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The Foundation: From 1980 to today
1980: Founded by Dr. Yves Lamontagne, who was then head of the Psychiatry Department at the Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine. Awarding of several fellowships to francophone scholars in Quebec.
1992: Inauguration of the Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin, named in honour of the well-known popular science writer.
1998: Creation of the Partners for Life program for high-school students across Quebec to raise their awareness of the main symptoms of depression and promote prevention through screening.
2000: The “Depression: it’s an illness and it’s treatable” campaign through which the Foundation expanded its awareness activities by going where people are: On STCUM metros and buses, a network used by 500,000 people per day.
2001: More than 60 bursaries and prizes have been granted in the last 10 years to Quebec organizations, among others, offering respite to the families of those who are ill, guidance in hospitalization procedures, supervised apartments and adapted work centres.
2003: Launch of Nothing's Working?, a program for employees and managers in small and large enterprises designed to detect mental health problems and encourage adults to consult a professional to obtain adequate treatment.
2003: Mental Illness Foundation’s first Emotions Ball that brought together almost 800 attendees. With Mila Mulroney as honorary chairperson, the evening helped grow awareness about mental illness within the business community and raised close to half a million dollars. Since it was initiated, the Emotions Ball has been held every two years, in 2005 and 2007 to date.
1980: Founded by Dr. Yves Lamontagne, who was then head of the Psychiatry Department at the Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine. Awarding of several fellowships to francophone scholars in Quebec.
1992: Inauguration of the Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin, named in honour of the well-known popular science writer.
1998: Creation of the Partners for Life program for high-school students across Quebec to raise their awareness of the main symptoms of depression and promote prevention through screening.
2000: The “Depression: it’s an illness and it’s treatable” campaign through which the Foundation expanded its awareness activities by going where people are: On STCUM metros and buses, a network used by 500,000 people per day.
2001: More than 60 bursaries and prizes have been granted in the last 10 years to Quebec organizations, among others, offering respite to the families of those who are ill, guidance in hospitalization procedures, supervised apartments and adapted work centres.
2003: Launch of Nothing's Working?, a program for employees and managers in small and large enterprises designed to detect mental health problems and encourage adults to consult a professional to obtain adequate treatment.
2003: Mental Illness Foundation’s first Emotions Ball that brought together almost 800 attendees. With Mila Mulroney as honorary chairperson, the evening helped grow awareness about mental illness within the business community and raised close to half a million dollars. Since it was initiated, the Emotions Ball has been held every two years, in 2005 and 2007 to date.
2005: Foundation’s first major awareness campaign. It included a public interest message for television and radio, large format posters, an advertising insert and advertising on the Web. The goal was to foster a better understanding of what people with depression experience and change existing perceptions about them, in addition to providing the Foundation with extensive visibility.
2008: Foundation’s second major global awareness campaign. This campaign, which gave the Foundation broad visibility, was designed to address the impact of mental illness on the person who is ill and on the people close to them so that the public understands that “It's Urgent to Act.”
2008: Foundation’s second major global awareness campaign. This campaign, which gave the Foundation broad visibility, was designed to address the impact of mental illness on the person who is ill and on the people close to them so that the public understands that “It's Urgent to Act.”