Resilient youth and families make stronger communities – hear it from the experts

Join psychiatrist Dr. Tatyana Barankin and other CAMH and local community experts to hear their perspectives on resilience and its role in the healthy development of children, families and the communities we live in.

Resilience is a much-talked about topic these days. Many people want to better understand what resilience is, how it is related to the healthy development of children and youth, what they can do to strengthen resilience in the young people in their lives – and how they can make their communities the kind that support and facilitate the healthy development of all its members.

What:

Key note address by Dr. Tatyana Barankin, CAMH psychiatrist and co-author of the book, Growing Up Resilient: Ways to Build Resilience in Children and Youth, followed by youth-produced video from the Regent Park Focus Youth Media Arts Centre program, and a panel discussion featuring experts from CAMH and the local community

When/Where:

Thursday, March 11, 2010                        
Coptic Centre
1245 Eglinton Avenue West, Mississauga                        
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

 

Please RSVP (contact info below)

 

Who:

Lew Golding, Director, Substance Abuse Program for African Canadian and Caribbean Youth, CAMH

Nalini Pandalangat, Manager, Community Support and Research Unit, CAMH

Baldev Mutta, Executive Director, Punjabi Community Health Services

Nicole Bonnie, Diversity Coordinator, Peel Children’s Aid

Moderator: Varsha Naik, Community Liaison Coordinator, Peel District School Board

For more information contact: Barbara Steep, CAMH, 416 535-8501 ext 4553,
Barbara _Steep@camh.net

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The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world's leading research centres in the area of addiction and mental health. CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development, prevention and health promotion to transform the lives of people affected by mental health and addiction issues.

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