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Resources
Policy briefs
Tools
- Advocacy 101: Speaking out for child and youth health (CPS members only)
- Choosing the right tool: An advocacy starter kit
- PedsCases podcast advocacy 101: Part 1 Generating a "good" idea; Part 2 Designing and planning your project; Part 3 Implementing and evaluating your project
Political engagement
Find your MP
Contact a Premier
- NL Votes 2025: PC Party and NDP questionnaire responses
- Canada Votes 2025: Bloc Québécois (en français) and Green Party questionnaire responses
- ON Votes 2025: Green Party questionnaire response
- NS Votes 2024: PC Party, Liberal Party and NDP questionnaire responses
- SK Votes 2024: Saskatchewan Party and NDP questionnaire responses
- NB Votes 2024: Green and Liberal Party questionnaire responses
- MB Votes 2023: NDP, Green and Liberal Party questionnaire responses
- PEI Votes 2023: Green Party, PC and Liberal Party questionnaire responses
- QC Votes 2022: PLQ and CAQ questionnaire responses (en français)
External resources
Advocacy:
- Action tools (RESULTS Canada)
- Child health advocacy (Children's Healthcare Canada)
- Policy and advocacy for children and youth (UNICEF Canada)
Climate change:
- Climate change and children's health: Building a healthy future for every child (AAP)
- Climate change and human health (Canadian Public Health Association)
- Health of Canadians in a changing climate (Health Canada)
- Risks to health from climate change (Health Canada)
- The Lancet countdown on health and climate change (The Lancet)
Health & safety:
- Canada's road map to end violence against children (Public Health Agency of Canada)
- Cost of injury in Canada (Parachute Canada)
- Preventing kids and teens from smoking and vaping (Health Canada)
Indigenous health:
- Health and wellness (AFN)
- Knowledge portal (First Nations Child and Family Caring Society)
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission reports (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)
Mental health:
- Child and youth mental health (Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario)
- Mental health and wellness (Public Health Agency of Canada)
- The state of mental health in Canada 2024 (Canadian Mental Health Association)
Screen use and digital health:
- Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health (AAP)
- General comment No. 25 (2021) on children's right in relation to the digital environment (United Nations)
- Helping your child manage digital technology (School Mental Health Ontario)
- How to help your child set healthy screen time limits (SickKids)
- Social media: Resources to support your mental health (Kids Help Phone)
Social determinants of health:
- 2023 Early Childhood Education report (Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development)
- 2024 Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada (Campaign 2000)
- Dimensions of Poverty Hub (Statistics Canada)
- HungerCount 2024 (Food Banks Canada)
- Innocenti Research Center (UNICEF)
Last updated: Oct 14, 2025