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The Unseen Population: Giving a Voice to Young Caregivers

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Young caregivers are children and young adults aged five to 25 who provide personal, emotional or financial support to a family member due to a chronic illness, disability, mental health concern, substance misuse, or socioeconomic factor. While there are an estimated 1.25 million young caregivers in Canada who play a vital caregiving role within their family, they often go unrecognized and unsupported by professionals in their lives.

The Young Caregivers Association®, which provides dedicated support to young caregivers and their families, is excited to launch its newly developed Knowledge Centre, an online platform equipped with tools and resources designed to help young caregivers, their parents and professionals in a young caregivers’ life support them throughout their caregiving journey.

To mark the official launch of the Knowledge Centre, we are bringing educators, researchers and health care professionals together to have a shared conversation about needs and issues facing young caregivers across the country and the ways professionals can play a role in helping to identify, support and empower young caregivers across Canada.

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Feb 22, 2023 06:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Message preview	Hi there, You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Feb 22, 2023 06:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Topic: The Unseen Population: Giving a Voice to Young Caregivers Register in advance for this webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_L0TvX31bTWGe6RoQdTTiuw After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. ---------- Webinar Speakers Moderated by André Picard Health (Reporter and Columnist @Globe and Mail) André Picard is a health reporter and columnist for the Globe and Mail, where he has been a staff writer since 1987. He is also the author of six bestselling books. André is an eight-time nominee for the National Newspaper Awards, Canada's top journalism prize, and past winner of a prestigious Michener Award for Meritorious Public Service Journalism. He was named Canada's first "Public Health Hero" by the Canadian Public Health Association, and a "Champion of Mental Health" by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health and received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his dedication to improving healthcare. André is a graduate of the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, and has received honorary doctorates from six universities, including UBC and the University of Toronto. Dr. Heather Chalmers (Department Chair and Associate Professor, Child and Youth Studies @Brock University) Dr. Heather Chalmers is an Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Child and Youth Studies. As a developmental psychologist, Dr. Chalmers is interested in at-risk youth and in particular, young caregivers. As an applied scientist, since 2004, Dr. Chalmers has been studying young caregivers and the impact this role has on their development. She has published extensively about young caregivers and has worked closely with the community agencies and has played an important role in the development and refinement of young caregiver community supports. Dr. Chalmers has partnered with Young Caregivers Association since its inception regarding the development of evidence-based programs and related research. James Janeiro (Director of Policy and Government Relations @Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence) James Janeiro is a public policy and advocacy professional with over a decade of experience in politics, policy and government relations. He began his career in the Ontario public service working on disability legislation. In 2014, James assumed a new role serving Premier Kathleen Wynne as her social policy advisor. In this position, he was responsible for a diverse array of policy areas, including poverty reduction, housing, the Basic Income Pilot, disability issues, autism services and municipal affairs. In 2018, James left the public sector for a role in the not-for-profit sector. He was director of community engagement and policy at Community Living Toronto from 2018 to 2022. In this role, James led an ambitious advocacy agenda focused on housing, income security, and service improvement. Megan Wright (Executive Director @Roger Neilson House) Megan Wright is the Executive Director of Roger Neilson House and the Director of Palliative Care at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO). Megan started as the ED at Roger Neilson House in 2014 and has been a valued member of the CHEO Management team since 2003. Megan received her Bachelor of Science in nursing at Ryerson University; she also has her Master of Science in Nursing Administration from the University of Toronto, and graduated from the Champlain LHIN Senior Leadership Program, among many other courses and achievements. Prior to obtaining her position at CHEO, Megan worked at both the Credit Valley Hospital and at the Bloorview MacMillan Centre, where she was a nursing manager. She has 25 years of leadership experience in the health care environment. Dave Peirce (Mental Health Lead @District School Board of Niagara) Dave has been a Social Worker for nearly 23 years after graduating with his MSW from the University of Southampton in England in 2000. His career started in the areas of child welfare and youth justice, and for the last 16 years has been employed at the District School Board of Niagara (DSBN). During his time at the DSBN he has held the role of School Social Worker (working with students from kindergarten to grade 12) and more recently has the temporary assignment of Mental Health Lead. In addition he has a small private practice where he provides therapeutic sessions to youth connected to a local not-for-profit community agency. Rebekah Ann Norman (Young Adult Caregiver, PhD Candidate and Research Assistant @Brock University) Rebekah Norman is a young adult caregiver. She cares for her parent who lives with a rare schizoaffective condition and is recovering from addiction. After learning the term ‘young caregiver’ just before beginning her master’s degree—and drawing on her own experiences supporting a parent— Rebekah has established a powerful passion for supporting young caregivers and emphasizing their voices and perspectives. Within her master’s degree, Rebekah established a participatory action research project in partnership with the Young Caregivers Association, The Young Carers Program, and four young caregivers. Through this research, Rebekah explored leisure in the lives of young caregivers, challenging dominant discourses of childhood and finding ways to better support young caregivers in their care roles. Rebekah has recently entered into a PhD in Child and Youth Studies at Brock University.

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