Less than 24 hours until #ICESforum2024 ! It's going to be a fabulous day of discussion and exchange. Check out the program at the link below and register to attend if you haven't already.

📣 Become a member of ICES' Public Advisory Council! No prior experience is needed, and all Ontarians are welcome. Learn more: ices.on.ca/our-organizati… Apply here: ices.on.ca/our-organizati…. Applications close March 5, 2024.

This week's editor's pick: Pediatric acute care

For children, pandemic disruptions to care were associated with important delays in new diagnoses of diabetes but not with other conditions.
➡️ cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.…

Important work led by ICES doctoral student Sarah Jorgensen 🎶🎭 Sarah Jorgensen

🎙️Don’t miss the next Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children Rounds with Dr. Andi Camden. She will discuss the effects of prenatal opioid exposure on #child health & development in Ontario. Register ➡️tinyurl.com/5692vrna

📣Oct 27th, 1-2PM (ET): Join Drs. Angela Mashford-Pringle & Amy Shawanda for a presentation about the impacts of Indigenous #child welfare on Indigenous families. Register today: tinyurl.com/2p82zu94

One step in the path of how these First Nations communities are addressing this important challenge. Grateful to CHILD-BRIGHT Network for continued support for next phase of work and for the ongoing community partnerships

📣We are pleased to announce the appointment of
Dr. Arjumand Siddiqi as the inaugural Edwin S.H. Leong Chair in Child Health Policy Research!

📨Read the full announcement: tinyurl.com/3mu96w8f

What an important investment and incredible community informed initiative to improve child health equity. Congratulations susa benseler and all the terrific friends & colleagues at UofC!

🇨🇦 is a world leader in private sponsorship of refugees— this is the first of our studies to understand healthcare use/access/outcomes in all resettled refugees facilitated by longstanding partnership ICES & IRCC; 🙏 CIHR

📢Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children is jointly recruiting a new Chair in Child Policy Research with U of T Public Health & The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). If you're passionate about child health, equity, and making policy impact, apply by August 21, 2022. Full details here: bit.ly/3PW9N7H

🎉to ⁦Andi Camden, PhD MPH⁩ for her successful PhD defence (accepted as is 👏👏) on an important body of work on the impact of prenatal opioid exposure ⁦U of T Public Health⁩ ⁦ICES⁩ ⁦The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)⁩.

🎉Andrea Evans on a successful HSR MSc defence on Prenatal Care in Resettled Refugees! 🙏 to examiners ⁦Amy Metcalfe, PhD⁩ & ⁦Moira Kapral⁩, chair ⁦Anna Gagliardi⁩, committee Joel Ray & Peter Austin. Next stop ⁦CHEO Ottawa⁩ and more ⁦ICES⁩ research!

Fantastic resource!

Canada's children's hospitals are working with UNICEF Canada to raise money to support urgently-needed pediatric health services in Ukraine. 🇺🇦
Please consider donating: unicef.ca/CHCforUkraine. Your gift will be matched by MD Financial Management and @theCMAF.

Such great work Alène Toulany et al Canadian Paediatric Society — so glad to read the emphasis on engagement with primary care — a missing link in clinical care and transition research

When girls are out of school, they are at an increased risk of child labour, violence and early marriage.

Every girl belongs in the classroom. Now.

Please enjoy my #WorldPeace cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star

Lots of other good suggestions for donations: Ukraine - how to help - Charity Intelligence Canada. Great to see that initial $10 million with match from 🇨🇦 gov’t for Red Cross already achieved. charityintelligence.ca/research-and-n…

Great study Sumit Gupta and team with reassuring findings, first one published worldwide. Here’s to the power of linked data ICES