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The Symposium on Child & Youth Trauma
is an annual, bilingual conference taking place since 2018, which brings together thousands of policy-makers, researchers, advocates, students and professionals from the mental health, medical, and wellness fields to improve trauma-informed services for children and youth.
2026
The 9th edition of the Symposium on Child and Youth Trauma will take place on May 6 and 7, 2026! Save the date now.
The 2025 Symposium on Child and Youth Trauma
took place on April 30 and May 1, 2025, at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal.
At the 2025 Symposium, more than 2,000 decision-makers, researchers, students and mental health professionals to learn, exchange and develop social practices and policies better adapted to the needs of young people who have experienced trauma. We were proud to welcome Dr. Bruce Perry and Dr. Delphine Collin-Vézina as keynote speakers.
🔹This year's Symposium consisted of:
✅ High-level conferences and workshops led by recognized experts 🎤
✅ Over 1,700 committed participants
✅ Continuing education credits recognized by several orders and associations
✅ Contribute to concrete solutions to meet the needs of young people
Were you unable to attend the 2025 Symposium? No worries! You can now purchase access to recordings of the presentations and slides. These will be available on the platform for a period of three months, until August 31, 2025.
At the 2025 Symposium on Child and Youth Trauma at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal, students had the opportunity to present their posters.
Undergraduate and graduate students as well as post-doctoral researchers from Canadian universities were invited to submit proposals as individuals or as a group.
The 2024 Symposium on Child & Youth Trauma
took place on May 1 and 2, 2024, at the Palais des Congrès of Montreal, with the option of joining remotely.
The 2024 Symposium's keynote speakers were Dr. Cécile Rousseau, Dr. Michael Ungar, Dr. Monnica Williams, Dr. Chandra Ghosh Ippen and 12 presentations by Consortium members.
The presentations and slides have all been translated and were available on the Symposium platform for a period of three months, until August 15h, 2024, to facilitate participation.
A certificate of attendance was issued to all participants (recognized as continuing education hours by many professional associations and orders).
Students presented their posters at the Trauma Symposium 2024, at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal!
Undergraduate and graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from Canadian universities were invited to submit a proposal as individuals or as a group. Posters had to describe applied or theoretical research (including original research, program evaluations or literature reviews) in the area of child and youth trauma. Work that was submitted could be completed or in progress.
The 2023 Symposium on Child & Youth Trauma
The 2023 Symposium took place on May 10 and 11 and featured more than 20 fascinating presentations on trauma-sensitive practices by experts in the field such as Drs. Judith L. Herman, Dr.. Rennie Linklater and Dr. Pascale Brillon. Pascale Brillon.
Summary of Keynote Presentations
Students presented their posters at the Trauma Symposium 2023, at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal!
Undergraduate and graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from Canadian universities were invited to submit a proposal as individuals or as a group. Posters had to describe applied or theoretical research (including original research, program evaluations or literature reviews) in the area of child and youth trauma. Work that was submitted could be completed or in progress.
Dr. Judith L. Herman
May 10th 9:30 am EST - Online presentation that was broadcasted live from the Palais des Congrès de Montréal
Dr. Renee (Rennie) Linklater
May 10th 11:10 am EST - Presentation given in person, at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal, which was broadcasted online
Dr. Pascale Brillon
May 11th 1:15pm EST - Presentation given in person, at the Palais des Congrès de Montréal, which was broadcasted online
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See the schedule in brief
The 2022 Child and Youth Trauma Symposium
In 2022, we were fortunate to have Dr. Sandra Bloom as our keynote speaker, who presented a new organizational and clinical approach called Creating PRESENCE, as well as 8 practice-based presentations.
In addition to this rich programming, pre-recorded presentations and wellness activities will be hosted on the broadcast platform for a period of 3 months!
