Resources

Tools

• Advocacy 101: Speaking out for child and youth health (CPS members only) 
• Policy briefs: pharmacare, mental health, button batteries
• Advocacy tips & tools: meetings, letter writing  & digital advocacy 
• 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

• 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 
• Manitoba Votes 2023: NDP, Green and Liberal Party questionnaire responses 
• PEI Votes 2023: Green Party, PC and Liberal Party questionnaire responses
• Quebec Votes 2022: PLQ and CAQ questionnaire responses (en français)
• Ontario Votes 2022: Liberal, PC, NDP and Green Party questionnaire responses

External resources

Advocacy:

• Child Health Advocacy (Children's Healthcare Canada, 2023)
• Policy and Advocacy for Children and Youth (UNICEF Canada, 2023)
• Action Tools (RESULTS Canada, 2023)

Social determinants of health:

• Innocenti Research Center (UNICEF, 2023)  
• Dimensions of Poverty Hub (Statistics Canada, 2023)
• Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Canada (Campaign 2000, 2022) 
• Early Childhood Education Report (Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development, 2020)

Climate change:

• The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change (The Lancet, 2023)
• Health of Canadians in a Changing Climate (Health Canada, 2022)
• Climate Change and Human Health (Canadian Public Health Association, 2019)
• Canada's Top Climate Change Risks (Council of Canadian Academies, 2019)

Mental health:

• Wellness Together Canada (2023)
• Mental health and wellness (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2023)
• ACT for Mental Health (Canadian Mental Health Alliance, 2023)

Health & safety:

• Preventing kids and teens from vaping (Health Canada, 2023)
• Cost of Injury in Canada (Parachute Canada, 2023) 
• Canada's Road Map to End Violence Against Children (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2019)

Indigenous health:

• Knowledge Portal (First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, 2023)
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, 2023)
• Health & Wellness (AFN, 2023) 
• ITK Priorities for Election 2021 (ITK, 2021) 

Contact information

• Find your MP
• Contact a Premier