

{"id":1760,"date":"2026-05-19T21:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T01:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/ccyc\/?page_id=1760"},"modified":"2026-05-27T17:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T21:04:06","slug":"committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/ccyc\/committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr>\n<h2>2026 Committee<\/h2>\n<p><em>Thank you to everyone involved in helping to plan the conference! And a special recognition for our youth advocates (Bona, Lucy, Shennel, Sophia, and Thalia) for sharing your time and expertise with us!<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"speakers\">\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Bhakti Dattani<\/strong> <small>MBA MPH<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Program Coordinator<br \/>\nProvincial Council for Maternal and Child Health<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Bona Lee<\/strong> <small><\/small><br \/>\n<small>Honours Health Sciences Student<br \/>\nMcMaster University<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Christine Kouri<\/strong> <small>BScN MHA<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Equity Expert; Advocate<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Christopher Chipman<\/strong> <small>BA BEd<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Business Development Officer, Continuing Professional Development<br \/>\nTemerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Dianne Fierheller<\/strong> <small>MSW RSW PhD (she\/her)<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Scientist &amp; Co-lead Family &amp; Child Health Initiative<br \/>\nInstitute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Elena Sheldrake<\/strong> <small>MSc PhD (she\/her)<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Post-Doctoral Fellow, Family Navigation Project<br \/>\nSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Jenna Ramji<\/strong> <small>BSc (she\/her)<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Researcher; Advocate<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Karen Leis<\/strong> <small>MD FRCPC CTropMed<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Pediatrician<br \/>\nJim Pattison Children&#8217;s Hospital, University of Saskatchewan<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Kavya Anchuri<\/strong> <small>MD MHS CCFP (she\/her) (Co-Chair)<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Family Medicine and Public Health\/Preventative Medicine<br \/>\nUniversity of Toronto, Temerty Faculty of Medicine &amp; St. Michael\u2019s Hospital<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Lee Hinton<\/strong> <small><\/small><br \/>\n<small>Executive Director<br \/>\nSaskatchewan Prevention Institute<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Lucy Diaz<\/strong> <small><\/small><br \/>\n<small>Youth Advocate<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Mandeep Mahal<\/strong> <small>MD FRCPC (she\/her)<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Developmental Pediatrician<br \/>\nSunny Hill Health Centre for Children, BC Childrens&#8217; Hospital<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Megan Primeau<\/strong> <small>MSc (she\/her) (Co-Chair)<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Academic Program Director, Continuing Professional Development<br \/>\nTemerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Michelle Schmidt<\/strong> <small><\/small><br \/>\n<small>Executive Director<br \/>\nACT &#8211; Autism Community Training<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Natasha Henriques<\/strong> <small>MSc (she\/her)<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Clinical Research Project Manager, The Hospital for Sick Children<br \/>\nPhD Candidate, University of Toronto<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Nicole Bando<\/strong> <small>PhD<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Research Program Manager, Department of Pediatrics<br \/>\nSt Michael&#8217;s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Nikhita Singhal<\/strong> <small>MD <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">FRCPC<\/span> (she\/her)<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Resident<br \/>\nUniversity of Toronto<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Prudence Caldairou-Bessette<\/strong> <small>PhD PsyD<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Professeure associ\u00e9e, D\u00e9partement de psychologie, section humaniste<br \/>\nL&#8217;Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al (UQAM)<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Rhiannon Satherley<\/strong> <small>CVA<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Manager, Sibling Support Services, C+W Patient Experience<br \/>\nBC Children\u2019s &amp; BC Women\u2019s Hospitals + Health Centre<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Ripudaman Singh Minhas<\/strong> <small>MD MPH FRCPC FAAP (he\/him) (Co-Chair, Conference Director)<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Director of Pediatrics Research, Developmental Pediatrician<br \/>\nSt. Michael&#8217;s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Ryan Voisin<\/strong> <small>BKI MDes (he\/him)<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Director, Practice and Policy<br \/>\nChildren\u2019s Healthcare Canada<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Sabrina Gill<\/strong> <small>BSN MHLP CE<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Nurse Clinician, Adolescent Medicine and Health<br \/>\nBC Children\u2019s Hospital, Provincial Health Services Authority<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Shennel Simpson<\/strong> <small>(she\/her)<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Undergraduate Student<br \/>\nYouth Advocate<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Sloane Freeman<\/strong> <small>MSc MD FRCPC<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Pediatrician<br \/>\nSt. Michael&#8217;s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Sophia Xing<\/strong> <small><\/small><br \/>\n<small>Student; Advocate<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Thalia Bueno<\/strong> <small><\/small><br \/>\n<small>Youth Advocate<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Thivia Jegathesan<\/strong> <small>MPH PhD (she\/her)<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Clinical Ethicist<br \/>\nProvincial Health Services Authority<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speaker\">\n<p><strong>Trevor Cuddy<\/strong> <small>BCom BA MEd DBA(c)<\/small><br \/>\n<small>Director, Continuing Professional Development Portfolio<br \/>\nTemerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background:#f1f3f5;padding: 0.5rem 1rem;border-radius:10px\">\n<p>We are currently recruiting for our 2027 committee \u2013 if you are interested in joining, please <a href=\"mailto:megan.primeau@utoronto.ca\">contact Megan Primeau<\/a>. Use the links below to access the committee lists from past events:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<a href=\"\/ccyc\/2025-conference\/committee-2025\/\">2025 Committee<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/ccyc\/2024-conference\/committee-2024\/\">2024 Committee<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/ccyc\/2023-conference\/committee-2023\/\">2023 Committee<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/ccyc\/2022-conference\/committee-2022\/\">2022 Committee<\/a>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026 Committee Thank you to everyone involved in helping to plan the conference! And a special recognition for our youth advocates (Bona, Lucy, Shennel, Sophia, and Thalia) for sharing your time and expertise with us! Bhakti Dattani MBA MPH Program Coordinator Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health Bona Lee Honours Health Sciences Student McMaster [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1760","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/ccyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/ccyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/ccyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/ccyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/ccyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1760"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/ccyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1778,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/ccyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1760\/revisions\/1778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpd.utoronto.ca\/ccyc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}