Asha Maharaj, MBA, FSACME is the community and continuing education director at CAMH, guiding the development and delivery of continuing professional development (CPD) in the field of mental health and addiction. Asha brings more than 20 years of learning and development experience in adult education. Her team’s award-winning, educational program design follows a competency-based, interprofessional approach and includes the voices of family and patients with lived experience. Under her guidance, education programs have been developed for various target audiences, including health care practitioners, the general public, patients, families and associated groups, such as corrections personnel and educators across Canada. Asha is a member of the continuing professional development network locally, nationally and internationally.

Suzan Schneeweiss served as the Associate Dean, Continuing Professional Development (CPD), with the Temerty Faculty of Medicine from 2015 to 2025. Suzan is a graduate of the University of Toronto, Temerty Faculty of Medicine; and holds a Masters of Health Professional Education degree from the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Suzan has dedicated her career to advancing CPD and worked as the Academic Director for the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto CPD (2013-2015) and Director for Continuing Education for the Department of Paediatrics at SickKids (2004-2013).

Suzan has served as a CPD educator for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada for six years where she worked to support the maintenance of certification program and lifelong learning completing her term in 2016. As an academic program director and conference chair for a variety of CPD programs and conferences, she has acquired a broad range of experience in the complexities of program development and has been extensively involved in teaching. She continues to work with a variety of organizations at the local, national, and international levels to support CPD and build capacity for the next generation of CPD leaders.

David Wiljer, PhD, is the Executive Director of Education, Technology & Innovation at the University Health Network and he is also a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, and Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. He is a past President and Fellow of the American Association of Cancer Education, and the Past President for the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SACME). He is the Principal Investigator for the Digital Compassion Research Lab, TIER, UHN. He holds the Certified Professional in CPD credential awarded by the Coalition for Physician Learning and Practice Improvement. Dr. Wiljer has led research and development projects that focus on putting data and knowledge into action by utilizing health information technologies and knowledge management approaches to promote lifelong learning and better patient care. Through his work he explores the short and long-term impact of digital technologies on the patient experience, patient engagement, healthcare professional education and development. His current interests are on co-creating digital technologies to promote compassionate care, contributing to a healthier world.