Upcoming Events

This presentation will explore how social media is reshaping brain health research and care. Drawing on empirical evidence from thousands of posts and comments, it will examine why people across the lifespan use social media to discuss mental and cognitive health, and the consequences of both amplifying and silencing health information online.

The speakers will introduce A Toolkit to Guide Equity-Centred Community Engagement in Research, co-developed by community engagement specialists from the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children and ICES. The toolkit provides practical guidance, strategies and resources to help researchers plan, carry out and evaluate meaningful community engagement throughout the research process.

Join us for a keynote address, “Rethinking Screen Time: From Scientific Debates to Evidence-Informed Guidance,” by Dr. Sheri Madigan, an internationally recognized clinical psychologist, Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Child Mental Health and Well-Being at the University of Calgary. Dr. Madigan will explore how the content, context and patterns of digital media use relate to children's development and well-being. Following the keynote, Christo Hall (SickKids Child Health Policy Accelerator), Suki Huang (Youth Champion, The Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University) and Dr. Kimberley Tsujimoto (SickKids Research Institute) will continue the conversation through a panel discussion exploring screen time from research, policy and youth perspectives.

This presentation will explore how experiences during pregnancy, including exposure to natural disasters and hate crimes, can affect infant health, child development and social inequalities. Drawing on research from epidemiology and the social sciences, it will examine how these effects differ across populations and the challenges of applying findings to other settings.