Steering Committee

Co-Directors:

Elizabeth McCay, RN, PhD
Associate Director; SRC (Scholarly, Research & Creative Activities), Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University

John Langley, MD, FRCP (c)
Staff psychiatrist and the clinical director of the Transitional Age Youth Assessment and Referral Program at St. Michael's Hospital.

Steering Committee Members:

Heather Beanlands, RN, PhD
Associate Professor, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University

Linda Cooper, RN, PhD
Professor, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University

Susan Quesnel, MD, FRCPC
Clinical psychiatrist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario

Karen Spalding, RN, PhD
Associate Professor, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University 

Carol Howes, MSW
Director of the Residential Outreach Program, Covenant House: Toronto, Ontario

Karen Bach, BA, MPsych
Director of Yonge Street Mission’s Evergreen: Toronto, Ontario

Colin Dart, MPsych
Executive Director of Turning Point Youth Services: Toronto, Ontario

Susan Miner, Social Services (Dip)
Director of Street Outreach Services: Toronto, Ontario

Patricia Robinson, RN, C.B.S. (Dip), M. Ed.
Assistant Professor, George Brown College

Research Coordinator:

Katie Bowler, BScN (c) Ryerson University
Coordinator for the Mental Health Needs of Street Youth Project funded by The Wellesley Central Health Corporation