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Safe Kids Week 2009
Product Safety
(May 25th to 31st 2009)

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the 13th annual Safe Kids Week campaign. Safe Kids Week is an exciting national education campaign presented by Safe Kids Canada with sponsor support from Johnson & Johnson. Every year during Safe Kids Week, hundreds of community organizations across the country join Safe Kids Canada to focus attention on preventing injuries to children.

Safe Kids Week is Safe Kids Canada's largest-scale annual public awareness program designed to help reduce the frequency and severity of preventable childhood injuries, the leading cause of death and disability of Canadian children. This year Safe Kids Week will be held from May 25th to May 31st, 2009 and our focus will be on product safety.

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About Safe Kids Canada

Unintentional injury is the leading cause of death among children in Canada. We work to keep kids safe. Safe Kids Canada collaborates with partners across the country to conduct research, raise awareness, educate families, and advocate for safer environments to protect children from injury.

"Injuries continue to be the number one cause of death for kids. But it doesn't have to be that way. Giving parents practical and reliable solutions to keep kids safe - that's what we do," says Pamela Fuselli, executive director, Safe Kids Canada.

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Safe Kids Canada has developed our first injury prevention resources in languages other than English and French. The home safety brochure "Keep Your Child Safe at Home" provides practical tips in Punjabi, Simplified Chinese and Portuguese to help parents prevent burns, falls and poisoning injuries to their children.

 

 

 

 


» Resources and Programs

Winter Safety (new)

Walk This Way in Canada

Safe Kids Canada Resources Listing

Child & Youth Unintentional Injury: 1994-2003 10 Years in Review - National Report (Updated July 2007)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

» Updates

We need your help

Today’s Parent and Safe Kids Canada are urging the federal government to develop and fund a five-year national strategy for injury prevention in children and youth. Make your voice heard and sign our petition .

World Health Organization releases report on child injury prevention

Safe Kids News - Winter 2008 (new)

Safe Kids Canada applauds new booster seat laws to protect children.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

» Featured Topic

Toy Safety

Toy Safety

The gift-giving season is upon us and most folks have little ones on their lists. All kids love to receive toys, but how do we know which ones are safe? How do we safely use the toys we buy? And what about products that help parents take care of their children? Reports over the last couple of months about lead in children's toys and some recent high-profile recalls can leave you in a quandary.

Not surprisingly, survey results show that a majority of Canadians believe that if a toy or product is available on the market, it is safe.

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