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International Youth Day was established by the United Nations (UN) over a decade ago as a means of raising awareness about the current challenges and issues facing young people and underscoring that youth are essential partners in decision-and policy-making processes aimed at addressing these challenges. It also aims to ...
Every year children die needlessly as a result of drowning. One of those children was Mitchell Temple-Medhurst who drowned at the Port Stanley Beach in 2004. Mitchell had been in the care of a Children’s Aid Society at the time of his death and the tragedy prompted an inquest ...
National Aboriginal Day is held annually on June 21st. This date was chosen in cooperation by the Canadian government and Aboriginal representatives because it was on or near the June solstice, traditionally a time when many generations of Aboriginal people have celebrated their culture and heritage. National Aboriginal Day ...
Support from Clark Awards Assists Youth in Pursuing their Educational Goals What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul. – Joseph Addison Perhaps no two people understand the meaning of that quote better than Ron and Nancy Clark. They have been supporting the ...
2ND ANNUAL CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN CARE DAY RECOGNIZES STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF ONTARIO’S YOUNG PEOPLE On May 14th, Ontario will celebrate Children and Youth in Care Day, an annual day proclaimed in 2014 intended to recognize the strength, bravery and resilience shown by young people who have faced ...
VOLUNTEERS MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE TO FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES “A volunteer action is like a stone thrown in a lake: its effect has a direct impact. At the same time, like ripples, volunteer efforts reach out far and wide to improve communities.” – Volunteer Canada During National Volunteer Week, ...
The child welfare sector of Ontario is committed to using data to continuously improve the services it provides to children and families. Click here http://www4.oacas.org/data-results/ to go through the journey of what a “performance indicator” is in the context of child welfare, why performance indicators are important and the ...
’Ohana’ in Hawaiian culture means family — no one gets left behind, and no one is ever forgotten. Family can take many forms but their key ingredient is that they provide us with a sense of belonging. As we in Ontario celebrate Family Day on February 16th, the Kawartha-Haliburton ...
