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!


Jill Teeple
Executive Director
Partners for Planning

Joanne Maxwell
VP experience, transformation and social accountability
Holland Bloorview

Joey Robertson
Board Certified Behaviour Analyst
McMaster Children's Hospital Autism Program

Jonathan Pehleman
Program Manager
Maltby Centre

Josh Theodore
Director
Grandview Kids

Julia Policelli
Research Assistant
McMaster University

Julia Lockhart
Occupational Therapist
Hamilton Health Sciences/McMaster Childrens Hospital

Karen Foster
Director
Kenora Chiefs Advisory Services

Karen Hurtubise
Post-Doctoral Fellow
School of Rehabilitation Sciences, McMaster Univeristy

Karen Ng
Project Manager
Grandview Kids

Karli Bourque
Therapeutic Recreationist
Hamilton Health Sciences/McMaster Childrens Hospital

Kate Einarson
Knowledge Translation (KT) Specialist
Bloorview Research Institute


Khadija Zafar
Education and outreach coordinator
SMILE Canada - Support Services

Kim Hesketh
Lead, Clinical Modernization
Children's Treatment Network

Krysta Andrews
McMaster University

Kylie Mallory
Post Doctoral Fellow
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Leah Dix
Project Manager
CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research

Lesley Prevost
Physiotherapist
KidsInclusive

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