Converge 3rd Annual Mental Health Summit

Designing the Mental Health System We Need

May 13-14, 2026 | Toronto

Join us for a two-day, in-person Summit!

We bring together leaders, funders, practitioners, policymakers, and people with lived experience from across Canada to focus on a shared challenge: why good ideas in mental health struggle to scale and last and what it will take to change that.

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It's Time for Change.

Converge is a dynamic, cross-sector coalition uniting diverse voices to strengthen Canada’s mental health system.

We believe real change comes not only from new ideas, but from meaningful collaboration and bold action, bringing in perspectives from both within and beyond the mental health space.  

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Mental Health & Wellness ecosystems nurture healthy Canadian communities by ensuring the right supports at the right time.

We at Converge Mental Health Coalition re-imagine a Mental Health & Wellness ecosystem where there are no wait lists and clients are not re-traumatized, as information and resources are shared between agencies and systems. Multiple access points and levels of care work to prevent individuals from ending up in society’s most costly interventions.

Learn more about Converge's vision of an optimized Mental Health Highway

Converge's Four Key
Working Groups

With a diverse membership of organizations and researchers from across Canada, Converge brings leaders together to drive systemic change through its 4 working groups.

Technology

While this group may develop its own projects, it most commonly serves to support the activities of the other Working Groups, through the recommendation and/or development of technological systems and platforms as well as the sourcing of vendors. This group will seek leverage points within the tech sector to invoke system-level change.

Public Policy

This Working Group adapts the work from the other committees into Policy Papers for government bodies and other interested parties. Direct market research of Mental Health ecosystem players is part of the work that the Policy group may undertake from time to time.

Education

This Working Group identifies resources, gaps, needs, opportunities and potential solutions to advance Mental Health for students as well as professional outreach for those working in the school systems.

Sector Research

This group will evaluate the efficacy of Converge, and examine if the organization's activities are building the necessary and improved access points to Mental Healthcare. It will also identify and help source research vendors and partners that will support the activities of the other working groups.

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Converge 3rd Annual Mental Health Summit: Designing the Mental Health System We Need

Join us to:

  • Meet new thought leaders and reconnect with trusted colleagues
  • Brainstorm with peers across sectors and roles
  • Challenge assumptions, test ideas, and imagine what's possible together
  • Leave with insights and relationships you can carry back into your work

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Hitchhiker

Individuals who don’t have a car to get on the highway, will go wherever they can be taken, even if it isn’t the right solution for their problem. These individuals tend to get stuck in a loop of getting bounced around because they can’t actually get to the service they need.

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Semi-trailers or Buses

Through a coordinated delivery model, NPOs can provide both ad-hoc services as well as deliver timely and appropriate care through various ongoing service providers (e.g. ‘Gas Station’, ‘Coffee Shop’).

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Food/Housing

Basic needs that can offset a Mental Health crisis if provided at the right points.

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Converge Study

Supporting Enhanced Collaboration between Organizations Providing Mental Health Services (2023)

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Emergency Vehicles

These are the most expensive Mental Health services. Once a person ends up in one of these vehicles they have a straight line to the hospital or justice system at the end of the highway.

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Converge Study

Zero Waitlists for Mental Health Supports;
Dr. Alina Turner, Helpseeker (2022).

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Coffee Stop

Quick fix to a problem.
e.g. calling 211 or a Distress Centre.

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The Socio-Economic Costs of Misdirected Referrals (underway)

The Socio-Economic Costs of Misdirected Referrals (underway).

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Gas Station

Full-service stop where an individual or family can get in-person counselling support and referrals to other specialists. Through the Information Sharing Framework, Converge is facilitating better inter-agency engagements and client information sharing.

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Converge Study

Development of a Universal Framework for Standardized Support Services for Children and Youth (underway)

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