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We are excited to share our newly published "Youth engagement guide for mental health policymaking: Made by youth for youth," which was co-created by the project team as well as 45 young people who participated across Canada (Youth Collaborative for Mental Health Policymaking).

The guide aims to provide young people who are new to the space of policymaking with introductory information and guidance, as well as to to help decision-makers, adult allies, and researchers help create more inclusive, accessible, and safer environment for young people to participate in mental health policymaking.

Created by: Sakiko Yamaguchi (McGill University), Shafniya Kanagaratnam (CHILD-BRIGHT Network), Micaela Harley, Catherine Willinsky (Mental Health Commission of Canada), Keiko Shikako (McGill University), Srividya N. Iyer (McGill University), Mónica Ruiz-Casares (Toronto Metropolitan University/McGill University), Youth Collaborative for Mental Health Policymaking

Contact: Sakiko Yamaguchi (sakiko.yamaguchi@mail.mcgill.ca)

Listening to the voices of young people, valuing lived experience and transforming mental health services were at the centre of Orygen’s inaugural Youth Mental Health Symposium in June 2024.

Poster presentation at the Epidemiology, Biostatics, and Occupational Health Student Society Research Day, Montreal, Canada (2023)

On September 24, 2024, a webinar was held on mental health and youth protection, featuring Emmanuelle Khoury, co-researcher at the CRJ, Kathleen MacDonald, researcher at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Myriam Lepage-Lamazzi, coordinator of the Youth and Mental Health Movement, and Martin Goyette, co-holder at the CRJ.

Learn more about the Lift initiative, which fosters employment, education, or training for youth alongside mental health and youth-focused services.

A data brief by Sehar Gul and Claudia Meszaros on the effects of climate change on the mental health of Arctic Inuit communities.

A film (in French) that shares the experience of psychosis. Note: fill out short form to receive access to film.

A poster presented at the IAYMH conference showcasing the development of a gender wellness toolkit for Indigenous youth.

A poster presented at the IAYMH conference showcasing the importance of an economic evaluation at Eskasoni First Nation.

A summary of Canadian Mental Health Facts highlighting why we need to invest in youth mental health now.

PEPP’s 10th anniversary conference in 2013: The role of family factors in outcome differences in first-episode psychosis

A summary of the YMHC 2024 highlights! Funding, trainees, publications, KT and more!

Poster presentation at the Canadian Association for Global Health, Ottawa, Canada (2023)

Presentation at the Douglas Undergraduate Research Exposition, Montreal, Quebec (2023)

Check out this website showcasing artworks on youth mental health policymaking created by five young people in Canada, Kenya, and Bangladesh. More information here:  https://youthmhart.design/

An introduction to arts-based approaches in mental health research and a deeper dive into the Photovoice methodology followed by a mini activity.

A summary of the in-person gathering from the Indigenous IYS Network meeting in April 2023

Breaking down barriers and improving outcomes: Towards an integrated and inclusive patient and family-centered mental health research and innovation strategy, Canadian Science Policy Centre 2022 Conference

A poster presented at the IAYMH conference showcasing the lessons learned from the ACCESS Open Minds Family & Carers Council.

A brief video that introduces what a learning healthcare system is and what the Delphi process looks like.

An Innovative Low-Cost Model for Improving Mental Health Services in a Disaster Distressed Low and Middle-Income Country Setting (A Rural District in Kashmir-India)

PEPP’s 10th anniversary conference in 2013: Neurocognition in first-episode psychosis

Consult the thematic kits developed by the Chaire réseau jeunesse to support the implementation of Aire ouverte. The four themes targeted by these documents are Youth and family participation, intra-institutional and intersectoral partnerships, peer support and outreach. Available in French here: https: //chairejeunesse.ca/trousses-thematiques-aire-ouverte/

Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Care Conference (CCMHCC), Quebec City

Poster presentation at the 23rd International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (ISPS) International Conference, Espoo, Finland (2024)

This webinar served as an introduction to digital storytelling and cellphilming followed by film screenings (not recorded).

A data brief by Holly Arscott and Samira Rahmatullah on the mental health of individuals experiencing homelessness in Canada.

A webinar showcasing Dr. Srividya Iyer’s research on youth mental health and early intervention.

A poster presented at the IAYMH conference showcasing the lessons learned from the ACCESS Open Minds National Youth Council.

A poster presented at the IAYMH conference showcasing the knowledge translation approach at ACCESS Open Minds.

A talk by Dr. Srividya Iyer on transforming youth mental health care from both a Canadian and global perspective

A talk on Early Intervention in Canada through the Fondation Pierre Deniker in Paris, France