Department of Psychiatry

Faculty of Medicine

Closing the Gaps: Advancing Equitable and Culturally Responsive Mental Health Care in Nova Scotia


Join the Dalhousie Department of Psychiatry and the Mental Health and Addiction Program at Nova Scotia Health Central Zone in celebration of the fourth anniversary of the Transcultural Mental Health Program.

WHEN: Friday, March 6, 2026 | 12 to 1:30 p.m. AST

WHERE: Hybrid Event
In person: 
Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub, 1625 Grafton Street, 13th Floor, South Tower, Halifax, NS
& Online (A link will be provided to those registered closer to the event date)

Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. In-person space is limited.

REGISTER HERE by 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. 

Questions?
Contact Chelsea Mantin

Speakers at-a-glance:

  • Dr. David Anderson, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
  • The Honourable Brian Comer Minister, Office of Addictions and Mental Health
  • Dana Pulsifer, Senior Director, Mental Health and Addictions, Nova Scotia Health
  • Nova Scotia Health Operational Leaders
  • Dalhousie Department of Psychiatry Leaders
  • Representatives from: Nova Scotia Brotherhood and Sisterhood, Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre, ISANS, Newcomer Health Clinic, and MOSH
  • Those with lived experience

With keynote speaker:

Sharon Davis-Murdoch, Co-President, Health Association of African Canadians