One Child Every Child Strategic Catalyst Grants

More than 40 years of philanthropic support through the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation has enabled the University of Calgary to recruit and retain the largest and most productive concentration of child health scientists in the country. That critical mass – and the team’s nationally-recognized success – inspired UCalgary to become the first university in Canada to declare child health and wellness a campus-wide priority. The federal government is investing $125 million in UCalgary to lead One Child Every Child, a bold new research initiative uniting more than 130 organizations to dramatically improve the lives of children across Canada and beyond.

One Child Every Child is committed to walking Parallel Paths toward advancing Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholarship and perspectives on each respective path. Our Indigenous path emphasizes self-determination, culturally informed methods, and reciprocal and respectful relationships. Work along this path directly aligns with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and supports federal and global calls to action and reconciliation with Indigenous communities. One Child Every Child is equally committed to integrating equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in all aspects of research by considering how intersectionalities of research team members, research participants, and diverse stakeholders influence research processes and outcomes.