Recent Advocacy

 Position Statements and Practice Points:

• Literacy in school-aged children: A paediatric approach to advocacy and assessment (October 2024)
• Social media and youth: A call to action (November 2023)
• Access to appropriate interpretation is essential for the health of children (June 2023)
• Promoting optimal mental health outcomes for children and youth (May 2023)
• Sport-related concussion and bodychecking in children and youth: Evaluation, management, and policy implications (January 2023)

Paediatric Drugs & Therapeutics:

• Canadian Drug Agency and paediatric medicine (January 2024)
• Response to Draft guidance document on submitting pediatric studies and pediatric development plans (August 2023)
• Consultation on improving access to drugs and other health products in Canada (August 2023)
• Pediatric Drug Action Plan follow-up (March 2022)

Vaping & Cannabis:

• Final report of the Cannabis Act legislative review (February 2024)
• Second legislative review of the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (November 2023) 
• Cannabis Act legislative review (November 2022)
• Tobacco and Vaping Products Act legislative review (April 2022) 

Mental Health: 

• Written response: Roundtable discussion on "Mental Heath, Substance Abuse, and Addiction Parity in Canada across the Lifespan" (September 2024)
• Written submission to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women (November 2022)
• Pre-budget consultation submission (September 2022)
• Child and youth mental health policy brief (April 2022)

Social Determinants of Health:

• Regularization and child and youth health (June 2024)
• Written Submission to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology: S-249, National Strategy for the Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence Act (April 2024)
• Increased supports for refugees (January 2024)
• Restricting food advertising primarily directed at children (June 2023) 
• Written submission to SECU: Bill C-21 (March 2023)
• Healthcare for all (March 2023)
• Repealing Section 43 of the Criminal Code: TRC Call to Action 6 (January 2023)
• Healthcare for all (August 2022)
• Supporting Ukrainian refugees (March 2022)
• Action on healthy eating initiatives (March 2022)

Prioritizing Children & Youth:

• Gender-affirming care in Alberta (February 2024)
• Our shared humanity and our collective duty to protect children (November 2023)
• Response to the 2023 federal budget (March 2023)
• Prioritizing child and youth health (January 2023)
• A call to action for Canada's kids (November 2022)
• Written submission to the Special Joint Committee on MAID (May 2022)