Webinar Recordings


Presentation Title: BeWell at CAMH: A Novel Approach Using Technology to Support Clinician Wellness

Presentation Purpose: To describe the design and implementation of a text-based support to support Social Worker and Occupational Therapist Well-Being at CAMH

Organization: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Professional Practice Grand Rounds

Lab Presenters: Dr. Gillian Strudwick, Iman Kassam & Jessica Kemp


Presentation Title: What is ‘AI’ and What is it Doing in Psychiatry?

Presentation Purpose: To introduce patients and families to the emerging role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in psychiatry. The presentation begins by busting some myths about what the future of AI and then provides an overview of how AI is being used to advance discovery and improve care at CAMH.

Organization: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) RBC Patient and Family Learning Space

Lab Presenters: Dr. Laura Sikstrom & Dr. Nelson Shen


Presentation Title: Leveraging Technology to Support Population Mental Health

Presentation Purpose: To describe the current context of digital mental health delivery for population and public health. The presenters introduced population digital mental health tools and how to evaluate and implement digital tools into mental health clinical practice; both through an organizational and individual lens.

Organization: Public Health Ontario - Learning Exchange Webinar

Lab Presenters: Dr. Gillian Strudwick & Iman Kassam


Presentation Title: Hope by CAMH: An App-Based Approach to Suicide Safety Planning

Presentation Overview: Safety planning through smartphone apps are a feasible strategy to due to their accessibility, but the integration of mental health apps into patient and nursing/ clinical workflows remains a largely unexplored area of practice. We will present on one such smartphone app, Hope By CAMH within this presentation.

Organization: Digital Health Canada

Lab Presenters: Dr. Lydia Sequeira


Presentation Title: From Virtual Versus In-Person Care to Virtual and In-Person Care

Presentation Purpose: To describe and discuss evidence-based approaches to collaboratively recommending virtual or in-person healthcare.

Organization: CAMH - ECHO Coping With COVID

Lab Presenters: Dr. Gillian Strudwick


Presentation Title: Reducing EHR Burden in a Mental Health Setting: To Engagement & Beyond!

Presentation Purpose: To describe evidence-informed strategies that have been implemented to reduce documented burden in a mental health context.

Organization: Digital Health Canada

Lab Presenters: Dr. Gillian Strudwick, Dr. Lydia Sequeira, & Brian Lo


Presentation Title: Implementation of a Text-Based Service to Support Population Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Presentation Purpose: To discuss the development and implementation of a provincial population mental health texting service, SaskWell. SaskWell was developed to serve as a mental health and wellness resource for Saskatchewan residents during and after the COVID‑19 pandemic.​

Organization: CanCOVID

Lab Presenters: Dr. Gillian Strudwick


Presentation Title: Finding digital mental health tools during the pandemic

Presentation Purpose: To describe how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Canadian population mental health and learn about research on digital mental health tools that can support the mental wellbeing of Canadians.

Organization: Evidence Exchange Network (EENet)

Lab Presenters: Dr. Gillian Strudwick, Dr. Lydia Sequeira, & Iman Kassam


Presentation Title: Digital and Informatics Competencies: Requirements for Nursing Leaders in Canada

Presentation Scope: The use of health information technologies continues to grow, especially with the increase in virtual care in response to COVID-19. As the largest health professional group in Canada, nurses are key stakeholders and their active engagement is essential for the meaningful adoption and use of digital health technologies to support patient care.

Organization: Longwoods & Canadian College of Healthcare Leaders

Lab Presenters: Dr. Gillian Strudwick & Brian Lo


Presentation Title: Resolve to Be SaskWell

Presentation Purpose: To learn about the effects of COVID-19 on mental health across Canada and learn about the development of text-based intervention, SaskWell, to support the mental health of Saskatchewan residents.

Organization: SaskWell & Saskatoon Public Library

Lab Presenters: Dr. Gillian Strudwick & Iman Kassam