Welcome

Emcee: Details coming soon

Conference Director: Ripudaman Singh Minhas MD MPH FRCPC (he/him); St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto

Day 1 Opening Keynote
Panel – Youth-Led Advocacy: Championing Change for Health Equity

Cameron Armstrong (Program and Policy Lead, Youth Climate Lab)

TBD (Centre for Indigenous Policy and Research, Indigenous Youth Roots)

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Posters, Supporters, and Networking Break

Breakout Workshops A

Reframing Menstrual Equity Through an Equity Lens: Culturally Responsive Approaches to Menstrual Health Education and Period Poverty

Social Prescribing and Supports for Young Sibling Caregivers

Transforming Pediatrics Care: Lessons learned from delivering a Community Social Pediatric Clinic in Saint John, New Brunswick

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Posters, Supporters, and Networking Break

Breakout Workshops B

Building Equitable Access Through Intentional Outreach: Lessons from the BEACON Project

From Allyship to Co-Disruption: Moving Towards Action

Toward a Carer‑Inclusive Health System: Understanding and Addressing the Barriers Young Carers Face

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Posters, Supporters, and Networking Break

Day 1 Closing Keynote
Panel – Healthcare Access for Children and Youth who are Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Alexandra Olmos Pérez (Ethicist, PHSA Ethics Service)

Rachel Kronick (Clinician Scientist, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University)

Shazeen Suleman (Associate Professor, University of British Columbia; Professorship in Pediatric Hospital Medicine, BC Children’s Hospital)

Moderated by: Mustafa Abbas (Youth Network Coordinator, Canadian Council for Refugees)

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Closing Remarks

Emcee: Details coming soon

Conference Director: Ripudaman Singh Minhas MD MPH FRCPC (he/him); St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto