ABOUT US
ABOUT US
ABOUT US
INSPIRING HEALTHY FUTURES
INSPIRING HEALTHY FUTURES
ABOUT US
Between September 2020 and March 2021, Inspiring Healthy Futures engaged a diverse group of youth, parents, service providers, youth-serving agencies, cross-sector experts and researchers, and others.
“The youth who participated envision a future where racial and gender equity and belonging can be taken for granted, where everyone has access to the basics of life, where climate change and clean environments are priorities, and where the voices of children and youth are fully engaged in shaping decisions.”
Inspiring Healthy Futures is a launching point for mobilizing committed, passionate communities in a shared mission.
OUR FOUNDING PARTNERS
About UNICEF Canada’s One Youth
UNICEF Canada’s One Youth is working to make Canada the best place in the world to grow up in. As the global UN agency for kids, UNICEF has worked to improve conditions for every child around the world for 75 years, and has saved more children’s lives than any other humanitarian organization. UNICEF Canada’s One Youth brings that work to Canada by measuring child and youth well-being, and advocating for the right to a childhood.
About Children’s Healthcare Canada
Children’s Healthcare Canada is a national association representing health service delivery organizations serving children and youth across the continuum of care. Through purposeful partnerships, we accelerate excellence and innovation in health systems caring for children and youth.
About Pediatric Chairs of Canada
The Pediatric Chairs of Canada represents the Department Heads (Chairs) of Pediatrics within the seventeen Canadian medical schools. Collectively they provide national leadership in research and education to promote the health and healthcare of children and youth in Canada.
About CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH)
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is Canada’s federal funding agency for health research. IHDCYH is one of 13 CIHR institutes and supports research that ensures the best start in life for all Canadians and the achievement of their potential for optimal growth and development. CIHR-IHDCYH supports researchers located in universities, hospitals and other research centres, and creates linkages with other stakeholders across Canada.
OUR TEAM
EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS
Julia Anderson,
Canadian Partnership for Women & Children’s Health
Jocelynn Cook,
Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada
Marie-Adele Davis,
Canadian Pediatric Society
Brent Diverty,
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Julie Drury, Parent partner;
Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement
Vivek Gill, IHDCYH Youth Advisor
Jennifer Gillivan, Board Chair,
CCHF, Foundation President IWK
Rachel Gouin, Child Welfare League of Canada
Cassandra Hallett, Canadian Teachers Federation
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Julia Hanigsberg, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab
Katherine Hay, Kids Help Phone
Zain Ismail, Henry Ford Health System
Paul Kershaw, Generation Squeeze
Annie Kidder, People for Education
David Morley, UNICEF Canada
Jane Philpott, Queen’s University
Melanie Redman, A Way Home Canada
Leila Sarangi, Campaign 2000
Erika Shaker, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Katharine Smart, Canadian Medical Association
Nora Spinks, Vanier Institute for the Family
Bruce Squires, Children’s Healthcare Canada
Kelly Stone, Families Canada
Anjum Sultana, YWCA
CORE TEAM
MEMBERS
Christine Alden, Lawson Foundation
Sara Austin, Children First Canada
Stephen Barbazuk, Maternal Infant Child and
Youth Research Network (MICYRN)
Susanne Benseler, Alberta Children’s Hospital
Research Institute
Susan Bissaillon, Safehaven
Eric Breton, Family Network Community Health Centre
Roger Chafe, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Jean Clinton, McMaster University
Bob Connelly, Pediatric Chairs of Canada
Kristin Connor, Carleton University
Devanshi Desai, Young Canadians Roundtable
on Health
Joanne Downing, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab
Julie Drury, Parent partner, Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement
Erika Dupuis, Young Canadians Roundtable on Health
Peter Gill, Sick Kids Hospital
Cassandra Hallett, Canadian Teachers Federation
Lynda Kuhn, Maple Leaf Foods
Thierry Lacaze, MICYRN
Don Lindsay, Teck Resources
Andrew Lynk, Pediatric Chairs of Canada
Sharif Mahdy, Students Commission of Canada
Rachel Martens, Parent partner,
CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research
Dwayne Matthews, Evangelist and Future of
Education Strategist
Steven Miller, Institute of Human Development,
Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH) Advisory Board
Taylor Morriseau, Youth Leader
Anne-Monique Nuyt, IHDCYH Advisory Board
Christine Hampson, The Sandbox Project
Mark Hierlihy, Canada’s Children’s Hospital Foundations
Clara Ho, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab
Kate Horton, Ronald McDonald House
Lauren Kelly, Dept of Pediatrics, University of Manitoba
Mobeen Lalani, Young Canadians Roundtable on Health
Frank MacMaster, Alberta Children’s Hospital
Research Institute
Shauna MacEachern, Frayme Representative
Annette Majnemer, Child Bright/McGill University
Joanne Maxwell, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab
Merryn Maynard, Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security
Jessica Nkongolo, YMCA Canada
Eki Okungbowa, IHDCYH Youth Advisory Council
Stephen Patrick, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Debra Pepler, York University
Niloufar Pourzand, UNICEF consultant
Alison Quigley, Trillium Health Partners
Susan Samuel, Canadian Child Health Clinician
Scientist Program (CCHCSP)
Mahendra Sheth, Regional consultant for the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO EMRO)
Keiko Shikako-Thomas, McGill University
Jessica Stepic, YMCA Canada
Gina Uppal, Western University and Bowhead Health
Cecilia VanEgmond, Health Canada
Annika Waschke, IHDCYH Youth Advisory Council
Aminata Wurie, CanWaCH
Laura Wittman, YMCA Canada
Adrienne Zarem, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab