Mental Health Responses in a Changing World 2026

📍 Location: The Marion McCain Arts & Social Sciences Building, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
🗓 Date: Friday, July 10, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time)
🖥 Format: One-day hybrid event (in-person and virtual attendance available)

Inspired by the World Health Organization’s 2025 World Mental Health Day theme, this conference responds to the urgent global need for effective, evidence-informed, and community-based mental health and psychosocial supports in humanitarian emergencies. The WHO has emphasized the importance of interventions that address immediate mental health needs, foster long-term recovery, and empower individuals and communities to rebuild and thrive.

Designed to engage a diverse interdisciplinary audience, the CGMH inaugural conference will bring together practitioners, researchers, policy makers, students, and community members. Through keynote presentations, panel discussions, posters, and interactive breakouts, participants will explore innovative mental health responses and technological supports that strengthen community resilience across changing global contexts.

Who Should Attend?

Pricing (registration opening soon):

Further details, including keynote speakers and registration information, will be shared in the coming months. We hope you will join us for this important conversation shaping the future of mental health responses in humanitarian emergencies.