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Annual Course

Ottawa Curriculum for Perinatal Mental Health 2024 - Registration is now open!

2024 is the year of Perinatal Mental Health Guidelines!

The Society of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) and the Canadian Network for Mood & Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) are both releasing the first Canadian guidelines on Perinatal Mental Health. We are pleased to host their first joint launch. 


October 18, 2024
In Person
The Civic Hospital | 1053 Carling Ave.

The focus of this year's course is on Evidence Based Stepped Perinatal Mental Health Care, with updates and clinical applications of the new SOGC and CANMAT guidelines. In live seminars, you will hear directly from the experts involved in the development of these guidelines. The morning closes with a comprehensive panel of community resource providers to showcase their integral roles in the stepped care model. There will also be the opportunity to ask questions directly to perinatal psychiatry experts.

This course will be of interest to ALL perinatal care providers, including obstetricians, family doctors, psychiatrists, midwives, nurses, doulas, social workers, occupational therapists, psychotherapists, lactation consultants, and learners.

Overall Learning Objectives

By the end of this conference, participants should be able to:

  • Summarize recommendations of the SOGC and CANMAT Guidelines;
  • Identify strategies to integrate these recommendations into their current practice, including Ask-ing Masi for support with guideline uptake;
  • Connect prospective and new parents with appropriate community resources and non-pharmacological interventions to support their mental health.

Planning Committee

Special thanks to the following committee members who participated in the planning of this event:

  • Dr. Jasmine Gandhi (Co-Chair)
  • Dr. Ye (Hailey) Jin (Co-Chair)
  • Christina Cantin
  • Dr. Sarah Rice
  • Beth Tupala


Please join us on Friday, October 18th, 2024

REGISTER HERE!