Events

ANNOUNCEMENT

2025 Annual General Meeting 

Association of General Hospital Psychiatric Services

Will be Held 

Tuesday December 9th, 2025

12noon to 12:30pm

Virtual Meeting via Zoom

This meeting is open to all Member Hospitals

If you wish to attend kindly email our office

We will add you to the Invitation List

Email to:   aghpsinfo@aghps.com

In Subject Line Note: "AGM Meeting Request"

AGHPS 15TH ANNUAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

NOVEMBER 13 - 14, 2025 -- OLD MILL INN, TORONTO

THEME - BRIDGING THE GAPS

To Register for the Conference CLICK HERE

 

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13

3:30 - 4:00 PM Registration & Refreshments

4:00 - 4:30 PM Session 1: Borderline Personality Disorder Pathway

Windsor Regional Hospital

Rio Anzolin: Oral Poster Presentation

4:30 - 6:00 PM Session 2: Workplace Violence Prevention in Healthcare

University Health Network
Dr. Christian Schulz-Quach, Charlene Reynolds, Robert Whiteside

6:00 - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception & Poster Viewing

Networking, Poster Viewing, and Meet the Summit Sponsors

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14

8:00 - 8:45 AM Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:45 - 9:00 AM Welcome

Dr. Razi Sayeed, AGHPS Vice President Medical Affairs
Sami-Beth Kuchar, AGHPS Vice President Administrative Affairs

9:00 - 10:30 AM Session 3: Ontario Mental Health and Addictions - Centre of Excellence

COE Annual Update: Dr. Paul Kurdyak
Coordinated Access: Terra Cadeau

10:30 - 11:00 AM Morning Refreshments - Balmoral

Networking, Refreshments, Poster Viewing and Meet the Summit Sponsors

11:00 Am - 12:00 PM Session 4: Digital and AI Innovations in Psychiatry

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH):
Gillian Strudwick, Venkat Bhat, and Iman Kassam

12:00 - 1:30 PM Buffet Lunch

Group I - Networking for Psychiatrists (Kingsbrook Room)
Group II - Networking for Admin Leaders (Guildhall Room)

1:30 - 2:15 PM Session 5: Enhancing Recovery: A Patient Centred Approach to Mental Health Transitions

MacKenzie Health. Oral Poster Presentation
Rodea Casem, Steven Youssoufian, and Ryan Hoekstra

2:15 - 2:45 PM Session 6: Standard Protocol for Patient Phone Use in Inpatient and Emergency Psychiatry

University Health Network: 

Oral Poster Presentation
Megan Smith, Oliver DeLaurentiis

2:45 - 3:00 PM Closing Remarks, Acknowledgements, and Adjournment