{"id":5998,"date":"2024-01-29T14:01:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T19:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/?p=5998"},"modified":"2024-01-29T14:01:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T19:01:41","slug":"150000-raised-for-mental-health-at-the-douglas-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/en\/nouvelles\/150000-raised-for-mental-health-at-the-douglas-show\/","title":{"rendered":"$150,000 raised for mental health at the Douglas Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<section  class=\"text-block text-left\" data-scroll-section data-animator-id=\"text_block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 col-lg-8 content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-block-intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thanks to the support of our sponsors and donors, the first edition of our comedy show managed to raised $150,000$ to support mental health research at the Douglas Institute.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It was a pleasure to welcome our guests last Thursday for the first edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/en\/events\/the-douglas-show\/\">Douglas Show<\/a>. With stellar entertainment by our host Jo Cormier, and distinguished guests like Neev, Arnaud Soly, Fran\u00e7ois Bellefeuille, Maude Landry and Laurent Paquin, we made a great impact with this humorous evening.<\/p>\n<p>This success would have never been possible without the support of our title sponsor <a href=\"https:\/\/pomerleau.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pomerleau<\/a>, our cocktail sponsors WSP and Stikeman Elliott, as well as Bell Let\u2019s Talk and Slalom.<\/p>\n<p>You can consult our Flickr album to remember the highlights of the evening: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/187093563@N06\/albums\/72177720314450364\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/187093563@N06\/albums\/72177720314450364\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We sincerely hope that you will join us for the next edition of the Douglas Show. Together, we are building hope for all those whose lives have been affected by mental illness.<\/p>\n<p>The Douglas Foundation team<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n<section  class=\"blog-latest\" data-scroll-section>\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row header-main-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-latest-list parallax-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"blog-latest-item\" data-animator-id=\"blog_latest_item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/en\/news\/1030000-for-mental-health\/\" class=\"blog-latest-item-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-latest-item-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-latest-item-image-padding\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" 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https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/03102219\/FondationDouglas_8500-1-360x240.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-latest-item-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t03<span>.<\/span>03<span>.<\/span>2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-latest-item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upper-title smaller blog-latest-item-cat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInitiative\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title-5 blog-latest-item-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t$1,030,000\u00a0for Mental\u00a0Health\u00a0\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Ouverts d\u2019esprit evening broke a new record last Thursday, February 26, at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Paradoxe \u2014 marking the second consecutive year of record-breaking impact!\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"round-icon blog-latest-item-btn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"arrow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<svg \n\t\t\t \n\t\t\tversion=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n\t\t\t\t<polygon points=\"8,0 6.6,1.4 12.2,7 0,7 0,9 12.2,9 6.6,14.6 8,16 16,8 \"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"blog-latest-item\" data-animator-id=\"blog_latest_item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/en\/news\/urgent-needs-following-the-devastating-water-damage-at-the-douglas-research-centre\/\" class=\"blog-latest-item-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-latest-item-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-latest-item-image-padding\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/12151113\/fond-bleu-4-x-3-in-1-800x600.png\" class=\"attachment-blog-preview size-blog-preview\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/12151113\/fond-bleu-4-x-3-in-1-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/12151113\/fond-bleu-4-x-3-in-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/12151113\/fond-bleu-4-x-3-in-1-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/12151113\/fond-bleu-4-x-3-in-1-768x576.png 768w, 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sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-latest-item-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t12<span>.<\/span>02<span>.<\/span>2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-latest-item-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"upper-title smaller blog-latest-item-cat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNews\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"title-5 blog-latest-item-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUrgent\u00a0Needs\u00a0Following the\u00a0Devastating\u00a0Water Damage at the Douglas\u00a0Research\u00a0Centre\u00a0\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA major water leak in January 2026 caused significant losses at the Douglas Research Centre, directly impacting research teams. An emergency campaign is underway to support the resumption of essential mental health research.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"round-icon blog-latest-item-btn\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"arrow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg \n\t\t\t \n\t\t\tversion=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n\t\t\t\t<polygon points=\"8,0 6.6,1.4 12.2,7 0,7 0,9 12.2,9 6.6,14.6 8,16 16,8 \"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"blog-latest-item\" data-animator-id=\"blog_latest_item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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