In part 2 of this three-part episode, host Shauna MacEachern sits down with Katelyn Greer, a youth mental health advocate and lived expert. Katelyn shares how she’s been able to integrate her lived expertise into mental health research, her experiences with poor vs good engagement practices, and where she’d like to see the sector grow from here. Katelyn brings a wealth of knowledge as a youth who has been in the space for 4 years - and she calls on the need for greater diversity, better outreach strategy, and the arbitrary rules that are associated with what being a youth lived expert means.
About Katelyn Greer
Katelyn is a suicide attempt survivor and youth mental health advocate. She has living and lived expertise as a youth with mental health concerns, the mental health system, foster care system, and beyond. Katelyn uses her lived experiences to inform her work in participatory action research, patient-engagement, knowledge translation, and knowledge mobilization surrounding child and youth mental health and wellbeing. Katelyn currently practices child, youth, and family Peer Support. Youth's lived and living experience is Katelyn’s passion. She hopes her advocacy reduces stigma associated with mental health concerns, inspires people to share their own lived experiences, and further pushes for lived experiences to be heard and integrated into the broader mental health system.
About the Changemakers Podcast Series
“What will it take to build the youth mental health sector we all deserve?”
It’s a question you may have asked yourself out of curiosity, hope or - let’s be honest - frustration. It’s also a question that underpins the work that Frayme does every day.
The Changemakers Series is about curiosity and provoking multiple perspectives in order to build better youth mental health and substance use services and supports. Canada’s youth mental health sector is filled with good intentions, invaluable expertise and creative solutions but we have persistent issues of fragmentation, siloed funding and a deficit of coaching, sharing and understanding.
Join Frayme’s ED, Shauna Maceachern, as she explores her own questions around what it’ll take to build a youth mental health agenda driven by cohesion, collaboration and learning through impact. In this series, you’ll hear from those working to figure this out. Prepare to dive deep into provocative and insightful conversations with thought leaders, service providers and youth and caregivers to uncover what it’ll take to build the youth mental health and substance use sector we all deserve.
Connect with Frayme by visiting Frayme.ca or follow us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn!
In part 2 of this three-part episode, host Shauna MacEachern sits down with Katelyn Greer, a youth mental health advocate and lived expert. Katelyn shares how she’s been able to integrate her lived expertise into mental health research, her experiences with poor vs good engagement practices, and where she’d like to see the sector grow from here. Katelyn brings a wealth of knowledge as a youth who has been in the space for 4 years - and she calls on the need for greater diversity, better outreach strategy, and the arbitrary rules that are associated with what being a youth lived expert means.
About Katelyn Greer
Katelyn is a suicide attempt survivor and youth mental health advocate. She has living and lived expertise as a youth with mental health concerns, the mental health system, foster care system, and beyond. Katelyn uses her lived experiences to inform her work in participatory action research, patient-engagement, knowledge translation, and knowledge mobilization surrounding child and youth mental health and wellbeing. Katelyn currently practices child, youth, and family Peer Support. Youth's lived and living experience is Katelyn’s passion. She hopes her advocacy reduces stigma associated with mental health concerns, inspires people to share their own lived experiences, and further pushes for lived experiences to be heard and integrated into the broader mental health system.
About the Changemakers Podcast Series
“What will it take to build the youth mental health sector we all deserve?”
It’s a question you may have asked yourself out of curiosity, hope or - let’s be honest - frustration. It’s also a question that underpins the work that Frayme does every day.
The Changemakers Series is about curiosity and provoking multiple perspectives in order to build better youth mental health and substance use services and supports. Canada’s youth mental health sector is filled with good intentions, invaluable expertise and creative solutions but we have persistent issues of fragmentation, siloed funding and a deficit of coaching, sharing and understanding.
Join Frayme’s ED, Shauna Maceachern, as she explores her own questions around what it’ll take to build a youth mental health agenda driven by cohesion, collaboration and learning through impact. In this series, you’ll hear from those working to figure this out. Prepare to dive deep into provocative and insightful conversations with thought leaders, service providers and youth and caregivers to uncover what it’ll take to build the youth mental health and substance use sector we all deserve.
Connect with Frayme by visiting Frayme.ca or follow us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn!