Canadian Perinatal Mental
Health Collaborative
(CPMHC)
Calling for a national strategy for perinatal mental health
What is the CPMHC ?
The Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative (CPMHC) is a non profit organization working to improve perinatal mental health care in Canada through advocacy, research, education, and public awareness. The perinatal period is the time surrounding conception to one year postpartum and beyond.
What's New
Lead a Flora’s Walk
Interested in leading a Flora’s Walk in your community? Sign up as an individual or create/join a team. Sign up here: www.floraswalk.ca The CPMHC’s Flora’s Walk
Join a Chapter
Here’s your chance to become more involved in perinatal mental health advocacy in your home province or territory. Join a CPMHC Chapter in your province
Community Pot Grantees
The official tally of Flora’s Walk 2023 was a phenomenal $121,290.89!!! We raised over 37% more funds this year thanks to you and have
Now More Than Ever We Need A Perinatal Mental Health Strategy
Welcome to the official site for The Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative
Welcome to the official site for the Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative!
We are Canada’s first and only perinatal mental health advocacy organization calling on the federal government to enact a national perinatal mental health strategy.
Our National Committee is comprised of numerous heath care practitioners, researchers, and individuals with lived experience representing all provinces and territories. Our Social Media Ambassadors are savvy individuals with lived experience who help us with our social media campaigns.
Join Flora's Walk
Flora’s Walk for Perinatal Mental Health raises funds and awareness to improve perinatal mental health care in Canada. Donate and join a team in your city that will be walking during World Maternal Mental Health Week, the first week of May. The annual walk is named after Flora Babakhani, a Canadian mom who tragically lost her life to undetected and untreated postpartum psychosis on January 14th, 2022.
Media Highlights
Check out Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative’s (CPMHC) recent media features which includes videos and articles!
Media Highlights
Check out Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative’s (CPMHC) recent media features which includes videos and articles!
September 2022
CPMHC Co-Executive Director Jaime Charlebois is interviewed for this article:
Get Help
If you are having thoughts of harming yourself or your baby, please seek immediate medical attention.
Call 911 or go to your nearest emergency department.
