinical professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Northumbria (UK). He is a committed advocate for child and youth mental health sitting on a number of local, provincial, national and international boards and committees including the National Infant Child and Youth Mental Health Consortium (Chair) and Youth Net/ Réseau Ado (Co-founder). The Coalition sincerely appreciates Dr. Manion’s willingness to take on this important leadership role alongside Marilyn Booth (continuing Co-Chair) and looks forward to his valuable input and direction going forward.
Transitioning Co-Chair, Dr. Bob Armstrong will take up the position of Past Chair on October 18th. CCYHC would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Armstrong for the tremendous leadership he has provided throughout the early development of the Coalition. These have been extremely active and productive years for CCYHC and we look forward to Dr. Armstrong’s continued guidance and support as we work to build upon momentum and the combined strengths of our many partnerships.
September 2009

The Child & Family in the Healthcare System – The CCYHC Child and Family in the Healthcare System initiative is now well underway and work on two initial priorities - parental presence at surgical induction and recovery and the transition from inpatient status to "real life" - is moving ahead. The working group is formulating tools to collect data and narratives for each of these projects which will inform the development of recommendations supported by evidence and grounded in experience. A dedicated space on the Coalition website has now been created which provides an overview of the Child & Family in the Healthcare System initiative and the activities of the working group. In addition, an online issues bank has been developed to allow current and past patients, family members, and healthcare professionals to submit suggestions for consideration by the working group. If you would like to propose a topic or idea, please click here.
April 8, 2009

Appointment of Co-Directors
for the Maternal, Infant, Child and Youth Research Network
(MICYRN) - Following
a national search, the Coalition has appointed Dr. Anne
Junker and Dr. Aubrey Tingle as Director and Associate
Director respectively of the Maternal, Infant, Child
and Youth Research Network (MICYRN). The appointment
is effective immediately. MICYRN was established by the Coalition as a key strategy
for building national collaboration around clinical
research in child and youth health. In the course of
establishing MICYRN, the important link to maternal
health was defined and incorporated into the organizational
structure and programs that now constitute MICYRN. The Director position has been supported through the
host institution and this support will continue through
the Child and Family Research Institute (CFRI) where
Dr. Junker is Director of Clinical Research and Population
Health. Dr. Tingle will join CFRI on a part-time basis
in relation to his role as Associate Director of MICYRN. The Coalition would like to thank Anne and Aubrey for taking
on this challenge. We believe the level of commitment
and collaboration we have seen across the country for
this initiative is unprecedented and we can assure them
that they will have, from all of us, the support that
will be required to make this a success for all of the
mothers, infants, children and youth of the country.
For more information about MICYRN visit » www.micyrn.ca
March
2009

CCYHC welcomes newest members -Safe Kids
Canada and the Canadian Paediatric Society
- From the outset, the Coalition has identified
the engagement of new members as critically important
to strengthening its capacity to address the full spectrum
of health challenges facing Canada’s infants,
children, youth, and their families. In the last year,
CCYHC has been very pleased to welcome two new members
to the Coalition:
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Safe Kids Canada (SKC). As a national leader, Safe
Kids Canada promotes effective strategies to prevent
unintentional injuries. By building partnerships and
using a comprehensive approach, they advance safety
and reduce the burden of injuries to Canada’s
children and youth. Bringing a demonstrated commitment
to the promotion of education, research, and excellence
in the area of child and youth injury prevention, Safe
Kids Canada provides valuable perspective and input
to the Coalition as it continues to work towards achieving
its mandate of improving the overall health and care
of Canada’s children and youth. Safe Kids Canada
joined the Coalition in January 2009.
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Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS). The Canadian
Paediatric Society is the national association of paediatricians,
committed to working together and with others to advance
the health of children and youth by promoting excellence
in health care, advocacy, education, research and support
of its membership. The vision of CPS is consistent with
the mandate of CCYHC and it is anticipated that this
new partnership will bring important perspective, support,
and enhanced credibility to the work of the Coalition
as it works to achieve defined objectives in areas of
strategic priority. CPS joined the Coalition in March
2009.
October
19, 2008

» CCYHC 2008 Annual
Symposium - On October 19th, 2008, the CCYHC held
a symposium in Edmonton, Alberta entitled Health
Human Resources for Children & Youth: What have
we learned and where should we go? The
symposium was very well attended and attracted participants
representing a broad range of constituents and stakeholders
across the continuum of child and youth health including
service providers, administrators, and researchers.
October
16, 2008

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National Council meeting of the Maternal, Infant, Child
& Youth Research Network (MICYRN) - The first
National Council meeting of the Maternal, Infant, Child
& Youth Research Network (MICYRN), held on October
16th, 2008, was a productive event with researchers
and research advocates from across the country participating
in the strategy sessions based on the theme: “MICYRN:
Building a 5-year Vision.”
October
16, 2008

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Joint Council for Canadian Child Health Research (CCCHR)
/ Maternal Infant Child and Youth Research Network (MICYRN)
Symposium - CCCHR and MICYRN were delighted to co-host
their first national research symposium on October 16th,
2008 in Edmonton. The symposium focused on birth cohort
studies -- an area of research which has the potential
to yield important and relevant information on maternal
child and youth health, is multidisciplinary and multi-institutional.
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more
June 13
, 2008

Press
Release: Government Of Canada Announces Funding For
The Canadian Paediatric Surgical Wait Times Project
- Stage II - OTTAWA - The
Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, today announced
further action to reduce wait times, with an investment
of up to $9.8 million in a Canada-wide project aimed
at ensuring more children requiring surgery will receive
timely access to care. The Canadian Paediatric Surgical
Wait Times Project - Stage II, will
build on the progress and partnerships established under
the National Paediatric Surgical Wait Times pilot project
announced by Prime Minister Harper in January 2007 and
scheduled for completion later this month. View full
press
release.
April 1, 2008

Press
Release: Canadian Child & Youth Health Coalition
endorses Leitch report Toronto, ON
April 1, 2008 -- Dr. Bob Armstrong and Ms. Marilyn Booth,
Co-Chairs of the Canadian Child and Youth Health Coalition
(CCYHC) welcomed the release last week of Reaching
for the Top: A Report by the Advisor on Healthy Children
and Youth. The report, prepared by Dr. K. Kellie
Leitch, Advisor on Healthy Children and Youth to Federal
Minister of Health Tony Clement, and based on extensive
nation-wide consultation, provides five key recommendations
to improve the health and wellness of Canada’s
children and youth. View full press
release.
January 29, 2008

Health
Indicators RFA: Competition results now posted on CIHR
website - In December 2006, CIHR-IHDCYH and the
Coalition, in collaboration with 13 other partner organizations,
launched a Request for Applications (RFA) to validate
and/or develop child and youth health indicators.The
purpose of this initiative is to support teams of researchers
and decision makers to develop and apply indicators
of child and youth health and health care. Competition
results for The Partnerships for Child and Youth
Health Indicators Funding Opportunity are now available
on the CIHR website.
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