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Sarah Cannon of the Parents for Children's Mental Health and Catherine Fife of the Ontario Public School Boards' Association give closing remarks for the Summit on Children and Youth Mental Health.

Award-winning broadcaster Valerie Pringle speaks about her family experience with mental health issues. She advocates to promote care and understanding for those with mental health issues. She takes audience questions.

The youth-led, elder mentored organization Elevated Grounds performs Stress-N. It's a dramatic production that explores how youth perceive and cope with mental disorders.

Senator Michael Kirby speaks about the next steps to influence integrated public policy that will bring positive and sustained change for children, youth and families with mental heatlh issues. After his talk, he takes questions from the audience.

The Summit on Children and Youth Mental Health opens with greetings from organizers and the Minister of Children and Youth Services. This is followed by the Youth-Family Panel and a Q-and-A period exploring experiences with mental health issues.

Dr. Bruce Ferguson of the Hospital for Sick Children speaks about developing strategies to guide the ongoing work of the Coalition for Children and Youth Mental Health.

Members of the Ontario Student Trustees' Association present their charter of rights focusing on mental health. OSTA members include Jaxson Khan, Alison Vicrobeck and Jenny Williams.

Award-winning broadcaster Valerie Pringle speaks about her family experience with mental health issues. She advocates to promote care and understanding for those with mental health issues. She takes audience questions.

The youth-led, elder mentored organization Elevated Grounds performs Stress-N. It's a dramatic production that explores how youth perceive and cope with mental disorders.

Senator Michael Kirby speaks about the next steps to influence integrated public policy that will bring positive and sustained change for children, youth and families with mental heatlh issues. After his talk, he takes questions from the audience.

Members of the Ontario Student Trustees' Association present their charter of rights focusing on mental health. OSTA members include Jaxson Khan, Alison Vicrobeck and Jenny Williams.

The Summit on Children and Youth Mental Health opens with greetings from organizers and the Minister of Children and Youth Services. This is followed by the Youth-Family Panel and a Q-and-A period exploring experiences with mental health issues.

Dr. Bruce Ferguson of the Hospital for Sick Children speaks about developing strategies to guide the ongoing work of the Coalition for Children and Youth Mental Health.

Students at the Toronto District School Board's Joyce Public School shared their family's respective immigration story in digital comics or graphic novels. The project was part of a collaboration between Joyce PS and the Emergent Multiliteracies Project led by Heather Lotherington in York University's Faculty of Education. Joyce PS is an inner city school in a highly diverse neighbourhood. The children's families are originally from India, Eritrea, Greece and the former Yugoslavia. They use technology in the classroom like document cameras, MacBook laptops, Front Row systems and SMART Boards. One of the teachers at Joyce PS for this project was Andrew Schmitt, who a Premier's Award for Teaching in 2007-08.

Students at the Toronto District School Board's Joyce Public School shared their family's respective immigration story in digital comics or graphic novels. The project was part of a collaboration between Joyce PS and the Emergent Multiliteracies Project led by Heather Lotherington in York University's Faculty of Education. Joyce PS is an inner city school in a highly diverse neighbourhood. The children's families are originally from India, Eritrea, Greece and the former Yugoslavia. They use technology in the classroom like document cameras, MacBook laptops, Front Row systems and SMART Boards. One of the teachers at Joyce PS for this project was Andrew Schmitt, who a Premier's Award for Teaching in 2007-08.