Canada's Mental Health Leadership Forum Returns

Toronto, ON – Sept 17, 2025 – Spark Conferences is proud to announce Canada’s Mental Health Leadership Forum, taking place February 5–6, 2026, in Toronto + Virtual. In its 4th year, this premier national event will bring together senior executives, administrators, and decision-makers from psychiatric hospitals, general hospital mental health divisions, regional health authorities, and government agencies to confront some of the most pressing strategic and operational challenges in Canada’s mental health system.

The conference will bring together senior executives, administrators, and decision-makers from psychiatric hospitals, general hospital mental health divisions, regional health authorities, and government agencies to confront some of the most pressing strategic and operational challenges in Canada’s mental health system.

Why It Matters

Canada’s mental health system is at a crossroads. Demands are rising — from youth mental health crises to long-standing structural inequities and workforce strain. Canada’s Mental Health Leadership Forum provides a critical space for leaders to come together, share expertise, and co-design responses that are sustainable, equitable, and responsive.

Featured agenda themes:

Throughout the Forum, participants will engage in keynote presentations, case studies, and peer-to-peer discussions focused on key themes including:

• Digital innovation in mental health care delivery

• Workforce sustainability and strategies to address burnout and recruitment challenges

• System design for more integrated care models

• Crisis response frameworks

• Equity-focused, rights-based approaches, shaped by lived experience

Attendees will gain access to practical, peer-tested solutions for Canadian mental health settings, with case studies and how-to sessions that show exactly how teams identify gaps in care, select effective approaches, measure impact, and sustain improvements. Sessions will centre patients, clients, and families, highlight equity-informed and trauma-aware practices, and remain vendor-neutral and apolitical. Each presentation follows a consistent format—context and problem, approach and tools, data and outcomes, lessons learned, and resources—so participants leave with clear, adaptable models they can implement across psychiatric hospitals, community programs, and health authorities.

Early bird registration is now open, with discounted rates available for teams. In-person registration is priced at $1,035.00 + HST, while virtual registration is available for $673.00 + HST. Teams of 3–5 save 10%, 6–10 save 15%, and 11+ save 20%, with discounts automatically applied at checkout.

Credits & certification
Certified CCHL members log 4.25 MOC II credits; participants may be eligible for CPD/CPE hours (letters of attendance provided on request).

For more information and to register, visit sparkconferences.com/mentalhealth.

Contact:

Spark Conferences

Phone: 1-647-448-0481

Email: info@sparkconferences.com

Website: sparkconferences.com

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Are you a journalist or member of a large media outlet?

To request media accreditation, please contact us directly at info@sparkconferences.com with your name, outlet, and coverage focus. All applications will be reviewed, and confirmation will be sent via email.

Media accreditation includes:

• Complimentary access to attend sessions (in-person or virtual)
• Opportunities to interview speakers and panelists

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