Stay up to date on mental illness research at the Douglas Institute and our mental health awareness initiatives.
For more than 20 years, Power Corporation of Canada has supported the Douglas Institute and enables us to continue to attract the best and brightest scientists from around the world.
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The Douglas Foundation joins Verdun’s elected officials to raise the Bell Let’s Talk flag as part of National Mental Health Day.
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The 3rd edition of the Mind on Health Challenge raises $99,760 to support mental health research and care at the Douglas Institute.
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Each year the Integrated Services for Indigenous Communities (ISIC) program receives over 110 Indigenous patients in need of hospitalization for acute mental health support.
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To say the last two years have presented new challenges for mental health care and research institutes – and indeed, every individual in our society – is an understatement.
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The Douglas Foundation launches the 2022 edition of Building Hope – The movement, a provincial awareness initiative to support research on mental health and patient care at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute.
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Since taking office, I have seen how the immense and often unexpected power of planned giving can help shape an organization’s future.
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That’s what Martin thought about himself into his early adulthood, before he received a bipolar disorder diagnosis. Until then, mental illness wasn’t something he thought about.
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The Montreal collective Let’s Bond raises more than $190,000 to support Douglas patients.
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This year, the Mind on Health Challenge will take place during the Thanksgiving weekend, on October 7-10, 2022.
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The TD Ready Commitment donates $150,000 to the Digital Mental Health research project, a project for the early detection of mental illnesses using artificial intelligence.
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The Open Minds 2022 campaign is dedicated to the front line teams that works relentlessly to build hope for the patients affected by mental illness despite the additional challenges caused by the pandemic.
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Thanks to the generous investments by Bell Let’s Talk and the Brain Canada Foundation, experts at the Douglas Institute can achieve innovative research and build hope for all those whose lives have been affected by mental illness.
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Our executive director wishes to celebrate the extraordinary support you have offered to the Douglas Foundation over the past few months.
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More than $159,000 were raised for the second edition of the Building Hope Tournament, an esport competition that brings together hockey players, celebrities and gamers to raise awareness on mental health problems.
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Discover our new series of videos dedicated to the mental health of entrepreneurs in collaboration with BDC.
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The National Bank of Canada (NBC) is proud to contribute to youth mental health by supporting cutting-edge research at the Douglas Institute.
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Building Hope – The movement is an awareness campaign to support research on mental health at the Douglas Institute and to build hope for all those whose lives have been affected by mental illness.
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We discussed with Marie-Hélène Thibeault, organizer of the Mind on Health Challenge, to learn more about the reasons behind her commitment to mental health and her collaboration with the Douglas Foundation.
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It would be an understatement to define 2020 as an eventful year. In addition to the challenges of daily life, we all have had to deal with a pandemic. Despite this, thanks to our incredible community of frontline teams, researchers, clinicians, staff, partners and donors we have been able
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Athlete-host Étienne Boulay, in partnership with the Douglas Foundation, launched the Building Hope Tournament, a unique eSports competition bringing together professional hockey players, Quebecois celebrities, streamers and gamers in an NHL 2020 video game competition broadcast live on the web Saturday, November 7 from the Douglas Hall. This unique
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“Breaking patients’ isolation is my team’s biggest concern during the pandemic”, says Howard Steiger, Ph.D, Head of the Eating Disorders Continuum at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. He explains that ensuring regular contact with patients suffering from eating disorders during this crisis quickly became necessary. By implementing a
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The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented situation causing major disruption to all aspects of our lives. I want to assure you that the Douglas Foundation is taking all the necessary precautions to protect the health and well being of its employees in order to address this new reality. We
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