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Recent Media Activity

Children’s Healthcare Canada works with partners to facilitate knowledge-sharing, capacity building and evidence-informed policy reforms to ensure all children in Canada have quality-based healthcare.

Click here to view a summary of the media activity surrounding the launch of the Beyond Bandaids report.

Recent Media

May 13, 2025 - Toronto Star
Canada facing high youth suicide rates, child mortality, new report finds

April 28, 2025 - Canada Healthwatch
A ballot issue every parent should consider: their children

April 14, 2025 - La Presse
Des organisations et des syndicats pressent les partis fédéraux de prioriser la santé

April 14, 2025 - L’heure de pointe - Acadie

Les parents préoccupés par l’accès aux soins de santé pour leurs enfants

April 14, 2025 - L'actualité
Des organisations et des syndicats pressent les partis fédéraux de prioriser la santé

October 22, 2024 - Radio Canada - Ohdio
Comment améliorer la santé des enfants au Canada?

October 23, 2024 - The Gazette
Most Quebec optometrists will withdraw from RAMQ in November

October 22, 2024 - La Presse
Une journaliste de La Presse à l’honneur

October 21, 2024 - CBC News Newfoundland
Coverage of #ChildHealthCan2024 on CBC's Here & Now

October 21, 2024 - CBC Radio

St. John's Morning Show

October 21, 2024 - VOCM Local News Now
Children’s Health Care Conference Underway in St. John’s

September 19, 2024 - Le réveil, Radio-Canada
La santé mentale des jeunes Canadiens est préoccupante

June 3, 2024 - CBC News
Suffering in the shadows

May 27, 2024 - The Globe and Mail
SickKids lowers surgery backlog through successful new partnership with nearby hospitals

May 9, 2024 - The Lobby Monitor (Subscription required)
Shortage of kids’ over-the-counter meds in 2022 leads to cross-country proposal to fix children’s health care

May 8, 2024 - Hill Times Research
Shortage of kids’ over-the-counter meds in 2022 leads to cross-country proposal to fix children’s health care

May 6, 2023 - Yahoo Finance
Children's Healthcare Canada Calls on Federal Government to Declare Children's Health and Well-Being a National Priority

May 6, 2024 - CTV News

Interview with Emily Gruenwoldt

May 6, 2024 - Le téléjournal Acadie
Crise des soins aux enfants (Clip starts at 31:31 / Le clip commence à 31:31)

May 6, 2024 - Le téléjournal Québec
Les soins pédiatriques se détériorent au pays

May 6, 2024 - La Presse
Le Canada traverse une crise des soins aux enfants, prévient le rapport d’un organisme

May 6, 2024 - The Toronto Star
Canada needs a national strategy to confront kids’ health crises, report says

May 6, 2024 - Le Devoir
Le Canada traverse une crise des soins aux enfants, indique un nouveau rapport

May 6, 2024 - Radio Canada, Première heure
Santé des enfants Canada s'inquiète de la qualité des soins offerts aux enfants

April 29, 2024 - The Hill Times
Moving beyond Band-Aid solutions to deliver health care fit for kids

February 1, 2024 - Ottawa Business Journal
Op-ed: Helping med-tech startups navigate the public health-care system is a must for patient care

December 17, 2023 - CTV National
Investments for mental health

December 14, 2023 - CityNews

Now You Know with Rob Snow (Radio Interview)

December 14, 2023 - CTV News

Long delays for youth mental health

December 14, 2023 - CTV News
Just-released data reveals cost of delays in mental health care for Canadian kids

December 14, 2023 - The Globe and Mail

About 1.6 million teens in Canada struggle with mental health, long waits for treatment: report

November 4, 2023 - Toronto Star

How can we give our children a brighter future? We asked them — and the experts — what we should do now

September 29, 2023 - Toronto Star
Surgery delays are putting children’s health at risk. It’s up to governments to act

September 25, 2023 - The Standard
Report details surgical backlogs forcing thousands of kids to wait beyond medically safe window

September 25, 2023 - CBC News
Canadian kids' spinal surgery waits 'far exceed' recommendations: report

September 25, 2023 - Global News
Spinal surgery delays could have long-term effects on kids in Canada: report

September 25, 2023 - The Globe and Mail
Children across Canada continue to wait months or longer for surgeries, report finds

September 25, 2023 - Toronto Star
Why thousands of Canadian kids are waiting for surgery beyond the medically safe window

September 25, 2023 - CTV News
Four in 10 child patients face unsafe spinal surgery wait times in Canada: report

July 2023, Hospital News

Transforming Canada’s healthcare system must begin with children

July 20, 2023 - CityNews Everywhere (The Sam Laprade Show)
Emily Gruenwoldt , President and CEO of Children’s Healthcare Canada speaks about Ontario’s investment in child health

July 19, 2023 - The Globe and Mail
Ontario government announces new funding for pediatric health care

July 19, 2023 - The Ottawa Citizen
Ontario announces historic $330M funding boost for kids' health

June 30, 2023 - The Globe and Mail
Hospital backlogs in pediatric care could affect children's health for the rest of their lives

February 14, 2023 - CityNews Everywhere
The Impact on New Funding Deal on Canada's Health Care System

February 15, 2023- Toronto Star
Where should the new health-care money go? Here are Canada’s most pressing problems — and solutions

February 7, 2023 - Ottawa Citizen

Six-year-old Emma waited months for her appointment at CHEO's sleep lab. Then she was transferred directly to the ICU

February 6, 2023 - iPolitics

Canadians agree health transfers should earmark funds for kids

December 9, 2022 - Ottawa Citizen
Children's health organizations want funding tied to improving kids' access to care

December 9, 2022 - The Globe and Mail

Ottawa rebuffs calls for more health funding with no strings attached, premiers demand meeting with Trudeau

CBC News: The World at Six for December 5 2022

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November 24, 2022 - CTV News Montreal
Children's health is 'neglected,' say Quebec's top pediatricians calling for nationwide action plan

November 23, 2022 - CBC
B.C. Children's Hospital activates emergency overflow respiratory illness surge

November 23, 2022 - CBC Listen
CEO of Children's Healthcare Canada on BC Children's Hospital and their overflow unit

November 23, 2022 - Global News
One million bottles of kids' analgesics imported

November 21, 2022 - Winnipeg Free Press
Reality is pretty bleak... or Canada's children's hospitals - Interview with Emily Gruenwoldt

November 15, 2022 - 680 CJOB Winnipeg
Children’s Health System Crisis

November 7, 2022 - CTV News Atlantic
IWK Emergency Department

November 5, 2022 - CTV News
RSV Cases in Children's Hospitals

November 4 - Globe and Mail
Children's Pain and Fever Medicine Shortage

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