This month, we are excited to welcome long-time HELPer, Dr. Kimberly Thomson, as an official affiliate faculty member. We also invite you to check out our latest brief, providing an overview of HELP's Research in Action, and don't forget to join us on April 18 for a webinar with First Call!
Reminder to Register — First Call Webinar April 18
Please join us on April 18, along with long-time collaborators First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society, for a webinar entitled Poverty, Childhood Experiences & Well-Being in BC. This event will feature an online presentation and discussion about the newly released 2023 BC Child Poverty Report Card and the relationship between income inequality and children’s daily experiences, development, and well-being. HELP faculty member Dr. Martin Guhn and First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society's Executive Director Adrienne Montani will host the event.
Data from the Child Development Monitoring System are woven into the fabric of BC, used across sectors at multiple levels to inform initiatives that aim to improve outcomes for children and their families. Our latest Research in Action brief showcases examples of research findings using Monitoring System data.
We are pleased to announce the addition of another esteemed affiliate faculty member, Dr. Kimberly Thomson. This appointment will mark Thomson’s return to the HELP team, after recently joining the Children’s Health Policy Centre within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University as an Assistant Professor.
HELP and The Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health are pleased to announce the Roots Circle: Building Capacity for Indigenous Partnered Research event at UBC on May 28! More information and registration details can be found below, along with this project's brand new website.
This information guide from BC Healthy Communities highlights mechanisms and opportunities for local governments to promote the mental well-being of children and youth in their communities — providing research, examples, and resources (including HELP research and data) to support this critical work.
The World Happiness Report reflects a worldwide demand for more attention to happiness and well-being as criteria for government policy. Just released, the 2024 report focuses on the happiness of people at different stages of life.
Calling all senior leaders in child development research — we are currently seeking a new Sunny Hill BC Leadership Chair! The successful candidate will be appointed a faculty position at the rank of Professor with tenure in UBC's Department of Pediatrics. Learn More
The Human Early Learning Partnership is situated within the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) People.
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