MentalCentral

Founder

CAMH

CAMH Research Trainee at the Digital Mental Health Lab - The Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics (KCNI).

Research Trainee

Youth Advisor for the Toronto Adolescent & Youth (TAY) CAMH Cohort Study.

TAY Cohort Youth Advisor

Youth Advisor and Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges Advocate for the CAMH National Youth Action Council (NYAC).

National Youth Action Council Member

University of Calgary

Research and Patient Advisor for the Pharmacogenetic-Guided Antidepressant Prescribing (PGx-GAP) team in the Patient Advisory Committee (PAC) guiding research protocols, enhancing participant engagement, strategizing nationwide youth participation, and improving patient outcomes through personalized adolescent antidepressant prescribing using genetic testing.

PGx-GAP Research and Patient Advisor

Queen's Healthcare & Business Conference

Speakers Coordinator

First-Year Representative/Intern on the QHBC Executive Team gaining valuable first-hand experience in planning a large-scale conference as well as workshops, competitions, presentations, and marketing strategies in the healthcare and business industry.

• Helped plan and organize the Taster Event x AlayaCare and wrote the promotional blurb implemented in all QHBC's social media and email.
• Published promotional email for QHBC's Annual Conference, increasing the number of delegate sign-ups
• Helped develop First-Year promotional poster and advertised the Annual Conference throughout campus, increasing first-year delegate sign-ups and future interest in the brand
• Connected and partnered with local Kingston companies as well as retail and grocery stores for Annual Conference.
• Organized the creation of 2022/23 Executive sweaters.
• Shadowed Co-Chairs and Senior Executive members and help them with their responsibilities.

First Year Representative

NeuGeneration

Speakers Executive

Logistics Team Member working alongside the other Member as well as Coordinator to plan, organize, setup, and host the NeuGeneration 2023 Conference as well as other promotional events.

• Allocated $5000 budget for catering and stations for two-day Neuroscience Conference at Queen’s. 
• Assisted with venue booking and equipment and decoration rentals. 
• Connected with internal and external sponsors to provide financial and catering assistance. 
• Organized catering options for NeuGeneration's two-day Neuroscience Conference for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• Set up accessories and decorations including various stations around the conference for networking opportunities and entertainment.

Logistics Team Member

Queen's Science Undergraduate Research Journal

First Year Intern on the QSURJ Executive Team gaining experience in developing and publishing a Research Journal.

• Peer reviewed and edited scientific research articles to publish in the Queen’s Science Undergraduate Research Journal Volume 7. 
• Developed and published Research Booklet outlining all research programs available to undergraduate, graduate, and medical students.

First Year Intern

IDN-Canada

Warehouse Associate responsible for receiving, shipping, and picking product orders for IDN-Canada, the leading security, access control solutions, lock, and door hardware distributor in Canada.

• Accurately picked sales orders and warehouse transfers and consistently met the deadline to ship packages.
• Ensured accuracy in all sales orders, organizing them by order date and matching them with back orders.
• Efficiently posted purchase orders and warehouse transfers to IDN-Canada's internal system, and packed orders to send to delivery.
• PO received items and restocked them in the correct location.

Warehouse Associate

Youreka Canada

Represented Queen’s University nationally for Research in Mental Health chosen from a highly competitive, record number pool of undergraduate students.

• Conducted a self-directed research project developing a novel study to contribute to nationwide scientific advancements during the 10-week program.
• Performed data entry and analysis using R: Data Exploration, Hypothesis Testing, P-values, T-tests, ANOVA, Regression Analysis, Data Visualization.
• Worked with public consolidated datasets drawing correlations to connect results to sociodemographic factors and social determinants of health.
• Developed a manuscript, used literature analysis, and peer reviewed.
• Poster creation and presentation during symposium.

Undergraduate Researcher

Earl Haig Leaders Collective

Admin Coordinator overseeing all Executives and General Members in the Administrative Committee as well as worked with other Executives and staff supervisors to run the largest student-run organization of over 200 student leaders. This was when in-person opportunities became more prevalent, and we had to ensure the transition from online to in-person was smooth and filled with various events.

• Founder of The Minds Together Project: A documentary intended to relay students’ perspectives on mental health as well as professional opinions from TDSB representatives and clinical psychologists within the board. The hope of the project is to increase accessibility to mental health support systems within the board as well as assuage the overwhelming taboo surrounding the subject. 
--> Interviews student body leaders, Head of Guidance, Vice Principal, Head of Student Success, TDSB Child Youth Worker, TDSB Social Worker, and Dr. David Schwartzbein (Chief of Psychological Services of Area D in the TDSB).
• Created Department Information Night: Video introducing all departments at Earl Haig SS, and asking Department Heads incoming students' parent's FAQs.
• One-on-one mentorship with a freshman and mentored a group of Admin General Members in creating and hosting their own event.
• Hosted Photo Day, Photo Retake Day, and Resume & Interview Workshop.
• Partnered with Radio Haig (morning announcements team) to promote LC and engage students by requesting songs to play.
• Created Critical Paths for the incoming Executive Team to use to guide them in their new position.
• Hired new Executive members for Leaders Collective through a multi-step application and interview process.

Administrative Coordinator

Admin Assistant is an Executive position on LC working closely with other Assistant and Coordinator, as well as the rest of the Executive team to provide events and help school staff and admin with their planning. This was during the pandemic when everything suddenly became online.

• Created the Academic Success Workshop for students at Earl Haig SS to improve their academic performance with strategies revolved around the new online learning system.
• Created the Co-Curricular Success Workshop for students to find extracurricular activities, volunteer opportunities, and jobs online.
• Created Curriculum Night which is a short informative video outlining all the departments and department heads at Earl Haig SS for incoming freshman students and their parents.
• Took meeting minutes for all weekly meetings and sent them to the Executive team and staff supervisors.
• Planned socials online for Admin General Members to create an open and friendly working environment.
• Developed an online video for Commencement for the graduating class of 2021.

Administrative Assistant

Admin General Member of LC to gain experience volunteering to help setup and execute for school-wide events as well as provide input to upcoming events to the LC Executive Team.

• Logged 100+ hours helping in the setup process of school-wide events such as Photo Day, Parent BBQ Night, and Parent-Teacher Interviews.
• Toured parents around Earl Haig SS who were interested in admitting their children to the collegiate or Claude Watson Secondary Arts Program.
• Actively engaged in discussions and reached out to Executive members to provide feedback and receive mentorship.

Administrative Committee General Member

BSW Beauty Supply

Warehouse Associate responsible for processing, stocking, and delivering orders for BSW Beauty Supply.

• Processed and delivered orders across all 8 BSW Beauty Stores in Canada.
• Organized orders, including loading and unloading inventory items.
• Maintaining products' condition and regularly checking and reporting defects.
• Cleaned and organized warehouse space, inventory, and goods.

Cashier and CSR for BSW Beauty Supply's stores and annual Tent Sale.

• Ensured all items from incoming deliveries had no defects, and applied alarms to each item for security.
• Sent outgoing goods to delivery trucks to send to other BSW Beauty Canada locations.
• Helped customers informing them about BSW Beauty products, as well as the locations of them in the store and if they had other questions.
• Cashier for BSW Beauty's busiest annual sale: BSW Tent Sale, where efficient customer service was provided.

Cashier and Customer Service Representative

My name is James, and I have a dream to change the landscape of mental health and lead the next generation of healthcare.

I see a canvas ripe for innovation, puzzles waiting to be solved, an untapped territory within the dynamic and ever-evolving field of mental health. 

I founded MentalCentral to chart this unexplored terrain.

In a world that often moves too fast to notice the stars, I am dedicated to connecting the dots, shaping constellations of ideas into reality. I’m not just living in the present; I’m striving to craft our future.

Every mind is a universe of itself, and I am on a mission to ensure no one has to navigate theirs alone. 

You have my word.

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