Name: Montreal Community Forum: Mental Health & COVID-19
Start: 2021-03-30T09:30 EST
End: 2021-03-31T12:00 EST
Location: CHSSN

Karen Allen

Guidance Counsellor

Karen Allen has been a full-time guidance counsellor for over 20 years at Westmount High School. She has worked with the adolescent population in both the education and health sectors and has supported students dealing with a variety of mental health issues for her entire career. She has witnessed the impact of the pandemic first-hand on the mental health of her students and will provide case examples and concerning trends which she and her fellow guidance counsellors are dealing with during this unique year.

Tina Montreuil

Associate Professor, McGill University

Dr. Tina Montreuil is an Assistant Professor in the department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and an Associate Member of the department of Psychiatry at McGill University. She is also a Regular Investigator of the Research Unit of Children’s Psychosocial Maladjustment (GRIP) at McGill. As a licensed member of the Quebec Order of Psychologists and a credentialed member of the Canadian Association of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapies, she practices privately with children and family, focusing on cognitive-behavioural and mindfulness approaches. She has published in several peer‐reviewed journals and has been a lecturer at several international conferences. In 2013, Dr. Montreuil was awarded the title of “Champion” in Mental Health in the “Research” category from the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health, and was more recently included in the top 150 Leading Canadians for Mental Health by CAMH Difference Makers.

Dr. Montreuil’s current research focuses on investigating the role of emotion regulation, attitudes, and beliefs on the development and intergenerational transmission of psychopathology and how symptoms of mental health problems might interfere with self-regulated learning in a group context and ultimately, educational achievement. Mediators and moderators of emotion regulation and resiliency such as the role of parental socialization of emotions on the use of emotion regulation strategies in children are also investigated. In addition to the universal emotion regulation school-based program called Healthy Minds, Healthy Schools, C.A.R.E. Research Group has developed a complementary parenting program called Parenting C.A.R.E. In addition to promoting mental health literacy, much of Dr. Montreuil’s Research Group activities focus on advocating for the implementation of School-Based Mental Health practices and philosophies. She is currently a member of a number of regional and provincial working groups whose primary aim is to define how to implement and promote mental health and well-being in schools.

Montreal Community Forum: Mental Health & COVID-19

30 - 31 March 2021 / Registration Closed

Karen Allen

Tony Alfonso

Chrystal & Faye Assee

Crystal Baran

Syeda Nayab Bukhari

Tania Callender

Mirella Castrechini M SC, PPCC

Kristina (Kristy) Findlay, M.Sc.O(C)

Zelda Freitas

Argyle Institute

Amanda Keller

Thierry Lindor

Jess Malz

Tina Montreuil

Joanne Pocock

David Robinson

Gustavo Turecki MD PhD

Guylaine Vaillancourt

Anne Usher

Jeffery Hale Pavilion

Karen Allen

Guidance Counsellor

Tony Alfonso

Outreach Coordinator, AMI Quebec

Chrystal & Faye Assee

Mental health professional (Chrystal), Social Worker (Faye)

Crystal Baran

Integrative Nutrition Health Coach

Syeda Nayab Bukhari

Co-lead/Program Director, Jewish General Hospital Foundation

Tania Callender

Executive Director, ACDPN

Mirella Castrechini M SC, PPCC

Seniors Action Quebec

Kristina (Kristy) Findlay, M.Sc.O(C)

Co-Founder, Centre Mosaïque de Québec

Zelda Freitas

Social Worker

Argyle Institute

Psychotherapy & Training Centre

Amanda Keller

Canadian Researcher

Thierry Lindor

Entrepreneur

Jess Malz

Founder, Inbo

Tina Montreuil

Associate Professor, McGill University

Joanne Pocock

Consultant, CHSSN

David Robinson

Community Worker

Gustavo Turecki MD PhD

Professor, McGill University

Guylaine Vaillancourt

Associate Professor, Concordia Unviersity

Anne Usher

Activist