State Of Mind Festival | Youth Mental Health & System Innovation

The ‘State Of Mind Festival’ celebrates teen expressions of mental health through multimedia, traditional, and non-traditional arts. These are created by high school students and other young people through classroom State Of Mind & teacher co-created curriculum. The next step is to translate the content into actionable conclusions to shape next year’s programming.

During the day hundreds of teens share and celebrate their expressions. In the evening, we bring together system stakeholders to digest the youth messages. Attendees will hear from system leaders and innovators learning how they can improve their work to better promote the mental health of young people. It reflects changes that have occurred in attitudes, treatment, outreach, and education in youth mental health. 

All tickets sales go towards paying for schools to attend. The daytime event is FREE for students.

9:00 am - 3:30 pm SCHOOLS ONLY 

6:00 pm - 9:30 pm DOORS OPEN at 5:30 pm

 

PANELISTS | 6:15 pm – 7:00 pm

“How do we create an environment that promotes mental wellness for youth today and in the future?”

 Panelists include

1. Toronto District School Board | Saleem Haniff – Mental Health Lead
2. Toronto Catholic District School Board | Patricia Marra-Stapleton - Mental Health Lead
3. Family Outreach and Response | Canadian Mental Health Association | Gillian Gray - Manager 
4. Program Chief and Medical Director of Mental Health at Trillium Health Partners | Dr. Ian Dawe 
5. Youth representative | Ruth Wallace - Leader and Role Model with experience navigating the system

PRESENTATIONS | 7:30 pm – 8:45 pm 

David Jurasek | Young Warriors | Child Development Institute
Emily Collette | Family Outreach & Response | Canadian Mental Health Association – Toronto
Charlie Page | Power 4 Teens | Working the Mind and Body
Lucas Wade | Personal Story 

For more information please contact

Festival Director
Mike Stroh
mike@startswithme.ca