Child Safety Link recognizes and promotes numerous recognized injury prevention days and weeks throughout the year. Keep an eye on this page to learn about upcoming events and click the links for more information! If you have an event that we may be interested in, please email our Public Relations Coordinator at julie.harrington@iwk.nshealth.ca . Thanks!
2024 CSL's Calendar of Injury Prevention Promotions
July
- CSL's social media themes: water safety, sun safety, camping/road trip safety, summer poisons
- July 5: National Injury Prevention Day. For more information visit Parachute's page here
- July 16: CTV Morning Live segment with Mary Anne Carew of the Atlantic Canada Poison Centre, airing at 7 a.m. AT. Topic: How to keep children safe from common summertime poisons
- July 23, 2-3:00 p.m. ET: Webinar-Preventing injuries in children with Autism. Please register for this event here: CSN Survey (qualtrics.com)
- July 25: World Drowning Prevention Day
August
- CSL's social media themes: fireworks safety, pedestrian safety, helmet safety, playground safety
- August 20: CTV Morning Live segment with CSL's Samantha Noseworthy, airing at 7 a.m. AT. Topic: Back to School safety (pedestrian safety, helmets)
September
- CSL's social media themes: pedestrian safety, playground safety, helmet safety, child passenger safety
- September 15-21: national Child Passenger Safety Week
- September 17: CTV Morning Live segment with CSL's Katherine Hutka, airing at 7 a.m. AT. Topic: Child Passenger Safety Week
October
- CSL's social media themes: mushroom safety, Halloween safety
- October 15: CTV Morning Live segment
November
- November is Falls Prevention Month
- CSL's social media themes: carbon monoxide safety, winter car seat safety, winter sport helmet safety
- November 19: CTV Morning Live segment
December
- December 17: CTV Morning Live segment