Congratulations to the 2025 IHDCYH Talks Competition winners!

IHDCYH is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 IHDCYH Talks competition. These informative and engaging knowledge mobilization products cover a range of topics in child and youth health research in Canada. Each one delivers an evidence-based message designed to have an impact on the health of children, youth, and families.

Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry, as well as everyone who took the time to evaluate the many excellent submissions and cast your votes

Stay tuned for the next IHDCYH Talks competition to be launched in summer 2026!

2025 Award Winners

Videos

First place

Understanding Adolescent Pelvic Pain & Endometriosis: A Call for AwarenessFootnote 1
Mathew Leonardi, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, McMaster University

Second place

Implementing COPE into Your Practice: An overview for practitioners
Sheri Madigan, Determinants of Child Development Lab, University of Calgary

Third place

Introducing: The Early Movers Clinician’s Guide
Leah Taylor, Child Health & Physical Activity Lab, Western University

Footnote 1

As the highest ranked submission resulting from a collaborative effort, this submission was also awarded a Collaboration Supplement in the video category from the CIHR Institute of Genetics (IG).

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Infographics

First place

Healthy Futures Online: Youth Digital Health Literacy [ PDF (5.1 MB) - external link ]Footnote 1
Jia Lin, McGill University

Second place

Concussions in Early Childhood : shedding light on an invisible injury
Jennyfer Exantus, Laboratoire de neuropsychologie développementale ABCs, Université de Montréal

Third place

Youth Emotional Pathways to Mental Health Services: A Tool for Clinicians to Support Youth’s Emotional Development [ PDF (5.9 MB) - external link ]
Shelly Ben-David, CREATE Youth Mental Health Lab, University of British Columbia

Footnote 1

As the highest ranked submission resulting from a collaborative effort, this submission was also awarded a Collaboration Supplement in the infographic category from the CIHR Institute of Genetics (IG).

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Podcasts

First place

Hear Here Podcast Season 4, Episode 1: The Invisible Exhaustion: Let’s Talk Hearing FatigueFootnote 1
Karen Gordon, Hear Here Podcast, University of Toronto

Second place

Puddle Jumping: Understanding siblings' experiences of stillbirth
Ann Pederson, Hummingbird Project, Department of Population Health Promotion, BC Women’s Hospital + Health Centre

Third place

The Postpartum Playbook
Margie Davenport, Program for Pregnancy and Postpartum Health, University of Alberta, and Brooke Patterson, La Trobe University

Footnote 1

As the highest ranked submission resulting from a collaborative effort, this submission was also awarded a Collaboration Supplement in the podcast category from the CIHR Institute of Genetics (IG).

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Check out the eligible submissions in all the 2025 categories.

Visit the IHDCYH Talks competition homepage and check out the 2024 awardees.

Long description

IHDCYH Talks 2025 competition highlights: Three knowledge mobilization formats were accepted (infographics, videos, and podcasts), 71 submissions were received, over 2900 votes were cast, and there were 9 winners.

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