The National YMHSU Pulse

From Insight to Impact: Mobilizing Lived Expertise for a Stronger Sector

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These newsletters go out (approximately) monthly to a national network of youth experts, carers, and community organizations in the Canadian youth mental health and substance use space.Through these newsletters we hope to offer:

  • A sense of connection, belonging, and unity among advocates and allies.

  • Support, encouragement, empowerment for those connected to the YMHSU sector.

  • Opportunities:

  • To participate in or recruit for ongoing work

  • Learn and share about progress in the sector

  • Network and connect with others with similar goals

  • Develop personal and professional skills (e.g., knowledge mobilization, research, public speaking, writing)

Our Priorities

  • Advance the meaningful use of lived and living expertise in the Canadian YMHSU sector by creating connections and collaboration.

  • Mobilize knowledge and practices related to lived and living expertise in the sector for system impact.

  • Support and empower YMHSU advocates and allies across the country for sustainable change.

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  • Reach a broad, diverse, integrated national network of lived experts and YMHSU professionals, students, and researchers/

  • Leverage a centralized way to disseminate information and connect with those who are directly impacted by decision-making in the YMHSU sector.

  • Access up-to-date, nuanced knowledge of the sector and lived realities of youth and carers with lived expertise.