“Disconnect to connect”: Dr. Sheri Madigan’s research into child and youth mental health shows the value of all of children’s connections

Dr. Sheri Madigan wins eighth annual Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize “When kids are on screens for far too long, research shows they are not meeting their developmental milestones,” explains Dr. Sheri Madigan, a clinical psychologist, professor, and ...

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David Hill, 1939–2022

Lawyer contributed to the success of the Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada The Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada has lost its former counsel and a good friend with the passing of David Hill, C.M., Q.C., LLB, on November 18, 2022. Hill, a ...

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New prize for journal article honours respected Canadian psychiatrist and editor

The Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada and the Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience (JPN) have launched an annual award for the best paper published in the journal, to honour the contributions of psychiatrist and former editor, Dr. Francis ...

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Francis Wayne Quan, MD, DPsych, FRCPC (1945–2021)

The Mach-Gaensslen Foundation of Canada lost a dynamic director and Ottawa lost a leading psychiatrist who advocated for his patients when Wayne Quan died on 9 August 2021, following a brief battle with kidney cancer. Wayne’s family had roots in ...

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