Why youth need you
Because they deserve a chance to thrive
Your generosity helps ensure young people can unlock hope in their world
Because of their right to feel out loud
Every gift helps ensure young people’s feelings always have a place to go
Because they are the future of Canada
Your support can help revolutionize e-mental health care for generations
Together, we can unlock the hope young people need to thrive in their world.
Kids Help Phone is leading the largest movement for youth mental health in Canada’s history. By raising $300 million, we will support young people across Canada over 30 million times…
Three strategies your donations will support in 2023
Delivering clinical service in every corner of Canada
We must rapidly scale access to mental health services to meet the unique needs of all youth from coast to coast to coast through:
Counselling by phone and Live Chat with professional counsellors
Text-based support with trained, volunteer crisis responders
The Peer-to-Peer Community at Kids Help Phone, a support forum
Resources Around Me, a community support service directory
Counsellor in the Classroom, a program for students in Grades 6–12
YOU MATTER, KHP’s organization-wide well-being strategy
The Story Studio, KHP’s home for creative and immersive storytelling
Good2Talk, a service for post-secondary students in Ont. and N.S.
Wellness Together Canada, a support portal for all ages
Advancing equity for all youth in Canada
We must radically innovate to create services and programs where equity-deserving groups can feel seen, heard and safe through:
Finding Hope: Indigenous Youth Action Plan
Support for Black youth: RiseUp powered by Kids Help Phone
Breaking down barriers for newcomers
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA)
Transforming the landscape of e-mental health
We must seismically shift Canada’s entire mental health system with unparalleled data, research, partnership and advocacy through:
The Innovation and Data Centre for Youth Mental Health
Systems Change Incubator for research, thought leadership and impact
Future Innovation Fund for KHP’s journey of continuous evolution
of service users said they shared something with Kids Help Phone that they’ve never shared before.
of service users self-identify as Indigenous (compared to 4.9% of the total population).
Campaign Cabinet
This group of extraordinary philanthropic and business leaders are deeply committed to unlocking hope for all youth across Canada.
Honourary Campaign Co-Chairs
Andre De Grasse
Olympic Gold Medalist
Buffy Sainte-Marie, CC
Award-winning Indigenous singer-songwriter
Serena Ryder
Award-winning singer-songwriter
Darryl White
CEO, BMO Financial Group
Mirko Bibic
President and CEO of BCE and Bell Canada
Campaign Co-Chairs
Claire Gillies
Member, Kids Help Phone’s Board of Directors
Colleen Moorehead
Special Advisor, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Honourary Campaign Advisor
W. Edmund Clark, CM
Former President & CEO, TD Bank Group
Campaign Advisor
Nada Ristich
Retired Head, Community Giving, BMO Financial Group
Campaign Cabinet Members
John Carmichael
President & CEO, Nestlé Canada
Guy Cormier
CEO, Desjardins
James M. Dickson
Chair, Empire Company Limited
Katherine Hay, ICD.D
President & CEO, Kids Help Phone
Gordon Hicks, C.M.
CEO, BGIS
Member, Kids Help Phone’s Board of Directors
Sarah Jordan
Transformational CEO and Corporate Director
David Kines
President & Co-founder, Hollywood Suite
Member, Kids Help Phone’s Board of Directors
Randy Lennox
Music & Media Executive
Jack C. MacDonald
Chair, Micco Group of Companies
Jen McCain
President, Irie Capital Corporation
Anton Rabie
Co-Founder, Board Director and Rotating Chairman of Spin Master
Brian Ross
CEO, Jackman Reinvents
Chair, Kids Help Phone’s Board of Directors
Laetitia Satam
Youth Embassador
Co-Chair, National Youth Council, Kids Help Phone
Linda Schuyler, CM, OOnt
CEO, Skystone Media Inc.
Co-creator, Degrassi
Jody Scotchmer
Vice President, Kailo Holdings Ltd.
Co-Creator, MOSI + MOO
David Simmonds
Global Chief Communications and Sustainability Officer, Canada Life
Cary Skidmore
Partner, Skidmore Development Group
Mark Taylor
President & CEO, Lactalis Canada
Andrew von Teichman
President, D’Ont Poke the Bear
Natalie von Teichman
Head of Partnerships, D’Ont Poke the Bear
Your gifts make a difference
“Through Kids Help Phone’s national movement, we’ll elevate the conversation about youth mental health in a way that will ripple across Canada. As a partner of this work, you’ll be on the frontlines of this conversation — one that will centre on creating a world where young people are free to feel out loud, fuelled by the power of generosity. It will be transformative and historic, and we can’t wait to share more with you.”
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