As Canadians face increasingly intense and frequent heat waves, health, education and legal experts are sounding the alarm on a growing crisis: extreme heat in schools and child care settings due to the escalating effects of climate change.
There is an urgent need for planning, investment and policy change to ensure that all schools, early learning and child care settings in Canada are climate-ready and equipped to protect children from heat-related health risks, and to mitigate adverse impacts on learning associated with elevated temperatures.
31 Organizations call for the immediate passing of strong federal oil and gas methane regulations. As organizations dedicated to the health and well-being of children, communities and our environment in Canada, we recognize the urgent need to reduce methane emissions and emphasize that robust regulations are critical at this moment.
La vidéo, la brochure et les fiches de conseils du PCSEE fournissent aux familles, aux futurs parents et aux soignants des conseils pratiques et peu coûteux pour réduire l’exposition des enfants aux produits chimiques toxiques à la maison.
Methane is a powerful climate pollutant, with a global warming potential more than 80 times that of carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. It is a major driver of the accelerating climate crisis, which threatens the safety and stability of our communities.
CPCHE joined 30+ organizations in a collective response to the federal government’s public consultation on the proposed addition of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI).
Canada is at a crossroads in the development of a universally affordable child care sector that promises to make quality child care attainable for all children and families across the country.
The “Collective Call for Action to Ensure Healthy Indoor Air Quality” was sent to all relevant provincial, territorial, and federal ministries, along with the accompanying letter. Below are the responses received to date.
