Events
Annual Mental Health Forum
Rethinking Mental Illness from the Body Up: Metabolism, Medication, and Recovery
With Dr. Matthew Bernstein, Psychiatrist and lecturer
50th Anniversary Open House!
December 3, 5-7pm
At the AMI office, 5800 Decarie, Montreal
Come celebrate with us as we look forward to the next 50 years!
Enjoy food and drink, special exhibits and giveaways, and meet our staff and board as you discover AMI’s past, present, and future.
AMI’s Weekly Walking Group
THE 2026 SEASON IS OVER!
We will start up again in May 2027.
Well Nest
Details for our December event coming soon!
Past Events
Beat the February Blues 5
Beat the February Blues with AMI and Cummings! As part of our continuing efforts to encourage physical activity as a pathway to better mental health, you were able to sample online fitness classes for people aged 50+ from February 9-13, 2026.
Author Discussion – Mental Illness: A Family Affair
In this special event on January 24, 2026, authors Susan Grundy and Susan Doherty spoke about the complex realities faced by family caregivers— the grief, the exhaustion, the invisibility, and the limits of what families can do.
Annual Mental Health Forum
November 13, 2025
Beat the February Blues 4
Beat the February Blues with AMI and Cummings! As part of our continuing efforts to encourage physical activity as a pathway to better mental health, you were able to sample online fitness classes for people aged 50+.
Annual Mental Health Forum
October 17, 2024
Beat the February Blues 3
Low-Beer Event
Medical Assistance in Dying for Mental Illness:
Viewpoints, Challenges, Possible Outcomes
November 2, 2023
Medical Assistance in Dying is complex and controversial. Our event addressed the multi-faceted, complicated, and deeply nuanced subject of MAiD for mental illness through different perspectives of mental health practitioners and people living with mental illness.
Beat the February Blues II
Rethinking Psychiatry
BPD Event
Low-Beer Memorial Lecture
Beat the February Blues
2 for 1 on October 8th: Join us online for the Low-Beer Memorial Lecture & Awards presentation
Did you miss the 2020 Low-Beer lecture and Awards presentation? Watch the recordings by clicking on the links below.
Family, Medicine and Madness: the 2019 Low-Beer Lecture
Did you miss the 2019 Low-Beer lecture? Fear not!
Hear author James FitzGerald’s family story and his suggestions to fix Canada’s broken mental health system.
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