To achieve the objectives above, the OCC identified members of the Panel with expertise in the following areas:

  • psychiatric and/or psychological care of young people
  • community mental health care
  • services to Indigenous young people
  • residential placements in Ontario
  • the service system, including child welfare, child and youth mental health and youth justice systems and
  • government administration

Biographies of the Panel members can be found in Appendix 1. The Panel was not intended to be representative of Ontario’s population or any subgroup or the service system.