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Now recruiting young people and family members to join our councils

Posted on Monday, July 22, 2024 04:23 PM

Now recruiting young people and family members to join our councils

We need you!

Both our Family Advisory Council and Youth Advisory Council are recruiting new members— voices to help guide our work and contribute to improvements in child and youth mental health and substance use health in Ontario over the next couple of years.

We rely on young people's and family member’s perspectives as well as integral input, expertise and guidance to ensure our policies, approaches, initiatives and other work...

Our free Lean Six Sigma White Belt training is back!

Posted on Thursday, June 20, 2024 03:44 PM

Our free Lean Six Sigma White Belt training is back!

We have some exciting news to share from our QI team! Due to popular demand, we are bringing back our free Lean Six Sigma White Belt training to all interested members of child and youth mental health and addictions agencies across Ontario.

We are offering three separate, live virtual training opportunities over the coming months. You can choose one training option (see dates below) consisting of 2 half days each:

Wednesday and Thursday, August 28-29,...

Our Quest cohort 4 journey has begun!

Posted on Thursday, June 20, 2024 03:14 PM

Our Quest cohort 4 journey has begun!

The application for our 2024 Quest cohort program closed at the end of April and we are so pleased to announce that we will be working with seven teams from across the province to improve their organizational processes. Over the next 6 or 12 months, they’ll be coached through an improvement project by the Knowledge Institute QI staff, learn from each other’s experiences and deepen their knowledge of QI, all while advancing the continuous quality improvement (CQI)...

From small beginnings to big impact: our 20th anniversary

Posted on Thursday, June 06, 2024 08:59 AM

From small beginnings to big impact: our 20th anniversary

It’s 2004 — there’s a flip phone in your pocket, Destiny’s Child is playing on the radio and the Knowledge Institute opened its doors this summer. Or rather, the Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health opened its doors in June 2004 thanks to the advocacy of our founders Simon Davidson and Ian Manion. Simon and Ian had a shared vision for what coordinated mental health services could look like for children and young...

Extend your reach with our new knowledge mobilization (KMb) quick guide

Posted on Monday, June 03, 2024 12:24 PM

Extend your reach with our new knowledge mobilization (KMb) quick guide

Are you looking to share the latest evidence with the right people at the right time? Our new resource, “Extend your reach: A quick guide to planning your knowledge mobilization initiative” can help. This practical tool outlines steps for planning and carrying out your knowledge mobilization activities. It includes:

Tips on how to collaborate with key partners to plan and organize your KMb initiative.
Tailored KMb planning...