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Health committee  Sure. I'd be happy to take that question. The Icelandic model is very much focused on youth substance use prevention. It is an approach very complementary to the integrated youth services that Dr. Weiss spoke about. It's an approach that considers the broader social surroundings affecting youth through their schools, their peer environments and their communities.

February 1st, 2024Committee meeting

Nancy Hamzawi

Canadian Heritage committee  —meet physical activity recommendations, and less than 50% of children and youth. When you look at it in an integrated way—physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep—one in 10 children meet the recommendations. We have more work to do. We're very much focused in terms of monitoring the data and continuing to work through our programming and our guidelines, as well as working with our colleagues in sport—our provincial and territorial counterparts and indigenous communities.

December 12th, 2023Committee meeting

Nancy Hamzawi

Canadian Heritage committee  I think we still have phys. ed. in school, knowing that one of my children is in—

December 12th, 2023Committee meeting

Nancy Hamzawi

Canadian Heritage committee  In the space of monitoring and data—and I can turn to my colleague—there are a number of areas where we're quite active. There's the physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep indicators, which you can find online. Our Health Infobase is the repository for all that information.

December 12th, 2023Committee meeting

Nancy Hamzawi

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much for the question, Madam Chair. We are working very actively in a number of areas. First, we're supporting and developing public health guidance, working with organizations like the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, which issues the 24-hour movement guidelines that continue to be updated.

December 12th, 2023Committee meeting

Nancy Hamzawi