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The Health Law Institute has co-sponsored two mental health conferences with the Alberta Mental Health Patient Advocate Office. The second such conference, titled "Giving Voice 2: Advocacy & Mental Health", took place on May 24 and enabled participants to interact with leaders in the area of mental health advocacy, government, and justice. This conference served as a forum for learning, discussion and education on recent advances in mental health and the law.

Recent history has witnessed many important moments in the development of mental health advocacy in Canada. In 2006, the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (chaired by The Honourable …