Minding Our Minds Conference: Screen Time and Mental Health
Minding Our Minds Conference: Screen Time and Mental Health
Friday, Oct. 18 | 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. in Alumni Hall, Victoria College
The Minding our Minds Conference, in its 12th year, assembles a diverse group of stakeholders to discuss timely issues in student mental health on campus. Students, administrators, faculty, health-care workers, psychologists, student leaders and many more come together to discuss and learn about some of the most pressing issues facing the university sector regarding mental health. Our theme this year is “Screen Time and Mental Health.”
Speakers will include Dr. Elia Abi-Jaoude, medical director of the Ambulatory Psychiatry Program at the Hospital for Sick Children; Izzy Justice, chief neuroscience officer at Neuro580.com; Dr. Rhonda McEwen, president of Victoria University; Prof. Ira Wells, academic programs director of Victoria College and more.
This conference is open to U of T students, staff, faculty and librarians. Feel free to stay for the whole conference or drop by for any session you find interesting.
Conference program
9–9:30 a.m. – Registration and light breakfast
9:30–10 a.m. – Welcome, Land Acknowledgement
- Kelley Castle, Dean of Students, Victoria University
10–11 a.m. – Opening Keynote: “Digital Media and Youth: The Good, The Bad and The TikTok”
- Elia Abi-Jaoude, Medical Director, Ambulatory Psychiatry program, The Hospital for Sick Children and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto
11–11:15 a.m. – Refreshment break
11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. – Practitioners and Researchers Panel: “Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion on Screen Time: Challenges, Connections, Isolations, Addictions, and Accessibility"
- Dr. Rhonda McEwen, President and Vice-Chancellor, Victoria University
- Prof. Ira Wells, Academic Programs Director, Victoria College
- Dr. Elia Abi-Jaoude, Medical Director, Ambulatory Psychiatry program, The Hospital for Sick Children and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto
- Janine Robb, Executive Director, Health & Wellness, University of Toronto (moderator)
12:30–1:30 p.m. – Lunch break
1:30–2:45 p.m. – Student Voices Panel: Perspectives on the Screen Scene
- Andrea Perez, third year student, Victoria College
- Armiti Zarbakhsh, third year student, Victoria College
- Mridula Sathyanarayanan, third year student, Victoria College
- Sean Martin, Associate Dean, Wellness & Community Engagement, Victoria University (moderator)
2:45–3 p.m. – Refreshment break
3–4 p.m. – Workshop: “Neuroscience Impact of Screen Time”
- Izzy Justice, Chief Neuroscience Officer at Neuro580.com
4–4:30 p.m. – Closing remarks