Charter and Challenge Consultations
Consultations were held with children and parents of young children. Through facilitated discussion, participants identified child health issues, tested the content of the Child Health Charter, and identified a series of challenges for the participants of the Child Health Summit meeting for their consideration and action.

The consultations provided an opportunity to film children and youth and other stakeholders from across the country. Their concerns and ideas were captured and will be presented in video format at the Summit.

Child Health Summit Reception
Date: April 25, 2007
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Drawing Room, Chateau Laurier

The Child Health Summit reception is designed to bring together prominent Canadians, global experts, opinion leaders, advocates and leaders of child health issues in a celebration and recognition of the importance of child health. Presentations of music, song and dance will be part of the evening, celebrating the contributions young Canadians make to their communities and their country.

The Honourable James K. Bartleman, 27^th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, will be the guest of honor for the evening. Mr. Bartleman has used his position to spearhead three initiatives that he personally identifies with and considers important: reducing the stigma of mental illness; fighting racism and discrimination; and encouraging aboriginal young people (as an homage to his Native Canadian heritage).

To these ends, he initiated the Lieutenant-Governor's Book Program in 2004, and has collected over 1.2 million used books, donated from all corners of the province from both institutions and individuals, to stock school libraries in First Nations communities.

Child Health Summit Meeting
Date: April 26, 2007
Time: 8 AM – 4 PM
Location: Ottawa Congress Centre

The Summit meeting will bring together approximately 100 national and international child health leaders to discuss and deliver concrete actions to address child health issues. Participants will sign a Declaration that supports the Charter of Child Health, further demonstrating their commitment to improving child health. Furthermore, the Charter will drive the Child Health Challenge to position Canada as one of the five leading countries in all child health indicators.

Opening Plenary Session
The Summit meeting will be opened by two co-chairs: youth representative Michel Naubert, and Silken Laumann, one of Canada's most inspiring sports heroes and child health and physical activity advocates. Ms Lauman will share her many experiences in Canada and throughout the world with impoverished children.

CHI will open the plenary, which will present an overall view from child health experts as to the challenges facing child health in Canada and on an international scale. Greetings and messages of the urgency to act now will come from global expert Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green, Children's Commissioner for England.

Following the Plenary, a roundtable will be held with Summit Champions, whose dialogue and commentary will be an influential contribution to the Charter and Challenge.

Keynote Luncheon Speaker
Federal Minister of Health, Tony Clement, who indicated his support for the Summit at CMA’s 2006 General Council and at the recent Child Health Workshop, will address Summit participants at the luncheon. Working Group Session: Following lunch, the Child Health Challenge, an implementation strategy document that supports the goals of the Charter, will be presented sparking discussion and debate among Canada’s pre-eminent child health practitioners, researchers and policy experts. The working groups will further refine the Challenge in terms of priority actions on specific children’s health issues and obstacles that need to be overcome.

Media Event
At the day’s close, a media event will be held, drawing national media attention to child health issues. The event will focus on the presentation of the Declaration in support of Canada’s first Child Health Charter. A communiqué, approved by all Summit Champions, will also be issued that states Summit outcomes and next steps that will deliver the results outlined in the Charter. It will also challenge other stakeholders to join in the cause.

Post-Summit
After the Summit, CHI will continue advocating to leaders and the public for the development of national child health targets and goals to move forward to achieve the Charter outcomes.

Further consultations will be conducted with stakeholders, children and parents and Aboriginal peoples. Additional partnerships will be developed to ensure actions are taken at a community level to improve the health of Canada’s children. A national advocacy and public awareness strategy will continue to support the message that there is an immediate need for results.