7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration & Breakfast
 
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM
Welcome and Land Acknowledgment
Tatum Wilson - Children's Mental Health Ontario
8:40 AM - 10:15 AM
Opening Plenary
Zayna Khayat
Youth Action Committee (YAC)
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Morning Break
 
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
(A1) Engaging youth in the development of a Measurement-Based Care Curriculum for Integrated Youth Services
Deb Chiodo - CAMH/Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario
(A2) Destination Family Engagement – A Journey of Change
Sarah Cannon - Pathstone Mental Health
Erin Clayton - Pathstone Mental Health
(A3) Collaborative Initiatives: Recipe for Success and Lessons Learned from the Building Integrated Autism and Mental Health Capacity Training Project
Maddy Dever - CMHO
Mary-Anne Leahy - Children's Mental Health Ontario
(A4) Impact and experience of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy in intensive services for children
Vasudha Gidugu - SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health
Ariana Simone - SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health
(A5) Equity in Infancy: Collaboratively Building Systems of Care for Early Mental Health
Hadir Ashry - Infant and Early Mental Health Promotion
Chaya Kulkarni - Infant and Early Mental Health Promotion
(A6) Culturally Relevant Pedagogies: Therapeutic Sound and Movement for Early Years and School-Agers
Ishaa Vinod Chopra
Afia Konadu Kyei - George Brown
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Lunch
 
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Gentle Yoga
 
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
(B1) Neurodiversity and Practicing Neuroaffirming Care from a Neurodivergent Clinician Perspective
Amanda Modrovsky - Kinark Child and Family Services
(B2) System-Level Innovation in Child and Youth Mental Health: Insights from the One Stop Talk/Parlons maintenant Program
Kirsten Dougherty - ROCK
Sabrina Samsudeen - Strides Toronto
(B3) The Gifts of Our People: A Youth-Guided Expedition into Holding Space, Accountability, and The Experiences of Black, Indigenous and Racialized Youth
Tayyba Khattak
Diya Mohan - The Gifts of Our People
Fizza Abbas
Lighthaüs
Schantel Spencer
(B4) Partnering for Success: How Agencies Can Build Family Peer Support Capacity with PCMH for Better Community Outcomes
Denise Almeida - Hands TheFamilyHelpNetwork
Zoe Campbell - FIREFLY
Vicki Cochrane - Parents for Children's Mental Health
RoxAnne Daignault - FIREFLY
(B5) Engaging and Treating Youth Involved in Hate Communities
Andrew McKenzie - Yorktown Family Services - Estimated Time of Arrival
David O'Brien - Yorktown Family Services Estimated Time of Arrival
(B6) Project ROOTS - A Holistic Approach to Adapting to Muslim Newcomers' Needs
Abir Al Jamal - Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration (MRCSSI)
Sarah Pinhal - Vanier Children’s Mental Wellness
Laura Deyell - Vanier Children's Mental Wellness
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Transition
 
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
(C1) Fostering Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging through Trauma-Informed Practice: The Sanctuary Model at Youthdale
Mamta Chail - Youthdale Treatment Centres
Jacob Hinves - Youthdale Treatment Centres
(C2) Capturing identity-based data to advance equity: Challenges and opportunities
Evangeline Danseco - Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health & Addictions
Kosal Ky - FindHelp
Shreya Sivaloganathan - Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health & Addictions
Terra Cadeau - Ontario Health, Mental Health & Addictions Centre of Excellence
(C3) Mobile Behaviour Treatment Team (MBTT) - A Collaborative Approach to Supporting Challenging Behavioural Needs within the Child Welfare System
Tracy Johnson - Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions
Stefanie Smith - Mackenzie Health – Centre for Behaviour Health Sciences
(C4) Like Mother, Like Daughter: Navigating Mental Health Through Connection and Empathy
Shabnam Sukhdev
Ishaa Vinod Chopra
(C5) From seed to fruit: Reaping the rewards of meaningful youth engagement
Thalia Phi - Family Navigation Project at Sunnybrook
Henry Khamonde - Family Navigation Project
(C6) Empowering Clinicians to use the Aaniish Naa Gegii app to facilitate strengths-based conversations with Indigenous children and youth
Blaine Wolfe - CHEO Research Institute
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Afternoon Break
 
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM
Bringing our Equity Journey to Life: Previewing the Provincial Health Equity Strategy for Community Child and Youth Mental Health
Tatum Wilson - Children's Mental Health Ontario
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM
Closing Plenary
Keosha Love
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Reception (Members Only)
 
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Registration & Breakfast
 
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Opening Plenary
Chaya Kulkarni, BAA, M.Ed., Ed.D
Warren Kapashesit
Amber King-Robitaille
Rachael Simon
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Morning Break
 
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
(D1) Maamwimadibiwag – They Sit Together: Building Collaboration Between Indigenous and Western Approaches to Children’s Mental Health
Barbara Day
Stephanie Hayes - Algoma Family Services
Lisa Millroy - Garden River Wellness Centre
Stevie Nolan - Algoma Family services
(D2) From vision to action: Implementing Right time, right care with Ontario’s communities
Heather Carter - School Mental Health Ontario
Renee Nossal - Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions
Matteo Schwartzentruber - Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario
Myriam Taillon - KI
(D3) Implementing “Time-Limited CBT” as a Quality Practice and Waitlist Reduction Strategy
Laurel Johnson - Kinark Child and Family Services
Bravina Kuni - Kinark Child and Family Services
(D4) Innovating Child Mental and Developmental Healthcare Together: An Early Education and Child Mental Healthcare Partnership to Support Children and Families
Teresa Bennett - McMaster Children's Hospital
Angela Burroughsford - McMaster Children's Hospital
Caitlyn Gavin - Hamilton Wentworth Catholic Child Care Centres
Paulo Pires - McMaster Children's Hospital
Sabrina Afonso - HWCCCC
(D5) Supporting Racialized Children and Youth with Disabilities and their Families
Raian Othman - SMILE Canada
Mahnoor Rizvi - SMILE Canada
(D6) Our voices together: What it means to host identity-based youth programs that span generations
Raine Sparling - CMHO
Murphy-Issac Boyse
Wren Kauenhofen
Crystal Ward
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Transition
 
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
(E1) Promising Practices to effectively support youth who are survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation
Melanie Black - Youturn Youth Support Services
Marisa Moher - Youturn Youth Support Services
(E2) 1Call1Click.ca: A new path to connecting children, youth, and families to Mental Health, Addictions, and Substance Use Health Care
Natasha Baechler - Kids Come First Health Team
Mario Cappelli - Knowledge Institute for Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions
Cindy Dawson - 1Call1Click.ca
(E3) Youth Leadership in System Improvement: Co-Developing a Provincial Strategic Plan for Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario
Lee Cameron - Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario
Ravneet Kaur - YWHO
Ariana Prom - YWHO
Maria Talotta - Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario
(E4) Breaking the Cycle: Relationships are Medicine
Holly Kennedy - New Path Youth and Family Services
Peggy McGee - Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Serivces
Alicia Mendes - Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Services
Lisa Smith - Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag Child and Family Services
(E5) Culturally Affirming Programs and Services for Black Children, Youth and Families
Floydeen Charles-Fridal - Caribbean African Canadian Social Services
(E6) From islands of expertise to oceans of collaborative research: Shifting organizational culture to enable Learning Health Systems with children, youth, and families
Marissa Bird - Trillium Health Partners Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation University of Toronto
Stephanie Greenham - Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Noah Spector - Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Eating Disorders Program/ CHEO Research Institute
Jessica Hay
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Francophone Lunch - A Provincial Training Initiative in Mental Health by and for Francophones - Think Tank!
 
Lunch
 
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Gentle Yoga
 
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
(F1) Pathways for Transitional Aged Youth: A current state analysis and roadmap to impact for the Ontario CYMH sector
Mary Chauvin - Bridgeable
Christine Leung - Capitalize for Kids
Johanna Pokorny - Bridgeable
Jason Pun - Capitalize for Kids
(F2) Effective treatment planning using risk and protective factors in children with behaviour problems
Margaret Walsh - Child Development Institute
Sarah Woods - Child Development Institute
(F3) Finding that missing piece: how a novel approach to community partnership improves access and reduces barriers
Lisa Ihnat - The Garry Hurvitz Centre for Community Mental Health at SickKids
Zakia Tabassum - Youth Mentor - SickKids
Pamela Saa - The Garry Hurvitz Centre for Community Mental Health at SickKids
(F4) Intentional Intensive Treatment Transformation: A Collaborative Approach through OITP
Kirsten Dougherty - ROCK
Zoja Holman - ZRH Consulting
Mark Fraser - Compass Boussoule Akii-Izhinoogan
Lori Kempe - Children First/HDGH
Cathy Paul - Kinark Child and Family Services
(F5) Equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism needs and priorities of youth advisory council members in the child and youth mental health and addictions sector
Shreya Sivaloganathan - Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health & Addictions
(F6) The Role of Infant and Early Mental Health in Community Services Programs
Cindy Peck - Abiona Centre
Tanya Sterling - Abiona Centre
Fatim Walli - Abiona Centre
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
Afternoon Break
 
2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Closing Plenary
Michael McCreary