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Caring for kids new to Canada

A guide for health professionals working with immigrant and refugee children and youth

Editors and Contributors

Caring for Kids New to Canada is a collaborative project involving many people and organizations concerned with the health of immigrant and refugee children, youth and families. The Canadian Paediatric Society is grateful to everyone for their contributions to this website.

Caring for Kids New to Canada Task Force (2022)

Chuck Hui, MD, FRCPC (Chair)

Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO)
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ont.

Tony Barozzino, MD, FRCPC

Medical Director (Pediatrics), Women’s and Children’s Health Program, Unity Health Toronto
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Pediatrics)
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ont.

Stacey Bélanger, MD, FRCPC, PhD

Developmental Paediatrician
CIRENE developmental clinic
CHU Sainte-Justine
Associate Professor, Université de Montréal
Montreal, Que.

Mahli Brindamour, MD, FRCPC

Assistant Professor, General Pediatrics
Royal University Hospital
Saskatoon, Sask.

Muna Chowdhury, MD, CCFP

Family Physician
Dalhousie University Student Health and Wellness Centre
Direction 180, Opioid Agonist Treatment Centre
Halifax, N

Andrea J. Hunter, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H

Associate Clinical Professor, McMaster University
Division of General Pediatrics, McMaster Children's Hospital
Hamilton, Ont.

Susan M. Kuhn, MD, MSc, DTMH, FRCPC

Consultant in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB.
 
Sayo Olatunde, MD
 
Moncton, NB

Radhika Shankar, MD, MSc

Paediatric resident
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC.

Shazeen Suleman, MSc MD MPH (FRCPC)

Physician Lead, Newcomer to Canada Clinic
St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ont.

Editorial Board (2011 - 2013)

Editors-in-Chief

Tony Barozzino, MD, FRCPC

Chuck Hui, MD, FRCPC

Editors

Julie Baïlon-Poujol, MD, FRCPC

Anna Banerji, O.Ont, MD, MPH, FRCPC, DTM&H 

Cecilia Baxter, MD, FRCPC

Morton Beiser, CM, MD, FRCP

Alice M. Chan-Yip, C.M., MDCM, FRCPC, FAAP

Cristina Costantini Allguren, RN, BScN

Danielle Grenier, MD, FRCPC

Danielle Grondin, MD, FRCPC

Robert Hilliard, MD, EdD, FRCPC

Andrea J. Hunter, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H

Daphne Korczak MD, MSc, FRCPC (pediatrics), FRCPC (psychiatry)

Susan M. Kuhn, MD, MSc, DTMH, FRCPC

Noni E. MacDonald, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FCAHS

William Mahoney, MD, FRCPC

Maureen Mayhew, MD, MPH, CCFP

Heather Onyett, MD, FRCPC, FAAP, MPH, DTM&H

Kevin Pottie, MD, MClSc, CCFP, FCFP

Élisabeth Rousseau Harsany, MD, FCRPC

Ben J.K. Tan, MD, FRCPC

Dzung X. Vo, MD, FAAP

Methods Subcommittee

Tony Barozzino, MD, FRCPC

Chuck Hui, MD, FRCPC

Monika Kastner, PhD

Kevin Pottie, MD, MClSc, CCFP, FCFP

Gita Wahi, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Contributors

Roxane Bélanger, M.Sc.SLP, reg. CASLPO

Amanda Blazevic, BScPharm

Paul Caulford, MSc, MD, CCFP, FCFP

Michael Clark, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Devika Dixit, MSc, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H(Gorgas), CTropMed(R)

Nipunie Rajapakse, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H

Katie Stadelman BSc, MSW, RSW 

Reviewers

Reviewers

Lead organization

Canadian Paediatric Society

Partner organizations

Last updated: March, 2022