Webinar: Innovative Knowledge Translation Practices and Resources
Event date: -
Event location: Online
Event Link: https://camh.webex.com/weblink/register/r364048ac27cc681c42ac3dea316fd3ab
Event type: Single day (a day or less)
Join this webinar to hear about innovative practices and resources for knowledge translation!
In this webinar, you’ll hear from the three projects that received the 2024 Paula Goering Collaborative Research and Knowledge Translation Award. These projects demonstrated exemplary integrated and knowledge translation work in mental health research.
Event Date: Thursday, June 5, 2025
Event Time: 12 - 1 PM EDT
About the Projects and Presenters
Brain Connections
Presenters: Iris Balodis, McMaster University; Deirdre Querney, City of Hamilton's Alcohol, Drug & Gambling Services
By the end of this session, attendees will:
- Understand the interplay between gambling and gaming
- Learn about gambling and gaming harms related to youth and emerging adults
- Consider how the Brain Connections tool can be used in their work setting.
Mental Health Outcomes and Needs of Birthing Parents with Disabilities: From Evidence to Action
Presenter: Hilary Brown, University of Toronto
By the end of this session, attendees will:
- Learn about a community-engaged research study that examined the perinatal mental health of women with disabilities
- Access a series of resources that were created to support perinatal wellbeing among people with disabilities and disability-affirming care by their providers
- Identify the processes of successful community engagement in this project, including co-creation of knowledge with peer researchers with disabilities.
Supporting Alternate Level of Care Patients with a Dual Diagnosis to Transition from Hospital to Home
Presenters: Avra Selick, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH); Dianna Cochrane, Ontario Ministry of Health
By the end of this session, attendees will:
- Identify challenges that contribute to ALC hospitalizations for patients with a dual diagnosis and strategies that can support successful transitions out of hospital for this population
- Recognize ways in which research, policy, clinical and family partners can work together to co-develop practice recommendations
- Learn about knowledge translation strategies that can be used to promote awareness and utilization of research among diverse knowledge users including clinicians, families, people with disabilities, and policy makers.
The bi-annual Paula Goering award is sponsored by the University of Toronto’s Department of Psychiatry and the CAMH Foundation. This year, the committee recognizes three applications demonstrating exceptional integrated knowledge translation (IKT) work. This bi-annual Paula Goering award is sponsored by the University of Toronto’s Department of Psychiatry and the CAMH Foundation. The $4,000 award fund will be distributed equally among the three project teams.