Upcoming Events

This presentation shares the co-developed research priorities and lessons learned from engaging diverse high school-aged sexual and gender minority youth in the Waterloo Region, Ontario to form the basis for community-based participatory research (CBPR) that contributes to future community-engaged interventional research to enhance the wellbeing of SGM youth residing outside of large metropolitan areas.

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.

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.