HR!Day494 - Global Youth Mental Health Summit - Day III: Gender in Question

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Gender awareness is a recently new topic and significant gaps in understanding exist. These gaps in understanding and the lack of dialogue are contributing to a youth mental health crisis for many young people.

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They don’t understand, they don’t know where to turn, and for many, their parents are faced with the same lack of information and understanding. The absence of sufficient information and resources is further compounded by lack of acceptance and tolerance in society.

Learning to safely and effectively discuss this topic, combined with information and resources, is a critical step. We open a conversation from the exclusive voices of young people, the author of “When Gender is in Question,” Suzanne Sherkin and Connecting the Dots Director, Noemi Weis.

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  • Suzanne Sherkin is an accomplished mediator, trainer, and public speaker in the areas of conflict resolution and gender equity. She recently published her first book, “When Gender is In Question: A Guide to Understanding” when her youngest child began their deeply personal journey to transition to their authentic gender identity. Integrating her decades of experience in workplace communications, mental health, and conflict resolution, Suzanne now works with families to facilitate difficult conversations around gender identity.
  • Noemi Weis is an award winning Writer, Director and Producer that has spent over 20-years telling stories on the big and small screens, from her worldwide advertising projects to her award winning documentaries. As a humanitarian and an advocate leader Noemí journeys where stories take her to bring voice to the world’s most vulnerable. Her films have been seen in more than 100 countries receiving numerous awards but most important, making in a difference in communities around the world. She received a passionate message of support from Mm. Sophie Gregoire Trudeau for her film MILK and has been honoured with an invitation to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican in recognition of the impact her films have created in global communities. Additionally, Noemi has been recognized as one of the top 10 most influential Hispanic-Canadians, award given by Toronto Mayor John Tory. Noemi is a proud member of the Unesco, Team Canada’s Trade Missions and a Business Ambassador of Ontario, promoting the merits of Canadian production abroad. In this capacity, she participates in trade missions and has been honoured with the nomination of “Woman Entrepreneur of the Year” for three years in a row, the last one by Export Development Canada and nominated as a finalist for “Woman Entrepreneur of the World,” as the sole Canadian nominee. For more information: www.filmblanc.com
  • Tom Eddington is an author, Executive Coach and Business Advisor, and Executive Producer of “Connecting the Dots”. He holds an M.S. in Organization Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania. As a scholar of Conscious Leadership, he is passionate about bringing more conscious leadership into the world which he does through his coaching and advisory work, film and media projects and Board positions. As CEO of Endangered.global he brings his commitment and experience to impacting climate change and biodiversity loss.
  • Kristy Allen (she/her) is a Canadian youth advocate and a Knowledge Equity specialist with Frayme. She holds a Masters of Public Health degree, with a concentration in Social Inequities in Health, from Simon Fraser University. She is passionate about knowledge mobilization and knowledge equity, and believes that community engagement is the key to creating sustainable programs and services. Through her personal experiences, she advocates for youth, caregivers, and advocates to be key stakeholders in youth mental health system transformation. Kristy lives just outside of Muskoka, Ontario and is an avid hiker, skier, yogi, who can often be found with her canine sidekick, Moose.
  • Micaela Harley (she/her) is a strategic change maker in the Youth Mental Health and Substance Use System, with a focus on the inclusion of lived and living expertise within this work. Micaela’s passion for change in this area began in her early teen years, stemming from her own personal experiences as both a direct service user and a youth providing caregiving support to a loved one who was struggling. Utilizing these experiences, along with her professional and educational knowledge, she has advised and implemented a variety of youth mental health and substance use projects within local, national and international contexts. At Frayme, Micaela works strategically to ensure the expertise of youth, caregiver and advocates are embedded through the work being done internal to Frayme and externally within the system. When Micaela is not working, she enjoys painting, reading, watching Netflix, and going on adventures. Additionally, Micaela has graduated from the Bachelor of Social Work program at Carleton University and Masters of Applied Health Sciences degree at Western University.
  • Lexi Shepard is a Sophomore studying Foreign Language Education at Ball State University. At seventeen, she had the privilege to begin her mental health advocacy with her participation in Connecting the Dots, a film by Naomi Weis. Lexi is also a dancer, published author, and member of the LGBTQ+ community.
  • Mariana Politti is a PhD candidate in psychology at Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) with a research grant from the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET). Her research interests are in legal psychology and psychological well-being. Participating in Connecting the Dots was a very enriching experience for her professional life and has helped her to have a broader and more holistic view of social problems.
  • Shannon Ackerman is a senior at Eastern Kentucky University majoring in Psychology with a focus in Brain and Cognitive Sciences. She is aspiring to achieve her Ph.D. in Neuroscience. Shannon participated in the Connect the Dots documentary during her freshman and sophomore year of college. “My participation in the film contributed heavily to my road to recovery. It not only showed me new methods and ways of coping, but jt also showed me that I wasn't alone on a national scale, but also an international scale.”

Co-convener:

  • Jim Garrison, President, Ubiquity University

64 Participants

Resources:

Suzanne Shirkin- ::https://whengenderisinquestion.com/::

Connecting the Dots: ::https://connectingthedotsfilm.com/::

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