07:30 - 08:30
Registration & Breakfast
 
08:30 - 10:00
Opening Ceremonies
 
10:00 - 10:30
Morning Break
 
10:30 - 11:30
(A1) Engaging Parents and Caregivers as Partners in Care
Tracy Moisan - Interwoven Connections
Tanya Eichler - Interwoven Connections
Shannon Parsons - Interwoven Connections
Melissa Farrow
(A2) Nothing About Us Without Us: A Youth-Led Model for Integrated Mental Health at YWHO Brampton
Arden Ramos - Indus Community Services
Taylani Padmore
Mary Beth Moellenkamp - Peel Children’s Aid Society
Alicia Boothe - Peel Children's Aid Society
(A3) Creating Pathways to Wellness: The Implementation and Expansion of an Emergency Department (ED) Based Peer Support Program for Youth with Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges
Bella Shulman - Michael Garron Hospital
Rhiannon Thomas - Schwartz Reisman Emergency Medicine Institute
(A4) Innovating Trauma-Responsive Mental Health Services: Implementation Pilots, Workforce Development, and Culturally Responsive Care
Elina Di Luca - The George Hull Centre for Children and Families
Leticia Gracia - The George Hull Centre for Children and Families
(A5) Nurturing the Seed - Indigenous Communities Supporting Infant and Early Mental Health through Promotion, Prevention and Intervention: A Strength-Based Model Supporting Children and Caregivers in Community-led, Culturally Respectful Ways
Lesley Watts - Infant and Early Mental Health Promotion (The Hospital for Sick Children)
(A6) Bridging Sectors, Building Futures: Co-Creating Canadian Infant and Early Mental Health Care Pathways
Hadir Ashry - Infant and Early Mental Health Promotion; The Hospital for Sick Children
Karys Peterson-Katz - Infant and Early Mental Health Promotion; The Hospital for Sick Children
11:30 - 12:45
Lunch
 
12:45 - 13:45
(B1) From Insight to Action: Tools for Leading Through Equity in Child & Youth Mental Health
Suzanne Charles Watson - Strides Toronto
(B2) Right Time, Right Care: Optimizing Child and Youth Systems of Care to Create Integrated Care Pathways Within Ontario’s Communities
Renée Nossal - Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions
Matteo Schwartzentruber - Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario Provincial Office
(B3) Accelerating Measurement-Based Care (MBC): Learnings from the Child Development Institute and the MBC Accelerator Project
Nora Klemencic - Child Development Institute
Christine Leung - Capitalize for Kids
Laurie Marsan - Child Development Institute
Jason Pun - Capitalize for Kids
(B4) Expanding Supports for Neurodivergent and LGBTQ2SI+ Youth in a Rural Community
Marg Cox - Point in Time Centre for Children, Youth and Parents
Lindsay Meller - Point in Time Centre for Children, Youth and Parents
Carl Vossen - Canadian Mental Health Association, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge
(B5) Youth as Architects of Change
Samara Brown - Children's Mental Health Ontario
Arwen Cooke - The New Mentality, CMHO
Boluwatife Ogunniyi - The New Mentality, CMHO
Arpit Sharma - The New Mentality, CMHO
(B6) A Seamless, Family-Centered Care Pathway for Infants and Young Children: Supporting Attachment, Collaboration, and Just-Right Mental Health Care
Sue Browne - York Hills Centre for Children, Youth and Families
Janet MacQuarrie - York Hills Centre for Children, Youth and Families
Margaret Megitt - York Hills Centre for Children, Youth and Families
13:45 - 14:00
Transition Break: Opportunity to view posters, network with fellow attendees, and visit exhibitors!
 
14:00 - 14:20
(C1-1) Lightning Talk | Collaboration in Action: Co-Designing Navigation Services for the North
Sugy Kodeeswaran - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Mark Fraser - Compass
(C2-1) Lightning Talk | Land-Based Approaches: Strengthening Wellness for Youth and Families
Brenna Bomberry - Haldimand-Norfolk REACH
(C3-1) Lightning Talk | Interwoven Journeys: Upholding Immigrant Children’s Rights and Mental Health Through Community Action
Adebola Adefioye - Afro Women and Youth Foundation
(C4-1) Lightning Talk | The Show Must Go On....But Who's it For?
Darlene Durand
(C5-1) Lightning Talk | Identifying Equity-Related Priorities in Ontario’s Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions Sector
Ashley Radomski - Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions
(C6-1) Lightning Talk | Policy Shift: Raising the Youth Justice Age for Better Outcomes
Jai Sahak - Northstar
14:20 - 14:40
(C1-2) Lightning Talk | Closing Gaps in Mental Health and Addiction Care and Access to Meet the Needs of Youth from Equity-Deserving Communities
Ruchika Suri - Family Navigation Project at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
(C2-2) Lightning Talk | Meaning, Identity, and Connection: Music and Music Therapy for Adolescent Mental Health
Elizabeth Mitchell - Wilfrid Laurier University
Sara Klinck - Wilfrid Laurier University
(C3-2) Lightning Talk | From Deficits to Strengths: Rethinking Mental Health for Neurodivergent Youth
Dori Zener - Dori Zener & Associates
(C4-2) Lightning Talk | Examining the Mental Health of Siblings of Children with a Mental Disorder
Jessica Goddard-Polly - Brock University
(C5-2) Lightning Talk | Beyond Access: Supporting Culturally Responsive Innovation Initiatives in the Child & Youth Mental Health, Substance Use Health and Addictions Sector
Ajiri Onwo - Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions
Emily Tippins - Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions
(C6-2) Lightning Talk | Where Sport Meets Support: Integrating Mental Health Care into Youth Recreation
Kayla Hamel - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Marika Warner - MLSE Launchpad
14:40 - 15:00
(C1-3) Lightning Talk | Enhancing Suicide Screening in Pediatric Inpatient Care: A Mental Health Consultation Liaison Nurse Model Informed by Patient and Nurse Perspectives
Sonia Arruda - Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Emma Papernick - CHEO
(C2-3) Lightning Talk | Reclaiming the Pieces: Retell, Reconnect, and Restore — Using Expressive Arts to Heal and Empower Black Youth
Colleen Taffe
(C3-3) Lightning Talk | The Remote Talk-In Clinic: Transforming Towards Remote Service Delivery Systems
Ally Zilli - Dufferin Child and Family Services
Kaitlyn Arcuri - Dufferin Child and Family Services
(C4-3) Lightning Talk | Why Caregivers Matter: New Findings From Emotion Focused Family Therapy
Jessica Caferri - York University & Emotion Transformation Institute
Alyssa Nguyen - University of Waterloo & Emotion Transformation Institute
(C5-3) Lightning Talk | Better Together: How Collaborative Cross-Sector Partnerships Transform Outcomes for Youth with Complex Needs
Lauren Smith - North Eastern Ontario Family and Children's Services
Josée Bélanger
(C6-3) Lightning Talk | Strengthening the Backbone: Mapping Organizational Capacity for Evidence-Based Implementation in Ontario’s Child and Youth Mental Health Sector
Melanie Barwick - The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto
Andrea Greenblatt - Ontario SPOR Support Unit
15:00 - 15:30
Afternoon Break
 
15:30 - 16:30
Plenary
 
16:30 - 18:30
Networking Reception
 
07:30 - 08:30
Registration & Breakfast
 
08:30 - 09:30
Opening Plenary
 
09:30 - 10:00
Morning Break
 
10:00 - 11:00
(D1) The Use of Joint ABA and Mental Health Caregiver Coaching to Support a Reduction in High-Risk Behaviours for Children and Youth with Autism
Saeeda Javed - Kinark Child And Family Services
Shona Richards - Kinark Child And Family Services
Kristina Vlahos - Kinark Child And Family Services
Karli Wilford - Kinark Child And Family Services
(D2) Prevention, Restoration, Advancement: An Africentric Continuum for Transforming Black Youth Mental Health Systems
Racquel Hamlet - TAIBU Community Health Centre
Liben Gebremikael - TAIBU Community Health Centre
Nordia Richards - TAIBU Community Health Centre
(D3) Beyond Clinical Care: Embedding Parent and Caregiver Peer Support into Child and Youth Mental Health Services
Vicki Cochrane - Children's Mental Health Ontario
Aislinn Wilmore - CMHO/PCMH
(D4) Beyond Words: Culture at the Heart of French-Language Services
Jennifer Mitchell-Paquette - Valoris for Children and Adults of Prescott-Russell
Nadya-Lee Ringuette - Valor & Solutions
(D5) Out & About: The Significance of Queer, Inclusive, and Diverse Youth Programming
Jaycee Dela Cruz - The New Mentality, CMHO
Casey Wren Kauenhofen - The New Mentality, CMHO
Catherine Dyer
Naomi Roes
(D6) From Fragmentation to Integration: Building a Responsive Mental Health System for Every Infant, Child, Young Person and Family in Ontario
Kristen Dougherty - Reach Out Centre for Kids (ROCK)
Lori Kempe - Children First, Hotel Dieu Grace Healthcare
Purnima Sundar - Lead Agency Consortium
Mark Fraser - Compass
11:00 - 11:15
Transition Break: Opportunity to view posters, network with fellow attendees, and visit exhibitors!
 
11:15 - 12:15
(E1) Making Measurement Meaningful: Strengthening Youth-Centered Care Through Measurement-Based Care (MBC) at Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO)
Debbie Chiodo - Pan-Canadian Integrated Youth Services Collaboration Centre | The Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth, & Family Mental Health | Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario, CAMH
Ravneet Kaur - Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario | New Mentality Youth Action Committee
Ryan Lacoursière - Timmins Youth Wellness Hub
Nakita Sunar - Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario Provincial Office, CAMH
(E2) From Crisis to Connection: Supporting and Empowering Caregivers in Youth Suicide Prevention and Recovery
Paula Cloutier - CHEO Research Institute
Allison Kennedy - Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Wendy Maya - Kids Come First
Sonia Arruda - Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
(E3) Building Brighter Beginnings: Transforming Infant and Early Mental Health Care in Ontario
Poppy DesClouds - Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions
Purnima Sundar - Lead Agency Consortium
Lori Kempe - Children First, Hotel Dieu Grace Healthcare
Vicki Cochrane - Children's Mental Health Ontario
(E4) Working Together: A collaborative approach to strengthening family engagement
Gillian Gray - School Mental Health Ontario
Vicki Cochrane - Children's Mental Health Ontario
(E5) Efforts, Data and Outcomes in the EDI Space: A Not-So-Changed Story in an Effort to Change!
Sarah LalDin - Children's Centre Thunder Bay
Diane Walker - Children's Centre Thunder Bay
(E6) Youth at the Centre: Art Navigation, Identity, and What Racialized Young People Need Now
Samara Brown - Children's Mental Health Ontario
12:15 - 13:30
Lunch
 
13:30 - 14:30
(F1) Transforming Service Delivery of Community Eating Disorders Treatment: An Innovative Approach to Service Delivery Between the Simcoe Muskoka Regional Eating Disorder Program and New Path Youth and Family Services
Kristina Giacobbe - New Path Youth and Family Services
Nathan Little - Simcoe Muskoka Regional Eating Disorder Program (SMREDP)
Brandie Sanders - New Path Youth and Family Services
(F2) A Safe Haven Amidst the Complex Storms: Leveraging Community Strengths to Identify Needs, Adapt Supports, and Provide Innovative, Wholistic and Comprehensive Live-In Services with Youth
Lindsey White - Starling Community Services
(F3) Connecting Children and Youth to Mental Health Services through Integrated Care Pathways
Mario Cappelli - Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions
Gaynor Edwards - Georgian Bay Family Health Team
Sue Kennedy - Phoenix Centre
(F4) Using Arts-Based Methods to Co-Design Mental Health and Addiction Services with Diverse Groups of Youth and Caring Adults
Eliezah Titus Busonga - Ontario Integration Initiative
Beverly Daosouk - Trillium Health Partners
Elizabeth Mansfield - Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners
Deborah Scharf - Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners
(F5) Innovating Assertive Community Treatment for Children and Youth (ACT-C/Y): From Intensive Outreach to ACT Implementation
Lesley Hereygers - St. Clair Child and Youth Services
Kyle Williamson - Hotel Dieu Grace Healthcare's Regional Children's Centre
Kaitlyn Yungblut - Vanier Children's Mental Wellness
(F6) Building the Middle Path: A Locally Responsive Program for High-Risk Youth
Jodelle Maksymchuk - FIREFLY
Sherri Herr, RP - FIREFLY
Josée Rochon, OT Reg. - Lake of the Woods District Hospital
Cambrya Swejda, RSW - FIREFLY
Kiersten Bailey, RSW - FIREFLY
14:30 - 14:45
Transition Break: Opportunity to view posters, network with fellow attendees, and visit exhibitors!
 
14:45 - 15:30
Closing Plenary