Healthy Generations supports the Canadian Paediatric Society's advocacy program, which keeps important child and youth health issues on the political agenda. Funds raised help the CPS:

• Produce bi-yearly status reports to inform on Canadian public policy and child and youth health.
• Provide Resident Advocacy Grants.
• Promote the importance of a National Immunization Strategy to ensure that all children and youth have equitable access to all recommended vaccines.
• Promote the importance of a National Injury Prevention Strategy and advocate to Provincial/Territorial levels about the importance of safety legislation, such as mandatory bicycle helmets, ATV's and snowmobiles, booster seats, etc.
• Implement strategies to improve the health and well being of Aboriginal children and youth.
• Implement a long-term strategy to raise awareness about paediatric mental health issues, ultimately leading to improvements in access and quality of care.

Past initiatives

Recent advocacy projects supported with funding from Healthy Generations include:  

• A CPS member toolkit on becoming an effective advocate.
• First Shots, Best Shots: Childhood vaccines at work in Canada, an electronic workshop to help paediatricians and other health care providers promote immunization.
• Many Hands, One Dream: New perspectives on the health of First Nations, Inuit and Métis children and youth, a collaborative initiative aimed at building a new vision of health that has children, youth and families at its core.