BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251107T152250EST-0860iaFxII@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251107T202250Z DESCRIPTION:This webinar is part of the CWKN 2023 Festival of Wellbeing Con versations.  \n\nA growing number of governments worldwide\, and in Canada \, are taking a new approach to public policy\, one that puts the wellbein g and quality-of-life of citizens at the centre of policy decisions and bu dgeting. Through the Spring and Fall of 2023\, the Canadian Wellbeing Know ledges Network (CWKN) is hosting a series of webinars discussing key issue s\, challenges\, and opportunities of the wellbeing approach to policy and sharing examples of wellbeing policy initiatives across Canada and global ly. For more information on wellbeing policy\, the CWKN\, and future event s you can contact jennifer.proudfoot [at] mcgill.ca (Jennifer Proudfoot). \n\nZOOM Registration\n\nModerator:\n\nMary Bartram\n Policy Director\n Ment al Health Commission of Canada\n\nMary Bartram has led mental health and s ubstance use policy development and implementation with federal and territ orial governments\, Indigenous organizations and NGOs. She is the Policy D irector with the Mental Health Commission of Canada\, with responsibility for proactive policy analysis and research\, advancing integrated approach es to substance use and mental health\, and overseeing investments in 40 r esearch projects on the relationship between cannabis and mental health. M ary completed her PhD at the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University in 2017\, where she teaches courses in public policy as an Adjunct Professor\, and conducted postdoctoral research at ºÚÁÏÍø Un iversity and the University of Ottawa. Her research has focused on a range of issues such as equity in access to psychotherapy\, harm reduction in p ostsecondary settings\, and recovery in the mental health and substance us e sectors. Mary is a Registered Social Worker and holds an MSc in Family T herapy from Purdue University.\n\nSpeakers:\n\nChris Barrington-Leigh\n Ass ociate Professor\n Institute for Health and Social Policy and Bieler School of Environment\n ºÚÁÏÍø\n\nChris Barrington-Leigh is the P.I. o f the Canadian Wellbeing Knowledges Network. He is an Associate Professor at ºÚÁÏÍø\, jointly appointed at the Institute for Health and S ocial Policy and the Bieler School of Environment. His recent research is focused on (1) empirical and quantitative assessments of human well-being\ , measured through subjective reports\, and their implications for policy\ ; (2) the structure of urban road networks\, globally\, as quasi-permanent influences on diverse urban outcomes\; and (3) energy transition in China . He was originally trained in upper atmospheric and space plasma physics at M.I.T.\, Stanford\, and Berkeley\, before studying Economics at the Uni versity of British Columbia. Chris was a Global Scholar of the Canadian In stitute for Advanced Research (2009-2014) and is a current member of the G lobal Young Academy.\n\nAndrew Frawley\n Founder\n The Good Life Movement\n \nAndrew Frawley is the Founder of The Good Life Movement. GLM is a bipart isan non-profit network working to get the public widely involved in the p olitics of mental health. GLM will register voters\, grade politicians\, a nd get thousands to call their legislators. GLM has generated lots of exci tement for their policy focus on 'the world outside of healthcare.'\n\nFra wley is a movement builder who founded Andrew Yang's campaign for Presiden t as the 2nd team member. He worked as Director of Marketing and was large ly responsible for the memes\, MATH hat\, 375\,000% social growth\, and ov er $20 million raised. He's since helped run 400-person political teams wi th $100 million budgets.\n\nChristopher Mushquash\n Canada Research Chair\n Indigenous Mental Health and Addiction\n Professor\, Department of Psycholo gy\n Lakehead University & Division of Human Science\n Northern Ontario Scho ol of Medicine University \n\nMushquash is a Canada Research Chair in Indi genous Mental Health and Addiction\, and Professor in the Department of Ps ychology at Lakehead University and the Division of Human Sciences at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine University. He is also Vice President Research at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and Chief Scie ntist at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute.\n\nHe is the Director of the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research at Lakehead University. In addition to his academic appointments\, Dr. Mushquash is a registered clinical psychologist providing assessment\, intervention\, and consultation services for First Nations children\, adolescents\, and adul ts at Dilico Anishinabek Family Care.\n\nIn 2017\, Dr. Mushquash was induc ted in the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars\, Artists and Scientists. He is currently the vice-chair of the Institute Advisory Boar d for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research\, Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health. Dr. Mushquash also serves as a board member for the Onta rio Psychological Association\, the Canada Foundation for Innovation\, and the George Jeffrey Children’s Centre.\n\nDr. Mushquash is Ojibway and a m ember of Pays Plat First Nation.\n\nSrividya Iyer\n Associate Professor\n De partment of Psychiatry\, ºÚÁÏÍø\n\nSrividya Iyer is a psycholog ist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at ºÚÁÏÍø U niversity. She is also an Associate Member in ºÚÁÏÍø’s School of Populatio n and Global Health and a Researcher at the Douglas Research Centre in Mon treal\, Canada. Her work focuses on youth mental health and early interven tion\, including for serious mental health problems such as psychosis. Sri vidya partners with youth\, families and communities to influence practice and policy in Canada and globally. She leads ACCESS Open Minds\, a pan-Ca nadian network of 250+ diverse stakeholders serving urban\, rural\, Indige nous\, post-secondary and homeless youths at 16 sites. Srividya has also b een involved in various mental health capacity building and research proje cts globally\, particularly in India\, where she was born and obtained her initial training. Srividya has received numerous awards and was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars\, Artists and S cientists and named on the inaugural list of Canadian Women leaders in Glo bal Health. She is the Vice President of the International Association for Youth Mental Health.\n\nZOOM Registration\n\nThis event is hosted by the Department of Equity\, Ethics and Policy and the Canadian Wellbeing Knowle dges Network.\n DTSTART:20230404T160000Z DTEND:20230404T173000Z LOCATION:online event SUMMARY:Wellbeing Policy and Mental Health: What recent policy approaches c an bring to mental health strategies URL:/equity-ethics-policy/channels/event/wellbeing-pol icy-and-mental-health-what-recent-policy-approaches-can-bring-mental-healt h-strategies-346973 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR