Partners and Links
Government Partners
Non-Governmental Organization Partners
Other Interesting Links
Government Partners
Senator
Landon Pearson
This website provides information on children's rights and well-being
in Canada and abroad, including Children & the Hill, a newsletter
on federal programs and legislation in progress; a subject indexed Convention
on the Rights of the Child; speeches; documents from the 1998 International
Summit of Sexually Exploited Youth; and the latest on Canada's National
Plan of Action for Children as follow-up to the 2002 United Nations Special
Session on Children.
Public
Health Agency of Canada: Division of Childhood and Adolescence
The Division Childhood and Adolescence is a focal point for programs,
policy development, research, and analysis on broad determinants of health
for children and youth in Canada.
Health
Canada: Division of Childhood and Youth, First Nations and
Inuit Health Branch The Children and Youth Division, First Nations
and Inuit Health Branch, is responsible for the development and delivery
of community health programs and services for First Nations and Inuit
children and mothers; especially designed to provide children with
a healthy start in life.
Public
Health Agency of Canada: Division of Community Acquired
Infections, Sexual Health and Sexually-Transmitted Infections Section
The health of young people is one of our primary areas of focus in our
promotional activities and our surveillance initiatives.The
Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education provide policy-makers
with a solid framework upon which they can create effective, targeted
sexual health education programs. Other websites of interest include:
Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA)
Millions of children around the world don't go to school, often because
they have to go to work. They don't have nutritious foods or quality
health care. They have been devastated by HIV/AIDS or war. But, children
also have the capacity, knowledge and energy to make better lives for
themselves. CIDA supports sustainable development to reduce poverty and
contribute to a more secure, equitable and prosperous world to help create
a world community fit for children. Learn
more about what CIDA is doing to improve the lives and promote the
rights of children worldwide.
Department
of Justice Canada
The Department of Justice Canada provides the legal building blocks for
children and youth to prosper in Canada. Web sites of interest offered
by the Department include:
Department
of Canadian Heritage
The Web site of the Human
Rights Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage contains information
regarding the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including the text
of the Convention and its Optional Protocols; Canada's most recent reports
on its implementation of the Convention; and other documents related
to Canada's reporting obligations are under this international treaty.
Industry Canada
Canada's SchoolNet
is part of Connecting Canadians, the Government of Canada's strategy
to keep Canada among the leaders in connecting its citizens to the Internet.
This site provides information on over 5,000 quality educational materials
evaluated and approved by professional educators--from power learning
tools to Mathematics and Social Sciences.
Royal
Canadian Mounted Police
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) believes that young people can
achieve worthwhile goals in their communities when given sustained and
appropriate support. To help young people achieve these goals, the RCMP
has identified youth as a strategic priority and has created the National
Youth Strategy. The objectives of the strategy are to deal effectively
with youth who offend, to contribute to a reduction in youth victimization
and offending, and to work in partnership with other social agencies
providing services to communities. Youth engagement is a key element
of the RCMP's youth strategy. Web sites of interest include:
Social Development Canada
Social Development Canada works to enable individuals, families and communities to reach their full potential, and maintain the quality of life that Canadians expect. The major focus of the department is to help children and families, support persons with disabilities, explore approaches to ensure the active participation and dignity of seniors, and strengthen the capacity of voluntary organizations.
Non-Governmental Organization Partners
Canadian
Child Care Federation
Founded in 1987, the Canadian Child Care Federation (CCCF) is a national
non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of child
care services for children and families in Canada. CCCF includes 19 regional
affiliate organizations, independent members and other partner national
organizations. We use a variety of techniques to communicate amongst
our members and to the larger child care community. Visit some of the
other websites that we either manage or are actively involved in:
Canadian
Institute of Child Health
For more than 25 years, the Canadian Institute of Child Health has acted
as a dedicated voice for children and youth, improving their health and
well-being. CICH works to ensure that this goal is met through their
many publications and resources for parents and health professionals.
Save
the Children Canada
Save the Children Canada is the leading child-rights organization, working
for over 80 years to improve the quality of children's lives through
the realization of their rights. Save the Children is a non-political,
non-religious organization that provides both emergency relief and long-term
development assistance through partnership with local communities, government
bodies and international organizations.
Save the Children Canada is a member of the International Save the Children
Alliance. With Member organizations in 30 countries and operating programs
in over 100 countries, the Alliance is the world's largest global movement
for children.
UNICEF
Canada
Every child has the right to health, education, equality and protection.
UNICEF helps children, families, communities and governments overcome
the obstacles that poverty, violence, disease and discrimination place
in the path of children's survival, growth and development. Kids can
learn more about their rights and how they can help others by checking
out the interactive games and activities in the Kids Room section of
UNICEF Canada's Website. Teachers and parents can access information
and activities on global issues and children's rights in the Global Schoolhouse
section of the Website. Other sites of interest include:
Other Interesting Links
Links from this site to other sites are presented as a convenience
to Public Health Agency of Canada World Wide Web users. The Public
Health Agency of Canada does not endorse nor accept any responsibility
for the content found at these sites.
Some of the following information was produced outside of the Government
of Canada and is therefore not subject to the Officical Languages Act.
It may be available in English only.
Government
Alberta
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission (AADAC)
AADAC4Kids strives to provide objective information about drugs, alcohol
and gambling, with an emphasis on helping kids make healthy decisions.
There are also sections with information for parents and teachers
Ministry
for Children and Families, BC Children's Commission
The Youth Report 2000 - A Magazine for 11 to 4Teen - Provides information
on a series of magazines on issues that concern youth. In the third magazine,
published in 2000, the Children's Commission talked to 1200 youth from
11 to 14 in preparing the magazine, and repeatedly heard that they want
to be active participants in their communities and families.
Non-Government Organizations
Aboriginal
Youth Network (AYN)
A place where youth can find information that they may find useful in
their everyday lives. Their main focus is on news, events, and getting
youth to communicate with each other. The AYN was started to help youth
address disadvantages they faced as Aboriginal people.
Big
Brothers and Sisters of Canada
Big Brothers and Sisters of Canada (BBSC) is the leading child and youth
serving organization providing mentoring programs across the country.
Providing support to more than 300 Canadian communities, 160 local agencies
offer a one-to-one matching service.
Boys & Girls
Clubs of Canada
Boys and Girls Clubs throughout Canada offer safe, fun facilities where
kids can go to make friends, play games and learn new skills. Boys and
Girls Clubs offer young people a chance to belong to a community of caring
people who believe in kids.
Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation - CBC 4 Kids
Their aim is to create a safe, entertaining and informative place for
kids to explore, while stimulating their curiosity, their desire to learn,
and their sense of country.
Canadian
Coalition for the Rights of Children
The mandate of the Coalition is to ensure a collective voice for Canadian
organizations and youth concerned with the rights of children as described
in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the World
Summit for Children Declaration.
Canadian
Human Rights Foundation
Resources of interest: Stand Up for Children's Rights, a Grade 6 Teaching
Unit on the Convention on the Rights of the Child ; introduces students
at the elementary level to the Convention on the Rights of the Child
and its practical importance to the daily lives of children. French title:
Les droits de l'enfant, ça nous regarde!
Canadian
Mental Health Association
The Canadian Mental Health Association, founded in 1918, is one of the
oldest voluntary organizations in Canada and the only one to deal with
all aspects of mental illness.
The Children's
Wish Foundation of Canada
The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada is the only all-Canadian
organization with offices from coast to coast, dedicated to fulfilling a
favourite wish for children afflicted with a high risk, life-threatening
illness. Each wish is an individual adventure, carefully structured to
meet the needs of that particular child. This year marks the Foundations
20th year. They have never refused an eligible child and have granted over
10,000 wishes.
Defense
for Children International
Defence for Children international (DCI) is an independent non-governmental
organisation set up during the International Year of the Child (1979)
to ensure on-going, practical, systematic and concerted international
action specially directed towards promoting and protecting the rights
of the child. This site provides information on almost 12,000 individually
indexed items, including articles, studies and reports from journals
and serial publications, monographs, magazines, organizational newsletters,
newspaper clippings, official documents (UN system and individual governments)
and books.
Free
The Children
This international organization focuses on children helping children
through representation, leadership and action. This site has two sections:
Kids Can Free The Children, and Advocates for Free The Children.
Girl
Guides of Canada
Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada is a movement for girls, led by
women. It challenges girls to reach their potential and empowers them
to give leadership and service as responsible citizens of the world.
Kids
Help Phone
If you would like to talk to someone to get some support with something
you are experiencing, please call 1-800-668-6868 (open 24 hrs/7 days
a week - no charge).
National
Association of Friendship Centres - Youth Website
Includes information on Young Canada Works for Aboriginal Youth, the
Aboriginal Youth Council, the Youth Leadership Development Initiative,
and various links to other sites.
National
Children's Alliance
The National Children's Alliance is a group of more than thirty national
organizations committed to the well-being of all children and youth in
Canada. Together the member groups of the Alliance represent thousands
of people who work with children and families in the fields of social
services, education and health, as professionals and as volunteers. National
organizations conducting research and promoting improved economic and
social security are also members of the alliance.
Scouts
Canada
Scouts Canada is a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement
that provides five challenging programs for young people ages 5-26. Scouts
Canada currently operates nearly 4,500 individual groups in most cities
and towns across Canada with a total membership of 212,000 youth and
adulds.
Students
Commission
TG Magazine's sister organization, The Students Commission was co-founded
in 1991, by TG Magazine, Optimist Clubs and youth, as a non-profit organization,
to hold an annual youth-driven conference. Together, youth from across
Canada discuss issues and write a National Report on issues of concern.
United
Nations Association in Canada
UNA-Canada is a national non-profit organization promoting UN programmes
and activities within Canada. The Association offers individual Canadians
a window into the work of the UN, and a channel through which to become
engaged in the critical international issues affecting us all.
University
College of Cape Breton, Children's Rights Centre
Provides information on: Children's Rights Education Curriculum Resource
- Grade 6, Children's Rights Education Curriculum Resource - Grade 8,
and Your Child Has Rights! A Parent's Guide to the United Nations Convention
on the Rights of the Child.
Vanier
Institute of the Family
The Vanier Institute of the Family advocates on behalf of Canada's nearly
8 million families from the point of view that families are the key building
block of society and that every Canadian is included in their context.
YMCA
The YMCA in Canada has 64 Associations that directly serve over 1 million
Canadians in all provinces, through 91 programs related to physical
activity, child care, education, employment, social service, camping,
citizenship and international development.
YouCAN!
YouCAN! is a charitable, non-profit, national organization. Run for-youth-by-youth.
Focusing on peacemaking and consensus building, their mission is to
develop and promote nationwide youth-led initiatives in non-violent
conflict resolution and violence prevention.
Youth
in Care Network
The National Youth in Care Network is an association of young people
who either currently are or have been in the care of child welfare authorities.
The Network is run totally by and for youth and attempts to speak on
behalf of the young people in care across Canada as well as those recently
out of care.
Youth
Net
Youth Net is a mental health promotion and early intervention program
run by youth for youth. Their goal is to involve as many people as possible
between the ages of 13 and 20 from the Ottawa region in the promotion
of youth mental health. As well, the program helps people identify early
signs of mental illness so that they can take the next step to get help.
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