Ideas & Insights
We like to be in the community connecting with our partners.
Here are a few things we’ve been up to lately or are following closely.
Funded by Happy Roots and a collaborative group of donors from across the country, the Chair will spearhead research, training, and knowledge mobilization across the philanthropic and nonprofit sector.
Researchers from the Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions have found that a new mental health screening tool developed to address the needs of children under 6 years old (HEADS-ED) helped intake workers in identifying a child’s level of need and in matching the child to the right services.
Happy Roots co-founder Linsey Sherman-Zekulin joins Episode 1 of Carleton’s newly launched PhilanthroThink podcast, talking all things trust-based philanthropy, spend down foundations, and what keeps her mind turning at night.
We love this new video from KDE Hub showcasing perspectives from top researchers across Canada about why investment in infant and early childhood mental health has the most significant impact on the future mental and physical health of a child.
Happy Roots Foundation dedicates $1 million to launch CHEO’s Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH), focused on three areas: clinical care for young children under 6 and their parents, community training and research.
Happy Roots Executive Director Monique Moreau joins the United Way’s Women United to chat about the collective power of women in philanthropy and “shedding ego to create change”.