Converge Mental Health Coalition Summit 2025

Innovation starts with an idea, but real insights come from the full journey—from concept to impact measurement. In Canada's rapidly evolving mental health sector, sharing successes and failures is vital to preventing duplication, fostering collaboration, and driving meaningful change.

Normalizing conversations around successes, opportunities, and setbacks creates a culture of continuous learning and adaptation. Every challenge overcome and lesson learned strengthens the foundation for a better, more accessible mental health system.

Two days of panel discussions, breakout sessions, and keynotes will bring together leaders, innovators, and advocates from across Canada with the common goal to share knowledge toward systemic innovation for our mental health sector.

The registration fee is pay-what-you-can. On the Ticket page, select Custom to enter the amount that works for you or your organization. 

Keynote Speakers:

Samir Mourani is a digital creator, speaker (TED, Deloitte, York University), podcaster, and writer dedicated to driving systemic change in men’s mental health. As Host and Producer of Gent’s Talk, a top 5% globally ranked podcast. he challenges outdated narratives on masculinity and mental well-being. He is also the Editor of Gent’s Post, a premier men’s wellness publication. Featured on Cityline, Breakfast Television, and CBC, Samir’s advocacy goes beyond awareness, pushing for structural reform.

Baillie Aaron is a leading voice in systemic change, drawing parallels between the prison system and the entrepreneurial world to expose how both fail to support mental health. With two decades in prison reform, four TEDx talks, and experience exiting two ventures, she highlights the structural barriers that leave both incarcerated individuals and entrepreneurs without the support they need. A trained life coach and alumna of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers community, Baillie advocates for systemic reforms that foster resilience, well-being, and meaningful reintegration.

Panel Discussions on Failures and Learnings:

• Financing Failures: Funder Panel
• Workplace Mental Health
• Missing Voices in Mental Health Service Delivery
• Mental Health & Education
• Technology & Mental Health 

Breakout Sessions Include:

• New Funding Models for Mental Health
• Workplace Mental Health Workshop
• Education MH Standard Framework
• National Mental Health Datathon Follow Up, including recommendations on mental health data management 

Take a look at full speaker and program details here.

Presented by Converge Mental Health Coalition 

Sponsored by Dollar A Day Foundation

You also may want to join us the evening of Wednesday, April 30 at The District at Beltline to network with colleagues from across the country and hear from mental health and cross-sector leaders. Advance registration is required as seats are limited and close to sold out. Pay for your dinner and beverages at the food hall.