United Voices: A Community Response to Address Immigrant Youth Mental Health

Speakers: Fiona Hayes, Hanne Brahim, Kayla Lis, Hyder Hassen, Brian Steele, Tiffany Barbosa

Description: In 2019, a nine-year old Syrian refugee died by suicide in Calgary, Alberta. Community partners recognized the need to address youth mental health specifically in immigrant communities. While there has been an increasing focus on mental health promotion in youth and adolescents, less attention has been paid to the specific experiences and needs of youth in immigrant communities. The United Voices Committee was formed to address this issue. In this presentation, the speakers present a case study in building partnerships with communities to facilitate research driven by what matters most to them, and discuss the formation and activities of the United Voices Committee, the United Voices Summits, our community partnerships, and an ongoing priority-setting partnership project.

*Recording form the AbSPORU Virtual Institute 2020

CALGARY

University of Calgary Foothills Campus
3330 Hospital Dr NW
Calgary, AB T2N 4N1

EDMONTON

College Plaza
1702, 8215 112 St NW
Edmonton, AB T6G 2C8

Land Acknowledgment

The Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit operates on and acknowledges the lands that are the traditional and ancestral territory of many peoples, presently subject to Treaties 6, 7, and 8. Namely: the Blackfoot Confederacy – Kainai, Piikani, and Siksika – the Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, Stoney Nakoda, and the Tsuu T’ina Nation and the Métis People of Alberta. This includes the Métis Settlements and the Métis Nation of Alberta. We acknowledge the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit who have lived in and cared for these lands for generations. We make this acknowledgment as a reaffirmation of our shared commitment towards reconciliation, and as part of AbSPORU’s mandate towards fostering health system transformation.

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