Kids, kindness, and community

On this episode of VIEW to the U, Tina Malti, a faculty member in the Department of Psychology, and the Director of the Centre for Child Development, Mental Health, and Policy – or CCDMP for short - talks about her work at CCDMP, which was established in 2019, and for which she is the Founding Director.

But Tina is a world-renowned expert, whose contributions to child mental health and development extends over the past two decades. Prior to the birth of CCDMP, in 2010 she established the Laboratory for Social-Emotional Development and Intervention (SEDI), which seeks to explore the roots and ramifications of kindness and aggression in children. She discusses some of her findings related to children’s mental health and also offers a few suggestions for fostering more empathy in people.

And, in conjunction with our theme for this season of the podcast, Tina also talks about the benefits of community-engaged scholarship and how it differs from traditional scientific research. She also shares some of the unexpected but extremely valuable outcomes that she’s seen in her research over time in working with various communities, as well as what she sees on the horizon for her field.

Resources- A full transcript of the interview is available at https://uoft.me/9YH.- Read accompanying profile "Kids, kindness, and collaboration" at https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/dean/news/kids-kindness-and-collaboration.- Find out more about Tina Malti's work on her website at https://www.tinamalti.com/.- Go to the CCDMP website for more information https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/ccdmp/.