Call for 2026 abstracts and presentations now open!
If you are an individual, academic, student, healthcare worker, or member of a community organization focused on mental health - we want to hear from you.
MHOP 2026. Attend. Present. Share. Connect.
Submission deadline: October 31, 2025
Acceptance notifications: December 2025
Visit the Mental Health on the Prairies Website to read more about the 2026 theme: Building Partnerships; Strengthening Capacity; and Supporting Growth in Rural Mental Health
Mental Health
on the Prairies
CONFERENCE & CONVERSATION
Building Hope — Renewing Connections
Increasing the use and usefulness of mental health research in the Canadian Prairies.
Learn more, participate, and be part of this engaging gathering.
Spring 2026
Attend.
Present.
Share.
Connect.
Be part of it.
Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
The overarching goal of the Mental Health on the Prairies Virtual Conference and Community Conversation is to increase the use and usefulness of mental health research on the Canadian Prairies. To do this, the event has three specific objectives:
1)
To provide a forum for different forms of knowledge sharing between academics, professionals working in health and social care, educators, community groups, and people with lived experience of mental health and addictions;
2)
Increase access and participation in knowledge exchange, particularly among groups that typically do not have a voice in the discussion
3)
Provide a catalyst for future university-community knowledge co-creation and use.
To meet these objectives, the event will include a series of lived experiences and keynote speakers, along with presentations from researchers and mental health partners across Canada.
