National Child Day

Other Useful Links to Organizations

A Child's Voice Foundation
A Child’s Voice Foundation is a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating and managing programs that provide tangible help and will make a real difference in the lives of financially disadvantaged children in Canada.

AboutKidsHealth!
The goal of AboutKidsHealth! is to provide families with reliable, current information about all areas influencing child health and family quality of life in a format that is easy to understand.

Big Brothers and Sisters of Canada
Big Brothers and Sisters of Canada is the leading child and youth serving organization providing mentoring programs across the country. Providing support to more than 300 Canadian communities, 160 local agencies offer a one-to-one matching service.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada
Boys & Girls Clubs throughout Canada offer safe, fun facilities where kids can go to make friends, play games and learn new skills. Boys & Girls Clubs offer young people a chance to belong to a community of caring people who believe in kids.

The Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs
The Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs (FRP Canada) promotes the well-being of families by providing national leadership, consultation and resources to those who care for children and support families.

Canadian Centre for Child Protection
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection is a charitable organization dedicated to the personal safety of all children. Our goal is to reduce child victimization by providing programs and services to Canadians. We do this through public awareness activities, our personal safety education program (Kids in the Know ), our national tip line to report online sexual abuse of children (Cybertip.ca ), and our program to help organizations prevent child sexual abuse (Commit to Kids ).

Canadian Child Care Federation
The Canadian Child Care Federation focuses on improving the quality of ELCC in Canada – whether in family child care, centre-based settings or school-aged care - and continually works to address the needs and issues of children and families.

Canadian Coalition for Immigrant Children and Youth
The Canadian Coalition for Children and Youth advocates for more; better; and better coordinated services to meet the unique needs of immigrant children and youth in Canada.

Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children
The mandate of the Coalition is to ensure a collective voice for Canadian organizations and youth concerned with the rights of children as described in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the World Summit for Children Declaration.

Canadian Mental Health Association
The Canadian Mental Health Association promotes the mental health of all and supports the resilience and recovery of people experiencing mental illness. The CMHA accomplishes this mission through advocacy, education, research and service.

Canadian Paediatric Society
The Canadian Paediatric Society is the national association of paediatricians, committed to working together to advance the health of children and youth by nurturing excellence in health care, advocacy, education, research and support of its membership.

Cape Breton University – Children’s Rights Centre
Cape Breton University’s Children’s Rights Centre undertakes research and awareness activities on children’s rights in the contexts of education in schools and parenting.

Childcare Resource and Research Unit
The Childcare Resource and Research Unit focuses on research and policy resources in the context of a high quality system of early childhood education and child care in Canada.

Children's House
Children's House is an interactive resource center - a meeting place for the exchange of information that serves the well being of children.

The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada
The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada is the only all-Canadian organization with offices from coast to coast, dedicated to fulfilling a favourite wish for children afflicted with a high risk, life-threatening illness.  Each wish is an individual adventure, carefully structured to meet the needs of that particular child. This year marks the Foundation’s 20th year.  They have never refused an eligible child and have granted over 10,000 wishes.

Free the Children
Free The Children is the world's largest network of children helping children through education, with more than one million youth involved in innovative education and development programs in 45 countries.

Girl Guides of Canada
Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada is a movement for girls, led by women. It challenges girls to reach their potential and empowers them to show leadership and provide service as responsible citizens of the world.

Hague Conference on Private International Law
With nearly 70 Members (68 States and the European Community) representing all continents, the Hague Conference on Private International Law is a global inter-governmental organisation. A melting pot of different legal traditions, it develops and services multilateral legal instruments, which respond to global needs.

immigrantchildren.ca
immigrantchildren.ca is a site for connection, collaboration and action on behalf of very young immigrant children, birth to age eight, and their parents.

Internet 101
A committee of police forces, led by the RCMP, created and maintains this website, a collection of safety tips, helpful presentations and links to further police-approved resources to help kids and parents surf safely.

Kids Internet Safety Alliance
The Kids' Internet Safety Alliance (KINSA) was established as an aggressive and proactive response to the negative aspects of the Internet that harm young people. While addressing this grave social problem, KINSA also acknowledges and celebrates the positive, creative and inspiring ways children and youth are using the Internet..

Little Warriors
Little Warriors is a charitable organization with a national focus that educates adults about how to help prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. Little Warriors also provides information about the prevalence and frequency of child sexual abuse and information about healing and support resources.

Media Awareness Network: Media and Internet Education Resources for Parents
The Media Awareness Network (MNet) is a Canadian non-profit organization that has been pioneering the development of media literacy programs and education. Mnet’s vision is to ensure children and youth possess the necessary critical thinking skills and tools to understand and actively engage with media. Its mission is to be the leading Canadian provider of media education resources and awareness programs for educators, parents, children and youth.

National Alliance for Children and Youth
By bringing diverse not-for-profit organizations together in a collaborative network dedicated to enhancing the well-being of children and youth in Canada, provides leadership and knowledge dedicated to mobilizing and linking practice and research to policy development on a pan-Canadian basis.

National Association of Friendship Centres - Youth Website
Includes information on Young Canada Works for Aboriginal Youth, the Aboriginal Youth Council, the Youth Leadership Development Initiative, and various links to other Web sites.

Parents Want 2 Learn Too!  Resources for Parents of School-Aged Children
Hosts of collection of resources for school-aged children selected and organized specifically for parents. Use the vast array of online resources to support children's learning and safety on the Internet.

Scouts Canada
Scouts Canada is a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement that provides five challenging programs for young people ages 5-26. Scouts Canada currently operates nearly 4,500 individual groups in most cities and towns across Canada with a total membership of 212,000 youth and adults.

Settlement.org - Information on Settlement Workers in Schools
To help newcomer students and their families settle in their school and community, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Settlement Agencies and School Boards have established a school based outreach program called Settlement Workers in Schools (SWIS). SWIS connects newly arrived families to services and resources in the school and the community in order to promote settlement and foster student achievement.

Teaching Tolerance - Parenting for Tolerance
Teaching Tolerance is dedicated to reducing prejudice, improving intergroup relations and supporting equitable school experiences for children.

UNICEF Canada
UNICEF Canada’s mandate is to raise funds in support of UNICEF’s work for children in more than 150 countries and territories and build awareness among Canadians about the issues facing the world’s children.

United Nations Association in Canada
The United Nations Association in Canada works closely with the educational communities in every province and territory to build their capacity to educate young people from a global perspective. Educational programs and resources are provided.

YMCA
The YMCA in Canada has 64 associations that directly serve over one million Canadians in all provinces, through 91 programs related to physical activity, child care, education, employment, social service, camping, citizenship and international development.