Everyday
Superheroes
The adults already in the room are the front line of the youth mental health crisis.
Everyday Superheroes gives them a framework to act on what they already see.
The adults already in the room are the front line of the youth mental health crisis.
Everyday Superheroes gives them a framework to act on what they already see.
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Dr. Jamil Jivraj is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who equips the adults around young people — teachers, coaches, parents, clinicians — with a practical framework for the conversations that matter most.
We're solving the wrong problem.
Youth mental health doesn't get fixed in a clinic. It gets shaped, day after day, in classrooms, dental offices, hockey rinks, and family dinners, by the adults already in those rooms. Everyday Superheroes gives them a framework to act on what they already see.
By the time a young person sits across from a clinician, the conversation that could have changed something months earlier never happened. Clinical care is essential, but it was never meant to be the front line.
Teachers. Dentists. Coaches. Pharmacists. Family. They see young people more often, more consistently, and more naturally than any clinician ever will. They notice what others miss. They aren't the gap in the system. They are the system we haven't built yet.
See · Stay · Signal: notice before you fix, be a regulated presence, and open the door with language that invites rather than confronts. Not therapy. Not diagnosis. Just the moment before the moment that matters.
The adults already in the room, across every setting where young people show up.
Teachers, school counsellors, administrators, support staff. The group with the most contact hours and the least mental health training.
Pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, dentists, orthodontists, pharmacists. Trusted professionals who see young people regularly in non-crisis moments.
Coaches, trainers, recreation staff. High-emotion, high-trust environments where struggles surface before they surface anywhere else.
Youth workers, faith leaders, child welfare staff, juvenile justice workers. Often the last adults in the room before a young person falls through.
Parents, guardians, extended family. The most important room of all, and the one we train the least.
Every format delivers practical, evidence-informed tools the room can use the next day, adapted to your audience and the time you have.
For conferences, association meetings, and large gatherings. One core idea, delivered with story, ending with one thing audiences will do differently. Q&A optional.
For teams, school staff, and professional groups. Participants learn See · Stay · Signal, practise the skills live with scenarios from their own context, and leave with concrete tools.
The framework is the same. The room shapes the delivery.
Bring this to your team →Dr. Jivraj delivered a highly impactful session at the Mental Health Summit. His compelling insights into family stress, resilience, and their connection to student success resonated deeply with attendees. The session was both inspiring and highly practical, leaving participants with valuable strategies they could immediately apply in their work with children, families, and school communities.
These sessions created a rare space to connect with other parents juggling intense careers and busy family life. We shared real stories, learned practical tools, and left feeling grounded.
Jamil helped me understand not just what to do — but how to stay grounded when things get hard. His approach gave me clarity, confidence, and real tools for early parenting.
Dr. Jivraj's workshop offered concrete, evidence-based parenting strategies — plus honest conversation and practical tips. A great reminder that parenting is about progress, not perfection.
CCRN keynote testimonial
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Everyday Superheroes keynote · Mental Health Summit 2026, Banff Centre · 10 min
The talk opens with a girl who arrived in a new country and didn't speak for three weeks — and ends with the realisation that the adults around her were the answer to the question she was asking. If you have ten minutes, this is the fastest way to understand what the work is.
Jamil completed subspecialty training in child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Toronto, with clinical work at SickKids Hospital and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. His clinical practice today focuses on mood disorders, suicidality, eating disorders, and resilience in young people.
As Mental Health Jurisdiction Lead for Canada with the Aga Khan Health Board, Jamil develops mental health programming across a national community network. The role has shaped how he thinks about reach — and where the front line of youth mental health actually sits.
His writing appears in The Globe and Mail, the Calgary Herald, and other national outlets. He is the founder of Climb Together Parenting, a newsletter and community for parents. Everyday Superheroes ties these threads together — a way to give the adults around teens what clinical training alone can't reach.
A reckoning with what platforms designed to capture young people's attention also owe them — and what changes for parents, educators, and clinicians when the responsibility is no longer carried alone.
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