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The following is a periodically-updated listing of national events that focus on mental health and mental illness.

Mental Health Week 2009
The Canadian Mental Health Association's 58th Mental Health Week takes place May 4th through 10^th, sponsored by Desjardins Financial Security. The national awareness week provides Canadians with many opportunities to find out more about the importance of mental health, and how to achieve it in our daily lives. For more information contact: Alexandra Keay at akeay@cmha.ca or (613) 745-7750 Ext. 222.

2010 Provincial Yogathon for Schizophrenia
March 6^th, 2010
This year the 2010 Yogathon will be going provincial with events taking place in London, Windsor, Halton/Peel, Toronto, Kingston and Peterborough! Stay tuned for more details about dates and locations! Funds raised through the 2010 Yogathon support SSO's youth education and outreach programs. These programs raise awareness of early signs and symptoms of psychosis and enable us to better support families facing the early onset of psychosis or schizophrenia.
For more information or to register online, please visit www.yogathon.ca.

2010 Walk of Hope for Schizophrenia
May 16^th, 2010
The 2010 Walk of Hope will be taking place at 11 sites across the province and will launch in Toronto on Sunday, May 16^th. Funds raised at the Walk of Hope will help support the programs and services offered by the Schizophrenia Society of Ontario across the province. For more information, please visit www.walkofhope.ca or contact April Watts at 1-800-449-6367 x223.

Fourth National Biennial Conference on Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Facing the Future Together: Where Do We Go From Here?
April 14 – 17, 2010
The Hyatt Regency
Vancouver, British Columbia
This conference will bring together a diverse group of professionals and families to share research, experience and practice in order to sustain and enhance the lives of adolescents and adults with FASD, their families, service providers, and communities.
We are now accepting abstract submissions until September 15, 2009!
For further information, a downloadable advance notice, or to submit an abstract, please visit our website at www.interprofessional.ubc.ca or contact 604-822-7524 or via e-mail ipad@interchange.ubc.ca.

Health & Wellbeing in Children, Youth, and Adults with Developmental Disabilities:
Autism, Intellectual Disabilities and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Pre-Conference Workshops: September 29^th, 2010
Main Conference: September 30^th, October 1^st, 2010

This conference will provide education and informative updates on psychiatric, behavioural and complex health components specific to individuals with Developmental Disabilities, and showcase best practices in the field. Specifically, the conference will focus on approaches to complex challenging behaviours, contributing medical issues and new developments in medication and behavioral treatment. In addition, the conference will address important health issues including Reflux, Pain, Epilepsy, Dental Management and Sleep. Health problems in common genetic syndromes such as Down and Fragile X will also be addressed.

Conference Hotel
The Coast Plaza Hotel and Suites (1763 Comox, Vancouver, BC)
Reserve today to avoid disappointment by calling toll free: 1-800-716-6199 or local: 604-688-7711 or online: www.coasthotels.com (Online-code: CPS-GFC4265.)

Contact Info
Katia Selezeneva
Phone: (604) 822-7524, Fax: (604) 822-4835,
Email: ipad@interchange.ubc.ca
Website: www.interprofessional.ubc.ca

Advance Notice:
2010 CMHA Mental Health Conference
“Thriving in 2010”
October 21-24, 2010
London (Ontario) Convention Centre
Broad-based participation discussing mental health in Canada: consumers, family and friends, workers in the field, interested members of the public
*More details will be posted as they become available.

The Continuing Education E-Learning Project
Welcome to our interprofessional, continuing education (CE) e-learning project for collaborative mental health care. The purpose of our project is to increase the use of the CCMHI Education Toolkit by using e-learning techniques – teleseminars and webinars.

The official name of the project is “Strengthening Collaborative Education Using E-Learning Technologies: Creating a Knowledge Exchange Community of Learners and Educators to Improve the Mental Health of Canadians”. The project is funded through the Canadian Council on Learning, Knowledge Exchange Program, and will operate until November 2007.

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