Keynote speaker
Dr. Tristan Glatard
Tristan Glatard is scientific director of the Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, inaugural BMO Chair in AI and Mental Health, and a senior scientist at CAMH. He is also a professor (status only) in the Department of Psychiatry and an associate member (status only) in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Glatard holds an ongoing appointment as a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Concordia University in Montreal, where he held a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Big Data for Neuroinformatics and served as co-director of the Applied AI Institute. He has also been a visiting scholar at McGill University and a research scientist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.
He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Amsterdam. Tristan earned an engineering degree from École Centrale de Lyon in France in 2004, followed by a Master of Science degree in images and systems from the same institution, and a doctoral degree in computer science from the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis in 2007. In 2022, he was elected to the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars.
Panel discussion
Dr. Sanjeev Socklingam
Dr. Sanjeev Socklingam is the senior vice president of Education, chief medical officer and a senior scientist at CAMH. He is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He is also co-chair of the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Ontario Mental Health at CAMH and the University of Toronto.
He has received several national and international awards related to innovation, education and research, including the Academy of Consultation–Liaison Psychiatry Alan Stoudemire Award for Innovation and Excellence in Education (2018), the University of Toronto Faculty President’s Teaching Award (2022), the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education David Davis Research Award (2021) and the Association of Chairs of Psychiatry of Canada Award for Excellence in Education (2017).
Dr. Tristan Glatard
See Keynote speaker bio above.
Dr. Daniel Buchman
Dr. Daniel Buchman is a bioethicist and scientist at CAMH, where he directs the Everyday Ethics Lab. He also serves an associate professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto and is a member of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics.In addition, he is a member of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Advisory Committee on Ethics and a member of the newly established Bioethics Council for Canada.
Dr. Buchman’s research is at the forefront of exploring ethical issues at the intersection of clinical practice and population health, with a focus on ethical issues related to mental health, substance use and chronic pain. His work delves into themes related to stigma, social justice, identity and compassion, employing a multidisciplinary approach that combines conceptual and empirical methods.
Dr Buchman’s scholarship has significantly influenced the fields of bioethics and mental health. He has a strong commitment to advancing ethical practices in health care, which continues to shape policies and improve patient care.
Dr. Petal Abdool
Dr. Petal S. Abdool is a geriatric psychiatrist at CAMH and a consultation-liaison geriatric psychiatrist at Providence Healthcare/UHT. She is assistant program director for international medical graduates and an associate professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Psychiatry.
She is the inaugural medical director of the CAMH Simulation Centre and the faculty lead for Simulation Education Integration with the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Laura Sikstrom
Dr. Laura Sikstrom is a scientist at the Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, where she co-leads the Predictive Care Lab. Her research funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, which received a national award for innovation in mental health, examines how AI can be made fairer and more socially responsible in psychiatric risk assessment.
Recognizing the gap between the design of AI tools and their use in real-world practice, the project will conclude with a simulation-based study. The research team argues that simulation is a meaningful way to test feasibility and support the development of more effective tools for clinicians and patients.
Workshop facilitators
Jordan Holmes
Jordan Holmes is the senior manager of Teaching, Learning & Technology at the Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation at the University of Toronto, and a PhD candidate in the Health Professions Education Research stream at the Institute of Health, Policy, Management and Evaluation. Jordan has extensive experience in technology and simulation-based education, including instructional design, faculty development and education technology implementation.
Jordan has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from McMaster University, a master’s degree in education and digital technologies from Ontario Tech University, and a clinical and teaching background in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging technology.
Asha Maharaj
Asha Maharaj is director of Community and Continuing Education at CAMH, guiding the development and delivery of continuing professional development in the field of mental health and addiction. She brings more than 20 years of learning and development experience in adult education.
Her team’s award-winning, educational program design follows a competency-based, interprofessional approach and includes the voices of family and people with lived experience. Under her guidance, education programs have been developed for various audiences, including health care practitioners, the general public, patients, families and associated groups, such as corrections personnel and educators across Canada. Asha is a member of the continuing professional development network locally, nationally and internationally.
Branka Agic
Dr. Branka Agic is a scientist with Education Research at CAMH. At the University of Toronto, she is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and associate field director of the Master of Science in Community Health in Addiction and Mental Health Program.
She holds a PhD in health and behavioural sciences wit collaborative specialization in addiction studies from the University of Toronto. She also has a medical degree from the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has extensive experience in continuing professional development (CPD) and knowledge mobilization, a strong background in instructional design and technology-enhanced teaching and learning, and expertise in health equity and social determinants of health. Her research focuses on advancing equity in CPD and health care.
Howie Fruitman
Howie Fruitman has been an instructional designer for over a decade. He holds a Master of Education degree in adult and community education, as well as a Master of Arts degree in English. He joined CAMH in 2017 as an education specialist with the Provincial System Support Program, and moved to the CAMH Simulation Centre in 2022.
Howie is passionate about continuing professional education, digital learning and medical simulation. He is also interested in best practices around equity, diversity and inclusion in training and in simulation design and development.
Jason He
Jason He is an LMS administrator at CAMH, specializing in learning technologies and AI-driven solutions. He has over a decade of experience in education technology and holds a PhD in educational leadership and technology, along with a master’s degree in data science. Jason’s work focuses on designing and managing systems that make learning more accessible, data-informed and impactful.