Contacts
Name: Dr. Christopher Canning
Title: Director, Research & Academics
Email: ccanning@waypointcentre.ca
Name: Kristy Allen
Title: Knowledge Translation & Implementation Coordinator
Email: kallen@waypointcentre.ca
Links
Website
Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care is a 315-bed academic and teaching hospital that provides specialized mental health, addiction and geriatric care. Located on the shores of Georgian Bay, we serve some of the most complex and disadvantaged individuals in Ontario and are the sole provider of high-secure forensic mental health services in the province. Waypoint is situated on the traditional territory of the Anishinabek, Haudenosaunee, Huron, Wendat, and Métis peoples.
The Waypoint Research Institute (WRI) is an embedded research unit supporting research both within and external to Waypoint, working towards positive change that enhances care, outcomes and experiences. This work is increasingly informed by patient voices. Key areas of research include forensic mental health, intimate partner violence, child and youth mental health, substance use health, patient-oriented research (POR), knowledge translation and implementation science, mental health and substance use health policy, seniors’ mental health, clinical innovations and digital health interventions. Knowledge translation is a key pillar within the WRI, embedded both strategically within the department and across all of our research activities.