Full Program
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DAY 1 – October 19, 2021
| Time | Activity | |
| 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Opening Remarks | |
| 11:30 AM – 12:15 PM | Keynote: Dr. Javeed Sukhera | |
| 12:15 AM – 12:45 PM | Lunch/Networking Rooms | |
| 12:45 PM – 2:15 PM | Concurrent Sessions: 1A: Beyond Normal: Agencies Working Together Towards Racial Equity 1B: Transatlantic Perspectives on Social Injustices in Psychotherapies 1C: Transforming Workplaces through Vulnerability, Lived Experience & Staff Empowerment 1D: The Transformative Power of Destabilizing Gender and Sexuality Norms 1E: Writing Ourselves Well 1F: Aîné.e.s LGBTQ+: une population particulièrement vulnérable sur le plan de la santé mentale 1G: Youth Engagement in Research: Opportunities in Youth Suicide Prevention | |
| 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM | Break | |
| 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | COVID-19 and Youth Mental Health: A Panel Discussion | |
| 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Break | |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions: 2A: Refugee Mental Health: Changing the Narrative and Implications for Practice 2B: Unsustainable Heroism: Deconstructing the Realities of BC’s Continuing Care Workers 2C: Improving Peer Employment Conditions: Shifting the MHSU Sector Towards Co-Production 2D: Pathway to Peers, Young Adult Peer Support in the Emergency Department 2E: Lessons Learned in Transitioning from In-Person to Virtual DBT (Dialectical Behavioural Therapy) 2F: Les espaces d’interaction inclusifs: un modèle d’inclusion en santé mentale | |
| 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM | Break | |
| 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM | Keynote: Stacy-Ann Buchanan |
DAY 2 – October 20, 2021
| Time | Activity | |
| 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Opening Remarks | |
| 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Keynote: Dr. Carol Hopkins | |
| 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM | Lunch/Networking Rooms | |
| 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions: 3A: A new normal for aging and mental health in Canada 3B: Correlates and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 3C: How Changing Communities Helps Us Recover from our own Mental Health Challenges 3D: Making Media, Doing Care: Normalizing Mental Illness on Instagram 3E: Queering the norms around cannabis and mental health amongst LGBTQ2S+ youth | |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | 3F: Une clinique pour les personnes LGBTQ+ migrantes et racisées à Montréal expérience de santé mentale communautaire | |
| 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Break | |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Concurrent Sessions: 4A: Were We Ever Normal?: Black and Indigenous Mental Health 4B: The Mental Health Commission of Canada’s COVID-19 Policy Response Initiative 4C: Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and a Way Forward for Educational Workers 4D: Closing the Gap – Building Seamless, Effective Mental Health Care Pathways for Children, Youth and Families 4E: Mindset Mayhem: Build, Burn and Rebuild 4F: South Asian Mental Health – Hardest Hit by COVID-19 4G: Digitalisation d’un programme de promotion pour la santé mentale | |
| 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM | Break | |
| 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM | Plenary Session: National Mental Health Standards Panel: Why Are They Needed? What Could They Look Like? | |
| 3:45 PM – 4:15 PM | Networking Rooms | |
| 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM | Concurrent Sessions: 5A: Indigenous Perspectives on Wellness: An “All My Relations” Conversation | |
| 4:15 PM – 4:45 PM | 5B: Interventions for Grieving and Bereaved Informal Caregivers: Exploring ‘New Normal’ 5C: Circle of Care Program 5D: CMHA Ottawa’s Condominium Housing First Program: Study Findings and Toolkit 5E: Unpacking Cannabis Use and Mental Health in Métis in Manitoba 5F: Perceptions of Pharmacogenomics in Mental Health: Mixed Methods Rapid Review 5G: French session – To be confirmed | |
| 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM | Break | |
| 5:00 PM – 5:45 PM | Keynote: Vu Le |
Please note: agenda is subject to change without notice
All times are listed in Eastern Time (EDT).