Leong Centre for Healthy Children Symposium

October 9 - Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning

Agenda

7:30 AM

Registration, Coffee, and Networking

8:30 AM

Welcoming Remarks
Ronni Cohn, Eyal Cohen, and Astrid Guttmann

8:40 AM

Opening Plenary: Bridging Systems, Building Futures: A Cross-Sector Vision for Child Wellbeing 
Nancy Naylor

9:10 AM

Fireside Chat: Building Partnerships and Capacity in Health and Education
Panelists: Ruth Gilbert, Naho Morisaki, Robert Kahn

Moderator: Astrid Guttmann

10:10 AM

Refreshment Break

10:30 AM

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

  1. Engaging Youth, Families, and Communities in School-Based Research
    Carol-Ann Burke, Timothy Ross, Wenonah Campbell

    Moderators: Priscilla Medeiros & Francine Buchanan 

  2. Insights in Linked Health and Education Data
    Ruth Blackburn, Magdalena Janus

    Moderator: Astrid Guttmann

  3. Research in Schools: Needs, Challenges, and Future Directions
    Michelle Science, Amie Presley

    Moderator: Sloane Freeman

  4. Phones Down, Voices Up: Grounding Classroom Tech Policy in Youth Experience
    André Côté, Ashna Ali, Guneet Dhami, Liola Mytkolli

    Moderator: Ashley Vandermorris

11:30 AM

Keynote Address: Understanding the Smartphone Generation’s Mental Health
Jean Twenge

12:30 PM

Lunch, Networking, and Poster Viewing

1:30 PM

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

  1. Innovative Support Mechanisms for Child Development Using AI in Educational and Family Settings
    Eunice Jang, Michal Perlman, Jenny Jenkins, Eldan Cohen

    Moderator: Ripudaman Minhas

  2. Using Health and Education Data to Address the Social Determinants of Health
    Andi Camden, Kelly Gallagher-Mackay, Jennifer Hove

    Moderator: Catherine Birken

  3. Online Safety and Strategies for Change
    Stephanie Donaldson, Charlotte Moore Hepburn, Gwendolyn Moncrieff-Gould

    Moderator: Arjumand Siddiqi

  4. Unplugged: Parent-led advocacy for a smartphone-free childhood
    Michele Locke, Taryn Graham

    Moderator: Susitha Wanigaratne

2:30 PM

Refreshment Break and Poster Hall

3:00 PM

Plenary Session: Poster Quick Hits & Awards

Moderator: Natasha Bruno

3:30 PM

Fireside Chat: Schools as Hubs for Community Health
Panelists:  Sharon Goldfeld, Patrick Ip, Daniel Sellen

Moderator: Eyal Cohen

4:30 PM

Reflections of the Day and Evaluation
Eyal Cohen and Astrid Guttmann