Time to keep children and youth active, healthy and safe

Childhood injuries cost all of us. In fact, they are estimated to cost Canadians more than $5.8-billion every year. That money comes out of our health-care system, our tax system, and our transport system.

Ian Pike, left, director of the British Columbia Injury Research and Prevention Unit, and Alison Macpherson, right, a professor with York University's School of Kinesiology and Health Science, are calling on Canada to follow the lead of northern European countries and become a leader in child safety. Photos courtesy of the BC Children’s Hospital Research, Communications and York University

Opinion

BY ALISON MACPHERSON, IAN PIKE

March 6, 2017

It’s always hard to read the headlines. “Toddler, 2, drowns in back-yard pool," “Mother and two kids killed in fiery crash," or “Schoolgirl, 9, struck by car on her way to school." The media coverage is there, but the will to do something about children's right to safety is not. Childhood...

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