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
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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).
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
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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).
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
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).
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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