Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions

11/14/2025

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11/13/2025

A tote bag full of swag – and a friendly reminder 😉

11/13/2025

This World Quality Day, we're celebrating thinking differently💡

What if quality improvement didn’t always have to feel like problem-fixing? Imagine flipping the script—focusing on what’s working instead of what’s wrong.

That’s the power of Strengths-Based Lean Six Sigma: it helps you build momentum, spark innovation, and unleash your team’s creativity to take quality improvement to the next level! 🚀

Discover this approach along with others here:

Children, young people and families deserve timely access to the best care experiences and a system that is easy to navigate. We practice quality improvement (QI) as an organization, and we actively build QI knowledge and skills across our sector to enhance mental health services and outcomes across...

11/04/2025

Découvrez notre dernière série de ressources!

La première ressource présente les éléments essentiels à considérer pour soutenir la santé mentale des enfants ayant et cherchant la protection de réfugié.e.s.

Ensemble, nous pouvons rendre les services plus accessibles, mieux adaptés aux traumatismes et plus sensibles à la culture. 🌍

👉 Faites defiler pour lire les grandes lignes et consultez la ressource complète ici : https://bit.ly/4gQuGj6

11/04/2025

Get to know our latest resource series!

The first resource shares key considerations for supporting the mental health of children with and seeking refugee protection.

Together, we can make services more accessible, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive. 🌍

👉 Swipe for the highlights, and find the full resource here: https://bit.ly/4nu4sFE

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween and World Series game day to all who celebrate!

Let's hope it's all treats and no tricks tonight 👻🍬⚾

10/27/2025

Cohort 5 of our Quest QI program has officially launched 🥳

Our kick-off event last week brought together participating agencies to give them the opportunity to get to know one another, learn more about the program, and hear insights from a past Quest participant. We can't wait to see their quality improvement projects take shape! Stay tuned for more 👀

In the meantime, check out how the cohort 4 agencies projects related to clinical practice, access, client engagement, and organizational systems turned out 👉 https://bit.ly/4oyWw6g

10/24/2025

Our Youth Advisory Council recently gathered for a weekend of learning, collaboration, and creativity 🎉

Members explored a logic model primer, where they designed café projects that highlighted accessibility, inclusion, and community partnerships. They also challenged myths about young people in a fun zine-making activity, celebrating why youth voices matter in mental health.💬✨

The weekend wrapped up with an open discussion with our Executive Director, Nicholas, where members reflected on identity and advocacy on a deeper level.

A huge thank you to our Youth Advisors, staff guest speakers and our amazing YAC members for their engagement and ideas! 💛

10/23/2025

Cheers to 1 year, Nicholas! Let's taco 'bout a few things 🌮😋

10/17/2025

From council member to changemaker, meet Christina 🌱

Christina Robert knows the power of youth voices — she’s lived it. Starting as a youth advisor committee member during the pandemic, she’s now at the table as one of the our two Youth Advisors, working to make services better for children, young people and families in Northern Ontario and beyond.

Read about her journey: https://bit.ly/4opFqI3

10/14/2025

We build quality standards with the people they’re meant to support.

💡 We think about implementation early
🧠 We center youth and family voices
🧭 We lead with equity

Our process helps close service gaps and support better outcomes across Ontario.

Our latest quality standard on levels of care launched in the summer. Explore all the pillars of high-quality levels of care here ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ITkERo

10/10/2025

Le 10 octobre est la Journée mondiale de la santé mentale, et nous avons tous un role à jouer 🌍

Selon l'Organisation mondiale de la santé, 1 jeune sur 7 (âgé de 10 à 19 ans) souffre d'un trouble mental.

La santé mentale des jeunes est complexe—englobant des dimensions sociales, culturelles, politiques et environnementales. Notre carrefour des ressources offre des stratégies et des outils fondés sur des données probantes pour les prestataires de services. Découvrez certaines de nos ressources ci-dessous :

• Médias sociaux et bien-être des étudiant.e.s 🔗 https://bit.ly/4fVwMhl
• Évaluation et amélioration des services de santé mentale en ligne 🔗 https://bit.ly/48qdm2r
• La réduction des méfaits et les jeunes 🔗 https://bit.ly/48pCF4M
• Vivre avec l’isolement et la solitude 🔗 https://bit.ly/3J5AKba
• Écoanxiété 🔗 https://bit.ly/3EmeLIo
• Traumatisme intergénérationnel 🔗 https://bit.ly/4730Tzi

Travaillons ensemble à un avenir où chaque enfant et chaque jeune bénéficie du soutien dont il a besoin pour prospérer 💛