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!
2025 CSL's Calendar of Injury Prevention Promotions
March
- March 16-22, 2025 is national Poison Prevention Week! Click here for more information on what Child Safety Link and the Atlantic Canada Poison Centre are doing to celebrate.
- Marh 10-14, 2025: Safe Sleep Week. Click here for more information from Health Canada.
April
May
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May 17-23, 2025: Safe Boating Awareness Week
June
- June 2-8, 2025: Safe Kids Week; theme is #KidsandConcussions . In addition to highlighting updated concussion information and resources for kids (ages 0-14), we will share new information and resources specifically related to concussion in young children, under 6 years old. See here: https://coco.umontreal.ca/en/coco-communication-commotion-home/
- June is also Brain Injury Awareness month
July
- CSL's social media themes: water safety, sun safety, camping/road trip safety, summer poisons
- July 7: National Injury Prevention Day. For more information visit Parachute's page here
- July 21: World Drowning Prevention Day
August
- CSL's social media themes: fireworks safety, pedestrian safety, helmet safety, playground safety
September
- CSL's social media themes: pedestrian safety, playground safety, helmet safety, child passenger safety
- September 21-27: national Child Passenger Safety Week
- Concussion Awareness Month
October
- CSL's social media themes: mushroom safety, Halloween safety
November
- November is Falls Prevention Month
- CSL's social media themes: carbon monoxide safety, winter car seat safety, winter sport helmet safety
December