National Kids & Vaccines Day
The COVID-19 vaccines approved in Canada are safe, effective, and save lives. Let’s move the needle (pun intended) and promote vaccine confidence to protect the largest unvaccinated cohort of people in Canada: KIDS!
Join ScienceUpFirst, Children’s Healthcare Canada, and the Sandbox Project on January 27 for National Kids & Vaccines Day. If you’re an organization with a kids and vaccines initiative, you can download our logo here and use it in your communications. Use the hashtag #KidsVaccinesDay in your social media posts and spread the word.
Together, we can move the needle!
Parents and Caregivers
Watch our Town Hall from January 27th!
Watch our French Town Hall from February 23rd!
Kids
Strategies/Resources
- Video Resources – Ontario Science Centre
- Give vaccines a shot – Science North
- Kids Talk – Government of the Northwest Territories
- The Arctic Vaccinator – Government of the Northwest Territories
- The Arctic Vaccinator colouring sheet – Government of the Northwest Territories
- Elmer the Safety Elephant – Canada Safety Council
- CARD game for kids – Immunize Canada
- Max the Vax Frequently Asked Questions – Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies
- Is the COVID vaccine for children safe and effective? Addressing parents’ concerns – healthydebate
- Tips for kids by kids – Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
- Commitment to Comfort – Alberta Health Services
- Resources on needle pain and fear – Solutions for Kids in Pain
- FAQs on COVID-19 vaccines for children and youth – Canadian Paediatric Society
- Little Reah and Little Louis, culturally relevant vaccination stories – Morning Star Lodge
How do vaccines work?
- Animated video from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- TikTok explainer (fork hands) – @hotvickkrishna
Healthcare providers and immunizers
Join Children’s Healthcare Canada for a mini-conference providing healthcare professionals with skills, tools, and information to confidently promote and provide vaccinations to children and their families.
Find out more at www.ChildrensHealthcareCanada.ca
Sign up for Vaccine Conversations on January 27th
Participating Organizations
- Canadian Association of Science Centres
- Canadian Medical Association
- Canadian Paediatric Society
- Canadian Pharmacists Association
- Center for Pediatric Pain Research
- Children’s Healthcare Canada
- CIHR – Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health
- CoVaRR-Net
- Immunize Canada
- Lotus STEMM
- Morning Star Lodge
- Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies
- Ottawa Public Health
- Peer Medical Foundation
- The Sandbox Project
- Science Everywhere
- Science North
- Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP)
- This Is Our Shot Canada
- Toronto Zoo