George Brown College Waterfront Campus: 51 Dockside Drive, Toronto, ON
June 8-9, 2015 | CONFERENCE PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
Monday June 8th, 2015 – DAY 1
Registration and Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30
WORKSHOP SESSIONS
9:30 – 12:00
CHOOSE ONE
SESSION
Workshop 1
Academic Accommodation for Students with
Mental Health Disabilities: Findings and
Recommendations
Workshop 2
Peer Navigation Training for Student Leaders
Facilitators:
Dr. Mike Condra, Director, Health,
Counselling and Disability Services, Queen’s
University
Eleanor Condra, Research Consultant, St.
Lawrence College
Sarah Gauthier, Research Assistant
Helen Gillis, Research Assistant
Facilitators:
To be Announced
LUNCH BREAK
12:00 – 1:00
1:00 – 5:30
Workshop 1
Continued
5:45 – 7:00
Workshop 2
Continued
Reception & Overview of New MHIF Projects (Round 3)
Tuesday June 9th, 2015 – DAY 2
8:30 – 10:00
Registration and Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00
Stakeholder/Professional Association Meetings
5 Divisions of OUCHA
Postsecondary Case Managers Group Meeting
June 8-9th, 2015 | CONFERENCE PROGRAM
10:00 – 10:15
BREAK & DISPLAY BOOTHS
MHIF SESSIONS
10:15 – 11:15
Key Considerations for
Designing and
Implementing a Peer
Mentoring Program
10:15 – 11:15
CHOOSE ONE
SESSION
Presenters:
Mira Dineen, Coordinator,
2
M Peer Mentoring Program,
Queen’s University
Dr. Mike Condra, Director,
Health, Counselling and
Disability Services, Queen’s
University
On-site Mental Health Support
Model: Sault College’s Mental
Health Hub
Presenters:
Morgan Levy, Mental Health
Counsellor & Supervisor of the
Mental Health Hub Project,
Sault College.
-----Safer & Accepting Campuses:
Egale Canada Human Rights
Trust
Bridging the Gap from Hospital
to University
Presenters:
Dr. Andrea Levinson,
Psychiatrist in Chief,
Counselling and Psychological
Services, Health & Wellness,
University of Toronto
Sarah Bell, NAvigaTe Transition
Coordinator (Registered Nurse)
Good2Talk
11:15 – 11:30
11:30 – 12:30
CHOOSE ONE
SESSION
12:30 – 1:30
1:30 – 2:30
CHOOSE ONE
SESSION
BREAK & DISPLAY BOOTHS
Thought Spot: Addressing
Barriers to Access Mental
Health, Addictions and
Wellness Services through
Student-led Innovation
FITA: Advancing Mental
Health Program Development
Presenters:
Dr. John Meissner, Carleton
Presenters:
University
Andrew Johnson, Manager,
Larry McCloskey, Director,
Client and Family Education & Paul Menton Centre for
CAMH Publiciation, Centre
Students with Disabilities,
for Addiction & Mental
Carleton University
Health
Niagara Postsecondary Holistic
Wellness Initiative
Presenters:
Jill Brindle, Manager of
Learning Services and
Aboriginal Student Services,
Brock University
Sandra Wong, Aboriginal
Academic Support Program
Coordinator, Brock University
LUNCH & DISPLAY BOOTHS
More Feet on the Ground
Campaign
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Credit Course
Bridging the Distance: Lessons
Learned
Presenters:
Melodie Shick-Porter,
Director
Of Student Health Services,
Brock University
Les McCurdy-Myers,
Manager,
Personal Counselling
Services, Brock University
Presenters:
Dr. Margaret Lumley,
Associate Professor,
Department of Psychology,
University of Guelph
Presenters:
Colin Kelly, Director, Applied
Research, Confederation
College
James Lees, Counsellor,
Counselling Services,
Confederation College
Carol Prechotko, Interim
Director, Counselling and
Student Disability Services,
Cambrian College
Kim LaPierre, Team Lead,
Student Success Services,
Canadore College
June 8-9th, 2015 | CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Sherri Pinder, Mental Health
and Wellness Navigator,
Canadore College
Nicole Roy, Mental Health
Project Coordinator/Student
Advisor, Northern College
Susan Alcorn MacKay, Project
Activities Coordinator
BREAK & DISPLAY BOOTHS
2:30 – 2:45
Campus Mental Health
Partnerships: Extending the
Circle of Care
2:45 – 3:45
CHOOSE ONE
SESSION
Presenters:
Michelle DeIrish, Lead,
Campus Mental Health
Partnership Project,
Centennial College
Karyn Baker, Project Lead,
Campus Mental Health
Partnerships Project,
Georgian College
Speaking Your Language: A
Pilot Program For Promoting
Mental Health Awareness and
Support for International
Students and New Canadians
Presenters:
Arif Abu, Coordinator of
International Student Services
and the Speaking Your
Language Project, Ryerson
University
A Campus Wide Approach to
Addressing Postsecondary
Student Mental Health
Presenters:
Dr. Su-Ting Teo, Director of
Student Health and Wellness,
Ryerson University
Jennifer Robinson, Clinical
Director at the Health and
Wellness Centre, OCAD
University
OUCHA Annual General Meeting
4:00 – 6:00
DISPLAY BOOTHS – June 9th Only
PROJECT / ORGANIZATION
REPRESENTATIVE
Provincial Mental Health First Aid Initiative: Delivering on
Existing Best Practice Now
Maureen Carnegie, Mental Health First Aid Project
Facilitator, Humber College
Mental Health Screening Tool & Mindfulness Based Supports
for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Leanne Gosse, Project Manager, Conestoga College
The Ontario Working Group for Early Psychosis Intervention
Sarah Bromley, Occupational Therapist and Case Manager,
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Complex Mental
Illness / First Episode Psychosis Clinic
ConnexOntario Health Services Information
Andrew George, Information and Referral Specialist,
ConnexOntario