Kiaras Gharabaghi Editor & Author

Kiaras Gharabaghi is the Director and Associate Professor of Ryerson University’s School of Child and Youth Care, specializing in child and youth care ethics, organizational change, and international practice. He has over 20 years of front-line experience in managing children’s mental health, welfare, and homelessness, and was recently appointed by the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services to serve on an expert panel that reviews all residential services in the province. He is the Co-editor of the popular journal Child and Youth Services and a regular columnist for the International Child and Youth Care Network.

Grant Charles is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and an affiliated faculty member in the Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. His research specializes in child and youth mental health and child welfare. He currently sits on several editorial boards, including the International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies and the Journal of Advances in Mental Health.