One Youth | UNICEF Canada: For Every Child

Learn more about UNICEF’s work under the topic "One Youth".

One Youth Change Network: What Is It, What Can It Do?

The One Youth Change Network is a group that young people of all ages across Canada are welcome to join. In this community, everyone is sharing and building ideas for how we can make Canada a better place for children and youth.

An Open Letter to Ontario’s Premier-to-Be

UNICEF Canada asked Ontario youth what was important to them in this year’s provincial election. This is what Lena, 17, had to say: We – the next generation – want to be heard. I am writing to inform you of just one youth’s vision for this province.

New research: Happy Momma, Healthy Baby

Research from AllerGen was just released that looks at the relationship between a mom’s stress and a baby’s immune health. The research found that when mothers experienced distress, both during and after pregnancy, their infants were three times as likely to have reduced immune function (lower levels of an important immune antibody in the infant’s gut). The research also found that breastfeeding can help protect babies from the effects of maternal stress on their immune system.

Dr. Jillian & Jamie Casap’s “On Our Street” introduces kids to poverty, and how to help

Poverty and even homelessness can be an invisible condition— it is not always seen, and even when it is, it is too often ignored.

On Pink Shirt Day, it’s not just about wearing pink

Canadian children and youth face a myriad of complex and inter-related environmental factors that shape their opportunities and outcomes. One of the factors that unnecessarily limits their health and educational success is bullying. Pink Shirt Day is a day to spread awareness and practice kindness.

Kids of Canada: UNICEF Canada wants to hear from you

Are you a young person living in Canada? One Youth is looking for children and young people to share their personal story, good or bad, on growing up in Canada and how it has affected their life.

The 6th Youth World Cup Live Painting Competition

The Youth World Cup Live Painting Competition is a global charity event hosted by Canada Youth Arts Development Foundation in support of UNICEF Canada. The event aims to raise awareness for vulnerable children, provide a platform to help and give them a better future and promote cultural and artistic exchange among children and youth globally.

Mental health top concern for Canada’s youth

On a day when the country will be uniting in support of Canadians suffering from mental health challenges, it is important to acknowledge that Canada’s youth are not immune to the problem.

Dear Parents: This is why we’re always online

I am here to tell you about a generation that lives on this wonderful thing that we like to call “The Internet”.

The Foundation of Greater Montreal is giving children a voice

Today, the Foundation of Greater Montreal is hosting a forum called Why is it important to give children a voice? to highlight the importance of listening to children, and to celebrate World Children's Day. Alli Truesdell, Youth Participation Lead at UNICEF Canada, will be presenting, highlighting the parallels between the priorities identified by young people in Montreal and the results from six workshops that UNICEF Canada conducted across the country.

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