Post-pandemic recovery offers chance to make a real difference in lives of Canadian kids

We have the ideas, the ability, and the social will to make positive change for our children, but it has to start now, before it’s too late.

A recent Abacus Data poll commissioned by Children’s Healthcare Canada suggests that 70 per cent of Canadians believe the pandemic will have long-term effects on the education, mental health, social and emotional development of our kids, writes Emily Gruenwoldt. Unsplash photograph by Charlein Gracia

Opinion

BY EMILY GRUENWOLDT

September 9, 2020

As parents and children continue to adjust to new school realities this September, Canada has a stark choice: do we let COVID-19 disrupt one year in our kids’ lives, or do we allow it to damage their future forever? Canada’s political leaders and public health officials have responded to the CO...

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