Sara Austin, President & CEO of Children First Canada Joins Social Exposome Researchers to Present at HELP Expo
April 26, 2021, 5:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Moderator
Maria LeRose | Award-winning television producer and interviewer)
Invited Community Speakers
Sara Austin | President & CEO of Children First Canada
Lyric Becker | Member of Youth Advisory Council of Children First Canada
Social Exposome Cluster Researcher Speakers
Dr. Joelle LeMoult | Department of Psychology, Director of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Laboratory
Dr. Michael Kobor | Canada Research Chair in Social Epigenetics and lead of the Social Exposome Cluster
Summary
How does the social environment affect kids’ health and well-being as they grow? How can society support optimal social environments for our children? Join the conversation on April 27th with invited speaker, Sara Austin, Founder and CEO of Children First Canada, and Social Exposome Cluster researchers Dr. Joelle LeMoult, Assistant Professor and Director of the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Laboratory in the Department of Psychology, UBC, and Dr. Michael Kobor, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Social Epigenetics, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC.
As the Founder and CEO of Children First Canada and one of “Top 25 Women of Influence”, Sara Austin is leading a national movement to make Canada the best place in the world for kids to grow up. She will highlight the work of Children First Canada, and how they are building greater awareness among Canadians about the urgent needs of kids in our country. Children First Canada is mobilizing government and other key influencers to change the status quo. Sara Austin will highlight you how you can play a role in making Canada a world-leading country for kids.
Moving from ‘society to cell’, Dr. Joelle LeMoult and Dr. Michael Kobor will share the latest research related to the cognitive, emotional and biological responses to environmental factors in kids’ lives. Dr. LeMoult will share her work on psychological distress and resilience in pre-adolescence. Dr. Kobor will shed light on how nurturing and positive experiences can buffer adversity in the social environment through biological changes “under the skin”.
Finally, Sara Austin, Dr. Joelle LeMoult and Dr. Michael Kobor will connect the research to practice with an engaging dialogue that centers on the question asked at our previous Expo events — How ambitious do we think we can be in reducing early childhood vulnerability?
Experiences Under the Skin: Journey from Infancy to Adolescence is cohosted by the UBC Social Exposome Cluster.
This event is virtual and will take place via Zoom. Please complete the registration to receive the Zoom link.