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Canadian Science Policy Centre (CSPC) May 7, 2025 panel: Screen Time and the Developing Brain: Research, Benefits, Risks, and Policy

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An April 17, 2025 Canadian Science Policy Centre (CSPC) briefing (received via email) included this unusually (for them) terse announcement,

Upcoming Virtual Panels – April 25 and May 7 [2025]

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The goal of this panel is to discuss the impacts of digital technology, or screen time, on children and youth and the policy opportunities to address these impacts.

To read more about the panel, click here.

Register (for free) Here

I found a poster on the CSPC’s ‘Screen time’ event page,

I also found this on the CSPC’s ‘Screen time’ event page,

Details

Date: May 7 [2025]

Time:

11:30 am – 1:00 pm EDT

Event Category: Virtual Session

Website: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iWOcxpLCQBKIhoK4_fWsTQ

Venue

Zoom

Description / Abstract:

The goal of this panel is to discuss the impacts of digital technology, or screen time, on children and youth and the policy opportunities to address these impacts. More specifically, the panel will explore the following questions:

  • What does research tell us about the effects of screen time on the developing brain?
  • What are the benefits and what are the risks?
  • How can we preserve the benefits and minimize the risks?
  • Have we reached a threshold of understanding of this topic to inform policy?

Panelists will address these questions at different levels: neuroscience, psychology, technology, policy, and lived experience (youth).

[Moderator and Panelists]

Moderated by: Dr. Franco Vaccarino

Board Director, Brain Canada Foundation

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Dr. Patricia Conrod

Professor, Psychiatry and Canada Research Chair, Preventative Mental Health and Addiction; Research Chair in Social and Community Pediatrics, Université de Montréal / CHU Sainte-Justine

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Dr. Munmun De Choudhury

Associate Professor, School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Dr. Sara Grimes

Professor, Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy, Department of Art History and Communication Studies, McGill University

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Dr. Emma Duerden

Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Neuroscience and Learning Disorders – Applied Psychology, Western University

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Dr. Michelle Ponti

Paediatrician, Child and Parent Resource Institute, London ON

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Vidhi Desai

Student, University of Calgary

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For those of us on the west coast, that’s an 8;30 am start next Wednesday.