Quebec’s Homelessness Crisis: Challenges and Solutions
Quebec is facing an unprecedented homelessness crisis. This alarming increase affects chronic, episodic, visible, and hidden homelessness—revealing a weakened social fabric, precarious access to housing, and a struggling healthcare system.
In Montreal, tensions related to social cohabitation are intensifying. Pressures to restrict or relocate essential services for persons experiencing homelessness create additional challenges for community workers.
Community Mental Health: A Key Lever to Prevent and Address the Homelessness Crisis
10 Years of Commitment: Médecins du Monde Canada and Community Mental Health
Médecins du Monde Canada is organizing this landmark event to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of its mental health program for persons experiencing homelessness. This decade of innovation and community engagement has enabled the development of groundbreaking approaches to meet the specific needs of this vulnerable population.
This dialogue space aims to highlight concrete and humanistic solutions, leveraging community mental health as a driver of change.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
- Thursday, September 18 | Conference from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
- Mandatory registration
- Finger foods and wine
- Montréal Cowork | 4388 St-Denis
- Mont-Royal Metro
It is possible to attend Médecins du Monde’s Annual General Assembly (AGA) after the conference. You can indicate your interest in participating in the registration form.
Panelists
Lison Gagné
Psychiatrist at the Integrated University Health and Social Services Centres (CIUSSS) of Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Addiction at the Université de Montréal.
Dr. Gagné is also Director of the Psychiatry Residency Program at the Université de Montréal, where she strives to prepare the next generation of psychiatrists for socially adapted, responsible, and engaged practice.
Janie Houle
Community psychologist, Professor in the Department of Psychology at UQAM, and Chairholder of the Research Chair on Reducing Social Inequalities in Health (RISS Chair).
She is also Associate Director of the Research Network on Citizen Knowledge and Co-creative Approaches (RéSCits) and a regular researcher at the Centre for Research on Social Innovations (CRISES) and the Research Centre of the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal (CRIUSMM).
Mylène Demarbre
Mylène serves as a psychologist and Clinical Director of the Mental Health Program at Médecins du Monde Canada, where she has worked since 2014.
Holding a PhD in Psychology from UQÀM, her thesis examines and analyzes the phenomenon of disenfranchisement from a psychological perspective, focusing on the subjective experience and the viewpoint of the individuals themselves.
Moderator
Jessica Nadeau
Jessica Nadeau has been a journalist at Le Devoir since 2012. She covers a wide range of current affairs, with a preference for social issues.
A field journalist, she enjoys meeting people and giving a voice to marginalized populations. Before joining Le Devoir, she worked for several years at Le Journal de Montréal and the online newspaper RueFrontenac.com.
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