Conference Program

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Evening Reception

Monday, June 2
7:00pm - 9:00pm

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

Registration & Breakfast

Tuesday, June 3
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

8:30 AM - 8:35 AM

Welcome

Tuesday, June 3
8:30 AM - 8:35 AM

       

8:35 AM - 8:40 AM

Opening remarks

Tuesday, June 3
8:35 AM - 8:40 AM

Plenary Speakers

Alison Cocking,  BSc. PT, M.Ed.
Managing Director
Insight Health Solutions, Trillium Health Partners
Scott Maxwell
Chief Executive Officer
Wounded Warriors Canada

8:40 AM - 8:50 AM

Opening remarks

Tuesday, June 3
8:40 AM - 8:50 AM

Plenary Speakers

Dr. Paul Robert Thomas Atkinson, BSc (Hons), MB BCh BAO, MA (Cantab), FRCEM, FRCPC
Clinical Academic Department Head
Department of Emergency Medicine
Saint John Area, New Brunswick
   

8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

Message from the Government of New Brunswick

Tuesday, June 3
8:50 AM - 9:05 AM

       

9:05 AM - 10:00 AM

Setting the Tone

Monday, June 2
9:05 AM - 10:00 AM

Plenary Speakers

Angela Gevaudan
WWC Ambassador
Greater Sudbury, Ontario
   

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Refreshment Break

Tuesday, June 3
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Morning Workshop #1
Proactive Training for Trauma Exposed Professionals Mental Health

Tuesday, June 3
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Dr. Tim Black, PhD, R. Psych.
National Clinical Director
Wounded Warriors Canada
   

Morning Workshop #2
Supporting a Family of Families: Integrating Resources for First Responder and Public Safety Families

Tuesday, June 3
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Heidi Cramm, PhD, OT Reg (Ont)
Research Lead, Families Matter Research Group & Garnet Families Network
Queen’s University
   

What about the Families?

Garnet Families aims to connect first responder, public safety, and defence families with resources to navigate the almost unavoidable challenges that service careers bring to a family’s day-to-day and overall wellbeing. We are broadening the conversation beyond an exclusive focus on facing risk to include the unique and complicated phenomenon of lifestyle dimensions, such as the consequences of having to move–or not being able to, the impacts of complicated identities, and the difficulty of managing competing and conflicting work and family demands, that many Garnet Families experience, all at once. We aim to name these lifestyle dimensions and provide proactive support in managing them by using an approach that considers the various life stages of the family. Garnet Families Network is an open community for connection and sharing of resources like PSPNET Families, a free, online wellbeing hub that offers information, strategies, and a wellbeing course. All its resources have been tailored for PSP families. The Garnet Families Partnership is a formal collaboration funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) through to 2031. The partnership brings together researchers and their trainees, families, universities, research and knowledge mobilization hubs, government collaborators, employers and labour associations, service providers, and philanthropic organizations across Canada and internationally to collectively set priorities for research, create knowledge, and enhance our research capacity to optimize individual and collective family wellbeing.

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Lunch

Tuesday, June 3
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

Plenary Session
Supporting the mental health of public safety personnel

Tuesday, June 3
12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

Dr. Nick Carleton, Ph.D., R.D. Psych.
Professor of Clinical Psychology
University of Regina
   

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Keynote Address

Tuesday, June 3
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

The Hon. Peter MacKay
Vice-Chairman
Wounded Warriors Canada
   

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Refreshment Break

Tuesday, June 3
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Afternoon Workshop #1
Correctional culture in Canada: Exploring consistencies and complexities across 14 correctional service systems

Tuesday, June 3
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Dr. Rosemary Ricciardelli, PhD
Professor and Research Chair: Safety, Security, and Wellness
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Reflecting on findings from two major research projects – the Correctional Worker Mental Health and Well-being Study (MHWS) and the Canadian Correctional Workers’ Well-being, Organizations, Roles, and Knowledge Study (CCWORK) – I explore the state of safety, security, and wellness in correctional culture and climate in Canada with recognition of how all that constitutes trauma informs both culture and climate. I address how linchpin factors (e.g., outcomes from short staffing, retention and recruitment challenges, resources, investigations, gossip) found across federal, provincial, and/or territorial correctional organizations shape health and cultural outcomes for people working in correctional services. The MHWS – one dataset – includes a survey of anyone working in any role in each provincial and territorial correctional service, thus 13 surveys that shared questions. I then reflect on a second dataset, CCWORK, where we study correctional officers longitudinally, tracking their experiences with changing health as informed by the work, policies, and their environment. From these two datasets, I talk about correctional worker mental health, well-being, and organizational considerations that are shared to some degree across all correctional services in Canada. These two projects, I argue, can build on international understandings of correctional culture and climate by applying a trauma informed lens while also considering the symbiotic relationship between prison culture, climate, wellness, and mental health disorder prevalence among staff. I end by proposing areas of focus for correctional organizations (e.g., supportive environments, less gossip, more teamwork/teamliness) to cultivate a positive correctional culture and climate and potentially reduce compromised health and other related issues.

Afternoon Workshop #2
Transforming access to proactive mental heath and resilience supports: Introducing Ontario's Warrior Health Program

Tuesday, June 3
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Matt Pegg Mattew Pegg
Chief Operating Officer
Warrior Health
       

 

Afternoon Workshop #3
Measurement Based Care in the Canada’s leading Guardian’s inpatient program – application, learnings, and patient outcomes

Tuesday, June 3
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Toni Harrington, MSW, MSc., DSc(c)
Assistant Vice President Mental Health Innovation
Homewood Health Inc.
Shannon Remers, MSc
Senior Director Research, Quality and Outcomes
Homewood Health Inc.

Measurement-Based Care (MBC) is a data-driven approach that enhances clinical decision-making by integrating validated assessment tools into mental health and addiction treatment. The session will highlight the importance of incorporating MBC into healthcare settings, particularly for populations such as first responders, veterans, and healthcare workers. A case study of Homewood Health’s MBC implementation within its Guardians’ Program will be presented, showcasing how a user-friendly interface seamlessly integrates assessments at intake, progress points, discharge, and follow-up; preliminary benchmark data from Homewood Health Guardians’ program will be shared. Through interactive discussions and real-world applications, attendees will gain practical insights into overcoming barriers to MBC implementation and leveraging technology to support clinical decision-making.

4:50 PM - 5:00 PM

Closing Remarks

Wednesday, April 2
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM