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Ian Manion

Ian Manion is a clinical psychologist and scientist-practitioner who has worked for nearly 30 years in the Ottawa area.  He is the Executive Director for the Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health, the Inaugural Chair of the National Infant, Child and Youth Mental Health Consortium, and the Principal Lead for the National School-Based Mental Health and Substance Use Consortium. He is co-founder of Youth Net/ Réseau Ado, a bilingual community-based mental health promotion program with satellites across Canada and in Europe. His research is in the areas of parent/child interactions, community mental health promotion, youth depression and youth suicide.