Ask an Expert Live-Session: The Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Project

Do you have any burning questions related to your work and the mental health of immigrants and refugees?

If so, join us for an online live-session with subject matter experts Dr. Debra Stein and Bonnie Wong.

You will be joining social, settlement, and health service providers across Canada in asking our experts questions to support your every day work with immigrants and refugees.

Thursday February 21, 2019, 1:30-2:15pm EST
 

Learn more about the experts:

Dr. Debra Stein, staff psychiatrist (children and adolescents), Hincks-Dellcrest Centre

Dr. Debra Stein is a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Hospital for Sick Children’s Hincks-Dellcrest Centre, where she co-leads the Migration Consultation Team, a teaching unit with expertise in issues of resettlement and acculturation. Dr. Stein has over 15 years of experience working alongside settlement counsellors at the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, providing consultation and treatment to clients of all ages, with an emphasis on children, youth and families. She has lectured on various aspects of refugee mental health, including skills-based workshops for front-line workers, psychological trauma and parent-child attachment and the special needs of refugee youth.

Bonnie Wong, executive director, Hong Fook Mental Health Association

Bonnie Wong is the Executive Director of Hong Fook Mental Health Association since 2009. Hong Fook is an ethno-cultural mental health service agency in the Greater Toronto Area dedicated to improving the lives of Asians and other Communities. Its vision is to champion Culturally Competent Care. Bonnie always strives for collaborative work through inter-professional teams and embraces a whole person and empowerment framework for client-centered care. In 2013, she established Hong Fook Connecting Health Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic to provide integrated health care.

Bonnie holds a Masters of Social Work Degree from the University of Toronto and served on many community boards and committees. In 2014, she was a board member of the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants. From 2015 to 2017 Bonnie represented the Central East Local Health Integrated Network (CE LHIN) on the CE LHIN Mental Health and Addictions Coordinating Council. Recently, she is an appointed member at the Scarborough North Health Planning Table. In 2016, she was appointed to be the member of the Workplace Mental Health Champion Council, Civic Action. In 2018, Bonnie was awarded the Canada 150 Medal.

*Please arrive early as spots are limited and entry is on a first come, first service basis.