Exploring the stigma and current state of Black mental health in Canada

Date: Thursday, February 26
Time: 12:00-2:00 p.m. ET | 9:00-11:00 a.m. PT

Where: Hybrid
In person (catered lunch): 5858 Côte-des-Neiges Road, 3rd floor (Room 307), Montreal, QC CA
Online: Zoom

Speaker: Myrna Lashley, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, McGill University as well as a researcher at the Culture and Mental Health Research Unit of the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital.

What: Through real-life examples, Myrna Lashley will:

• examine how Black individuals navigating psychological concerns may experience dismissal, gaslighting, or misinterpretation of their symptoms—often rooted in systemic and practitioner-level bias; and

• discuss how clinicians’ assumptions can influence diagnosis and treatment, particularly when lived experiences of racism are minimized or overlooked.

The event is a collaboration between the McGill University Department of Family Medicine’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and Concordia University’s Black Perspectives Office.

Contact:  Cheryl Bethelmy, edi.fammed@mcgill.ca