Mental Health Week is a transformative social campaign aimed at raising public awareness and challenging beliefs and perceptions around mental health. It promotes behaviours and attitudes that contribute to well-being and help to maintain good mental health. It also serves to foster a growing culture of understanding and acceptance. This year, a number of stakeholders at our CIUSSS have chosen to take part in this inspiring movement. Here are some of the events that are planned for this week:
The Monarques Project
May 8 and 9
Ste. Anne’s Hospital
This work, produced by the Théâtre des Petites Lanternes, touches on the many challenges faced by military and law enforcement personnel, as well as their families and friends. The five actors on stage give voice to hundreds of people by showing us five lives whose stories depict the daily lives of those people. Each is affected in a different way by stress-related injuries and post-traumatic stress.
Behind the Mask: A Creative Look at the Pandemic
Douglas Hall at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute
May 9–16
Discover the Derrière le Masque exhibition at Douglas Hall. It features over 40 works by eleven employees/artists at the DMHUI that explore their experiences during the pandemic. The works include collages, drawings, sculptures, musical works and more. They are touching, profound, and playful.
Sale at the DHMUI Greenhouses
Greenhouse of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Mother’s Day Sale
May 10, 2024: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Spring Sale
May 15 to 17
Are you looking for a unique Mother’s Day gift? Visit the DMHUI and discover a wide range of plants, vegetable seedlings, fresh herbs and flowers to suit all tastes. Not only will you find an assortment of quality plants, you will be supporting the horticultural therapy program, which does our patients so much good.
Together for Mental Health—Ball Hockey
Kirkland Sports Complex
Saturday, May 11, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
A team from the MHAPD will be taking part in the fifth edition of Together for Mental Health, a fundraising event for the Community Perspective in Mental Health, an organization dedicated to raising awareness and promoting good mental health. This friendly ball hockey tournament will see our amateur players facing off against some formidable opponents, including politicians, police officers, and community workers, all coming together to fight the stigma around mental health issues.