Research and Policy Briefs

Research and Policy Briefs The Alliance and its members prepared a series of policy briefs and research documents on middle childhood which reflect the issues identified by organizations that participated. These include:

Research and Policy Briefs The Alliance and its members prepared a series of policy briefs and research documents on middle childhood which reflect the issues identified by organizations that participated. These include:

  1. Aboriginal Children, Young People, and Families – Prepared by First Nations Child & Family Caring Society
  2. Mental Health in Middle Childhood – Prepared by Wood’s Homes
  3. Child Nutrition – Prepared by Breakfast for Learning
  4. Poverty and Middle Childhood – Prepared by Campaign 2000
  5. School-Aged Child Care – Prepared by Canadian Child Care Federation
  6. Inuit Children – Prepared by Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
  7. Housing as a Social Determinant of Health – Prepared by United Nations Association Canada, Healthy Children, Healthy Communities Project
  8. The Need for Quality Physical Education Programs in Canadian Schools – Prepared by The Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
  9. Education and Middle Childhood – Teaching for Deep Understanding – Prepared by Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario

 
Research papers funded by the Canadian Council on Learning include:

  • Recreation in Middle Childhood: An Overview
  • Immigrant and Refugee Children and Youth in their Middle Years