Keynote Speakers

Melanie Penner
Clinician Scientist
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Dr. J. Stuart Ablon
Founder And Director
Think:Kids

Ryan O'Connell
Actor, Writer, LGBTQ Activist And Disability Advocate

Dr. Ripudaman Minhas
Developmental Pediatrician, Women And Children’s Health Program
St. Michael’s Hospital

Wesley Magee-Saxton
Former EKO Scholar And Actor/dancer/coach

Concurrent Session Presenters

Concurrent Session Presenters continue to be added!


Allison Leanage
Postdoctoral Fellow
McMaster University

Alyssa Polley
Speech Language Pathologist
KidsAbility Centre for Child Development

Amanda St. Dennis
CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research

Andrea Gonzalez
Associate Professor
McMaster University

Angela Zajczenko
Early Childhood Resource Specialist supporting Intake
Hamilton Health Sciences/McMaster Childrens Hospital

Anna Rupert
Manager, Special Projects & Program Design
The George Hull Institute

Annette Neufeld
Peer Navigator Family Engagement
Grandview Kids

Arjana Sivayogeswaran
Behaviour Consultant
Grandview Children's Centre

BJ Cunningham
Assistant Professor
Western University


Brenda Agnew
Consultant
Chronically Simple

Brendan Wylie-Toal
Director, Research and Innovation
KidsAbility Centre for Child Development

Brizida Vinjau
BCBA
Grandview Kids

Brooke Wardrope
Occupational Therapist
Hamilton Health Sciences/McMaster Childrens Hospital

Charles Meekis
Cultural Liaison
Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority

Christine Curran
Program Manager, Service Navigation
Grandview Kids


Cynthia Lennon
Clinical Innovation Specialist
KidsAbility Centre for Child Development

Danijela Grahovac
CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research/McMaster University

Schmooza Palooza

Dorothy Harvey
Formerly Niagara Children's Centre

Martin Ducharme
VP Sales, Canada & International Development
AlayaCare

Susan Nall
Director, Performance & Network Integration
Children's Treatment Network