Report of the Ad-Hoc Mental Health Conferences Committee

AD-HOC Mental Health Conference Committee
Report of the Ad-Hoc Mental Health Conferences Committee
September 2013

Doug Gaetz

The second of three Regional Mental Health Conferenceswas held in Toronto May 23, 2013 to May 26, 2013. All indications from the Conference were very positive.

I thank all participants, facilitators and guest speakers for their involvement in making this a successful Conference.

The third and final Regional Mental Health Conference was attempted June 20, 2013 to June 23, 2013; however it had to be cancelled due to the flood that took place in Calgary. Our thoughts are with the citizens of Calgary and hoping things are getting back to normal. I also would like to thank all the participants, guest speakers and facilitators for their understanding in the postponement of the conference. This is a first for me.

The committee is in the process of looking at dates to reschedule the conference and have a proposed date for November 7, 2013 to November 10, 2013; however we are also looking and considering other dates at the time of writing this report. The extra cost will also need to be approved by Council in September before any final decisions can be made.  Once again thank you to all for your understanding to this very unique situation and my apologies to everyone for not being able to fulfill your expectations in June.

I also like to thank the Committee members, Erik Gagné, Sylvie Bastien and Bill Blair for the tremendous amount of work they all did in making the first two Conferences a success and know I can count on them to come through for the conference in Calgary.

Respectfully submitted,
Doug Gaetz