Acknowledgements

On behalf of the Mental Health and Substance Use Programs at BC Children’s Hospital and Doctors of BC, we would like to acknowledge the contributions of the LearningLinks Steering Committee. We would also like to thank all of the contributing authors of the content of the modules within LearningLinks. The success of this project would not have been possible without ongoing contributions from these individuals over the past two years. Their experience, expertise and overall commitment to the project has been invaluable.

Steering Committee

  • Bethina Abrahams, Initiatives Lead, Shared Care Committee
  • Natalie Aird, Pediatrician, Island Health    
  • Wilma Arruda, Pediatrician, Island Health 
  • Karen Bamber, Pediatrician, Fraser Health 
  • Helen Campbell, Psychiatrist, Island Health 
  • Meagan Colenutt, Project Manager, Health Literacy, BC Children’s Hospital
  • Allyson Davey, Pediatrician, Interior Health 
  • Jana Davidson, Psychiatrist in Chief, BC Children's Hospital- CHAIR of Steering Committee
  • Ryan Drew-Scott, Psychiatrist, Interior Health   
  • Jannie duPlessis, Pediatrician, Northern Health
  • Lind Grant-Oyeye, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Northern Health   
  • Marie Hay, Pediatrician, Northern Health   
  • Katie Hill, Executive Lead, Shared Care Committee
  • Barb Kane, Psychiatrist, Northern Health   
  • Stan Kutcher, ONS, MD, FRCPC, FCAHS Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health, Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre
  • Judith Law, Executive Director, Anxiety BC
  • Jeff Peimer, Emergency Physician, Interior Health
  • Carol-Ann Saari, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Fraser Health  
  • Andrew Tugwell, Director, Health Promotion and Prevention, BC Children’s Hospital
  • Sandy Whitehouse, Adolescent Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Margot Wilson, RACE

Contributing Authors

  • Susan Baer
  • Tyler Black, Medical Director, CAPE Unit, BC Children’s Hospital
  • Myles K. Blank MD, FRCP(C), Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UBC
  • Andrea Chapman, MD, FRCPC
  • Jennifer S. Coelho, Ph.D., R. Psych., Provincial Specialized Eating Disorders Program for Children & Adolescents, BC Children's Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, UBC. 
  • E. Jane Garland, MD, FRCPC, Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, UBC
  • Osman Ipsiroglu MD, FRCPC, PhD
  • Anna Kalenchuk 
  • Lucinda Kunkel, MD FRCPC, Provincial Specialized Eating Disorders Program for Children, BC Children’s Hospital 
  • Pei-Yoong Lam, FRACP, Assistant Clinical professor,  Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, UBC, Provincial Specialized Eating Disorders Program for Children and Adolescents, BC Children’s Hospital
  • James Lee, MD, FRCPC
  • Daniel Metzger, MD, FAAP, FRCPC, Pediatric Endocrinologist, BC Children’s Hospital, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UBC
  • Ashley Miller, MDCM, FRCPC, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Teaching Consultation Clinic Clinical Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
  • Candice Murray, R. Psych
  • Theresa Newlove, PhD., R.Psych
  • Mary K. Nixon, MD, FRCPC, Clinical Associate Professor Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Affiliate Associate Professor Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria
  • Jennifer Russel, MD, FRCPC, Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Carol-Ann Saari, MD, FRCPC, eMBA
  • Kalwinder (Kelly) S. Saran, MD FRCPC, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UBC
  • Elizabeth Stanford, PhD, RPsych, Medical Psychology Team, BC Children’s Hospital Clinical Instructor, UBC Department of Psychiatry; Clinical Associate, SFU Department of Psychology
  • S. Evelyn Stewart, MD, FRCPC, UBC Associate Professor in Psychiatry; Founding Director-Provincial OCD Clinic and Research Program
  • Charlotte Waddell, MSc, MD, CCFP, FRCPC, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Canada Research Chair in Children’s Health Policy, Professor of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
  • Wallace Wong, PsyD