{"id":5222,"date":"2025-07-18T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/?post_type=actualite&#038;p=5222"},"modified":"2026-10-02T04:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:27:23","slug":"conference-sur-la-sante-mentale-communautaire-et-litinerance","status":"publish","type":"actualite","link":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/article\/conference-sur-la-sante-mentale-communautaire-et-litinerance\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference on Community Mental Health and Homelessness"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To mark the 10th anniversary of the mental health program for people experiencing homelessness, M\u00e9decins du Monde organized a conference. Listen to the conference recording as a podcast!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5225,"template":"","actualite_type":[14],"actualite_sujet":[185],"action_combat":[46,36],"mdm_pays":[],"class_list":["post-5222","actualite","type-actualite","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","actualite_type-events","actualite_sujet-10-years-of-the-mental-health-program-for-people-experiencing-homelessness","action_combat-mental-health","action_combat-migration-en"],"acf":{"mise_en_avant":false,"chapeau":"To mark the 10th anniversary of the mental health program for people experiencing homelessness, M\u00e9decins du Monde organized a conference. Listen to the conference recording as a podcast!","cta_type":"don","cta_lien":{"title":"Je m'inscris \u00e0 la conf\u00e9rence","url":"https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/ticketing\/conference-sante-mentale-communautaire-aga","target":"_blank"},"contenu":"\n<h2>Quebec\u2019s Homelessness Crisis: Challenges and Solutions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Quebec<\/strong> is facing an unprecedented <strong>homelessness<\/strong> crisis. This alarming increase affects chronic, episodic, visible, and hidden homelessness\u2014revealing a weakened social fabric, precarious access to housing, and a struggling healthcare system.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Montreal<\/strong>, tensions related to social cohabitation are intensifying. Pressures to restrict or relocate essential services for <strong>persons experiencing homelessness<\/strong> create additional challenges for community workers.<\/p>\n<h2>Community Mental Health: A Key Lever to Prevent and Address the Homelessness Crisis<\/h2>\n<h2>10 Years of Commitment: M\u00e9decins du Monde Canada and Community Mental Health<\/h2>\n<p><strong>M\u00e9decins du Monde Canada<\/strong> is organizing this landmark event to celebrate the <strong>10-year anniversary of its mental health program<\/strong> for <strong>persons experiencing homelessness<\/strong>. This decade of innovation and community engagement has enabled the development of groundbreaking approaches to meet the specific needs of this vulnerable population.<\/p>\n<p>This dialogue space aims to <strong>highlight concrete and humanistic solutions<\/strong>, leveraging community mental health as a driver of change.<br \/><\/p>\n<h2>PRACTICAL INFORMATION<\/h2>\n<ul><li>Thursday, September 18 | Conference from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM<\/li><li>Mandatory registration<\/li><li>Finger foods and wine<\/li><li>Montr\u00e9al Cowork | 4388 St-Denis<\/li><li>Mont-Royal Metro<\/li><\/ul>\n<p>It is possible to attend M\u00e9decins du Monde\u2019s Annual General Assembly (AGA) after the conference. You can indicate your interest in participating in the registration form.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/fr-CA\/ticketing\/conference-sante-mentale-communautaire-aga\">Register here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Panelists<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"prose-figure is-reverse\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Lison-Gagne.png\" alt=\"Lison Gagn\u00e9\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Lison Gagn\u00e9<\/h3>\n<p>Psychiatrist at the <strong>Integrated University Health and Social Services Centres (CIUSSS)<\/strong> of Centre-Sud-de-l\u2019\u00cele-de-Montr\u00e9al and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Addiction at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gagn\u00e9 is also Director of the Psychiatry Residency Program at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, where she strives to prepare the next generation of psychiatrists for socially adapted, responsible, and engaged practice.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"prose-figure\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Janie-Houle.png\" alt=\"Janie Houle\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Janie Houle<\/h3>\n<p>Community psychologist, Professor in the Department of Psychology at UQAM, and Chairholder of the Research Chair on Reducing <strong>Social Inequalities in Health (RISS Chair)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>She is also Associate Director of the Research Network on Citizen Knowledge and Co-creative Approaches (R\u00e9SCits) and a regular researcher at the Centre for Research on Social Innovations (CRISES) and the Research Centre of the Institut universitaire en sant\u00e9 mentale de Montr\u00e9al (CRIUSMM).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"prose-figure is-reverse\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Mylene-Demarbre.png\" alt=\"Myl\u00e8ne Demarbre\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Myl\u00e8ne Demarbre<\/h3>\n<p>Myl\u00e8ne serves as a psychologist and Clinical Director of the Mental Health Program at M\u00e9decins du Monde Canada, where she has worked since 2014.<br \/><\/p>\n<p>Holding a PhD in Psychology from UQ\u00c0M, her thesis examines and analyzes the phenomenon of <strong>disenfranchisement<\/strong> from a psychological perspective, focusing on the subjective experience and the viewpoint of the individuals themselves.<\/p>\n<h2>Moderator<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"prose-figure\"><img src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jessica-Nadeau.png\" alt=\"Jessica Nadeau\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Jessica Nadeau<\/h3>\n<p>Jessica Nadeau has been a journalist at <em>Le Devoir<\/em> since 2012. She covers a wide range of current affairs, with a preference for social issues.<\/p>\n<p>A field journalist, she enjoys meeting people and giving a voice to <strong>marginalized<\/strong> populations. Before joining <em>Le Devoir<\/em>, she worked for several years at <em>Le Journal de Montr\u00e9al<\/em> and the online newspaper <em>RueFrontenac.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>Partners<\/h2>","temps_lecture":3,"legende_couverture":"","signature_nom":"","signature_role":"","signature_initiales":"","signature_avatar":"","communique_lien":"","communique_libelle":"","encadre_titre":"","encadre_texte":"","partenaires_titre":"Thank you to our partners for their support!","partenaires":[{"logo":5223,"lien":null},{"logo":5224,"lien":null}],"reseaux_partage":["facebook","twitter","linkedin","email","copy"],"evenement_date":null,"evenement_type":"","evenement_lieu":"","evenement_inscription":"","presse_afficher":false,"presse_surtitre":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite\/5222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/actualite"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite\/5222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5226,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite\/5222\/revisions\/5226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"actualite_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite_type?post=5222"},{"taxonomy":"actualite_sujet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actualite_sujet?post=5222"},{"taxonomy":"action_combat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/action_combat?post=5222"},{"taxonomy":"mdm_pays","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medecinsdumonde.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mdm_pays?post=5222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}