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!

Dieter Sainnawap
Cultural Liaison Worker
Sioux Lookout First Nation Health Authority
Dolly Meena-Dack
Dorothy Harvey
Formerly Niagara Children's Centre
Ekua Asabea Blair
President and CEO
Abiona Centre
Elie Ngoy
Program Director
Sawubona Africentric Circle of Support
Elyse Rosa
Research Associate
McMaster University
Erin Knobl
Occupational Therapist, Student
McMaster University
Evelyn Bursey
Manager Children's Inclusion Services
Community Living North Halton
Gabriella Carafa
Gabrielle Shiry
Intake Program Manager
KidsAbility Centre for Child Development
Gillian King
Senior Scientist
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Gillian Thompson
Nurse Practitioner
SickKids
Heather Burns
Hiba Al Hakeem
Research Assistant
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Jackie Hummelbrunner
Jackie Van Lankveld
Manager
Niagara Children's Centre
Janicka Auguste
Research Assistant & Speech-Language Therapy Assistant
Grandview Kids
Jason Leung
BCI Designer
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Jason Gordon
BC Association for Child Development and Intervention
Jessica Geboers
Co-investigator
CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research

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