Global Leadership in Research and Education
CanChild is a non-profit research and educational centre located within the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Our research focuses on improving the lives of children with a variety of developmental conditions and their families over the lifecourse.
Founded in 1989, CanChild is a world leader in the field of childhood disability. Our cutting-edge research and active strategies for making findings easily accessible to a wide range of audiences make CanChild the premier source for childhood disability information. CanChild has developed strong collaborative research partnerships, creating an alliance between families, world-class scientists, and established research organizations in Canada and internationally. These partnerships are vital to CanChild’s future growth and success.
CanChild‘s multidisciplinary team includes researchers from pediatrics, rehabilitation medicine (physiatry), occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language pathology, kinesiology, social psychology, epidemiology and biostatistics.
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Review or collection of reports, measures, tools, and other materials that have been generated by our research.
Explore our network of individuals that comprise CanChild and learn more about their variety of expertise and backgrounds.
Take a leadership role in identifying emerging research, practice, policy, and education issues.
Review common questions CanChild frequently receives from our users and our thoughtful responses.
The CanChild network is not complete without the variety of Partners and Collaborators that help us achieve our goals.
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The five-year CanChild Strategic Plan reflects our hopes for the future state of CanChild: a centre with a shared purpose, where innovative and impactful child health research is at the heart of what we do, and a centre that is recognized internationally for an environment that cultivates diversity and inclusion, collaboration and partnerships.
Focused on youth disabilities, participation, rehabilitation, transition resources, and intervention efficacy across various conditions and life stages.
Review or collection of reports, measures, tools, and other materials that have been generated by our research.
