Mental Health Café Scientifique Series
Through its Café Scientifique program, CIHR provides funding opportunities to external partners and organizes a number of its own Café events each year. This year, CIHR has dedicated its corporate Cafés to the important issue of mental health and illness. In partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada, CIHR and its 13 Institutes are hosting a pan-Canadian Mental Health Café Scientifique series.
The CIHR-MHCC Mental Health Café series consists of 14 Café events taking place across the country over a one-year time period. Each Café focuses on an issue of importance to the public, policy makers and researchers alike. Topics range from mental health and illness among men, the elderly and youth, the genetics of mental illness, contexts (workplaces, housing, and neighbourhoods) and mental health, disordered eating, suicide among First Nations, Inuit and Métis youth in Canada, equity of access to mental health services, and more. Check out the list of mental health Cafés below to find one in a city near you or contact Christian Riel for more information about the series.
CIHR-MHCC Mental Health Café Series:
March 2009
- "The strong, silent type: Men's mental health and illness"
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Presented by CIHR and CIHR's Institute of Gender and Health in partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 5:30 p.m.
Don Cherry's Sports Grill
290 Rideau St.
Ottawa, Ontario
RSVP: cafescientifique@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
May 2009
- "Beyond survival: Living with the mental and physical effects of cancer treatment"
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Presented by CIHR and CIHR's Institute of Cancer Research in partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada
Monday, May 4, 2009 at 5:30 p.m.
Symposium Café
620 Richmond Street
London, Ontario
RSVP: cafescientifique@cihr-irsc.gc.ca - "How do I see myself in the future?: Suicide among First Nations, Métis, and Inuit youth"
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Presented by CIHR, CIHR's Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health, and CIHR's Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health, in partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 at 7 p.m.
The Tower Atrium
1 Forks Market Rd.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
RSVP: IHDCYH-IDSEA@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
June 2009
- "I'm not getting older, I'm getting smarter: Aging, the mind and mental health"
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Presented by CIHR and CIHR's Institute of Aging in partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada
Friday, June 12th, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
Prospect Room 2, Exhibition Park Halifax
Halifax, Nova Scotia
RSVP: cafescientifique@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
September 2009
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"It Takes a City to Raise a Child"
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Presented by CIHR and CIHR's Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health in partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 5 p.m.
Leander Boat Club, 50 Leander Drive
Hamilton, Ontario
RSVP: cafescientifique@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
October 2009
- "Do I look happy? Chronic pain, bones, joints and mental health"
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Presented by CIHR and CIHR's Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis in partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada
Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
The Atrium, Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Ave.
Edmonton, Alberta
RSVP: cafescientifique@cihr-irsc.gc.ca - "Stranger In A Strange Land: How Does Immigration Impact On Mental Health?"
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Presented by CIHR and CIHR's Institute of Population and Public Health in partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Mental Health Commission of Canada
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 7 p.m.
Gladstone Hotel (North Ballroom)
1214 Queen Street W.
Toronto, Ontario
RSVP: 416-978-1315 ou alexandra.novis@sickkids.ca
November 2009
- "The stranger in the mirror: Is it time to change the way we view eating disorders?"
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Presented by CIHR and CIHR's Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes, in partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada and held in conjunction with the Rendezvous with Madness film festival
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 5 p.m.
Workman Arts Space, St. Anne's Parish Hall, 651 Dufferin Street
Toronto, Ontario
RSVP: cafescientifique@cihr-irsc.gc.ca - "From the Playground to HIV: If risks for gay men start early, when should prevention begin?"
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Presented by CIHR, its Institute of Infection and Immunity and The Ontario HIV Treatment Network, in partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 7 p.m.
Gardiner Museum, Terrace Room
111 Queen's Park,
Toronto, Ontario
RSVP: Angela.Whelan@cihr-irsc.gc.ca - "The Genetics of Mental Health"
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Presented by CIHR, its Institute of Genetics, partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 7 p.m.
Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen St. W.
(corner of Gladstone Ave. and Queen St., just east of Dufferin St.)
Toronto, Ontario
RSVP: cafescientifique@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
February 2010
- "Clearing a path to mental health: How can we improve access to effective mental healthcare services?"
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Presented by CIHR and CIHR's Institute of Health Services and Policy Research in partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada
February 9, 2010
O Patro VYS
356 Mont-Royal East
Montreal, Quebec
RSVP: cafescientifique@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
March 2010
- "A hearfelt sadness: What is the connection between depression and heart disease?"
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Presented by CIHR and CIHR's Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health, in partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada
March 2, 2010
Mezzo Ristorante and Lounge, 804 Erie Street East
Windsor, Ontario
RSVP: cafescientifique@cihr-irsc.gc.ca - "I'm Just a Bit Stressed, That's All...: Drawing the Link between Stress and Mental Illness
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Hosted by Canadian Institutes of Health Research, in partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada,
Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 6 p.m.
Bottlescrew Bill's Old English Pub
140 - 10 Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta
RSVP: cafescientifique@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
