MEDIA ADVISORY - Canadian Mental Health Association brings its annual meeting of the minds on mental health to Montréal

MONTRÉAL, Oct. 18, 2018 /CNW/ - In its 100^th anniversary year, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) will hold its third annual three-day Mental Health for All Conference (MH4A 2018) in Montréal, Québec from October 22-24, 2018. The national event, themed Ahead by a Century: The Shape of Things to Come, brings together national leaders, front-line workers, people with lived experience and change makers from across the country to set the mental health agenda for the next hundred years.

With generous support from Lundbeck Canada and the Mental Health Commission of Canada, the conference will feature 76 workshops across 8 streams, with high-profile speakers in mental illness prevention and mental health promotion addressing timely topics such as youth and cannabis, decriminalizing illegal drugs for recreational use, psychologically healthy workplaces and Indigenous mental health.

CMHA Québec Division, a co-host of MH4A 2018, leads the final day of the conference in discussions of Environments, Society and Mental Health.

Event	The Canadian Mental Health Association's third annual Mental Health for All Conference (MH4A 2018)
Dates	October 22 – October 24, 2018
Location	Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel 900 René-Lévesque Blvd W Montreal, QC H3B 4A5
Speakers	The Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health Dr. Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Patrick Smith, national CEO, Canadian Mental Health Association Dr. Margaret Barry, National University of Ireland Galway Karen Hetherington, President, CMHA Quebec Division & Montreal Branch Louis Sorin, President & CEO, End Homelessness Winnipeg Norman Lamb, former Minister of Health and MP, North Norfolk (UK)
Agenda	Please visit www.conference.cmha.ca for full agenda
Media sign-in	7:45 am each day Registration table on the Conference Level (2^nd floor) of Fairmont the Queen Elizabeth Hotel

SOURCE Canadian Mental Health Association

For more information, to secure a media pass or to arrange an interview, please contact: Katherine Janson, National Director of Communications, Cell: 647-717-8674, [email protected]