Understanding and mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children, youth, and families in Canada

Overview

In 2021, through CIHR the Government of Canada funded 70 one-year projects focused on understanding and mitigating the impacts of the pandemic on Canadian children, youth, and families. These operating grants were part of the Government of Canada’s response to the pandemic and are a key deliverable for the Inspiring Healthy Futures initiative. This initiative advances IHDCYH's 2022-2026 Strategic Plan by supporting the growth of interdisciplinary teams, facilitating meaningful partnerships, and supporting recovery from pandemic impacts.

Each project responded to the following objectives to improve understanding of, response to, and recovery from the impacts of the pandemic on children, youth, and families in Canada:

1. Enhance understanding of the nature and breadth of the impacts of COVID-19 restrictions, including factors that are protective or exacerbate these impacts;
2. Accelerate the availability and use of high-quality and real-time evidence regarding the identification and mobilization of practices that support the adaptation of existing programs and the development of new programs that enhance health and well-being;
3. Generate evidence related to diverse population(s), including: equity considerations, health and well-being status (e.g., historically excluded or underserved populations, individuals with complex health needs and/or a disability), sex and gender, and/or racialized or First Nations, Inuit, Métis and Urban Indigenous populations;
4. Identify populations at the highest and high risk for negative outcomes, factors that are associated with this increased greater risk, as well as any factors that have been found to be protective and/or enhance resilience.

Date modified:

2023-11-20