Name: Data for Good hosts the National Mental Health Datathon
Start: 2025-04-05T08:30:00-06:00
End: 2025-04-05T16:00:00-06:00
Location: Platform Calgary

**Details**
The **[National Mental Health Datathon](https://www.convergementalhealth.org/event/the-converge---data-for-good-national-datathon-a-movement-for-mental-health-data-innovation)** runs April 5 -26, 2025, bringing together data enthusiasts, mental health organizations, and nonprofit leaders to analyze real-world data and uncover insights that can drive meaningful change in mental health care across Canada.
This is a great opportunity to use your data skills for good, contribute to evidence-based solutions, and make a real impact. Whether you're a data scientist, analyst, student, mental health professional, or just passionate about making a difference, we welcome you to join!

**What to Expect:**

* Work with real-world mental health datasets
* Connect with a community of data professionals and mental health advocates

**Registration Process for Participation in the Datathon:**
**Phase 1: Mandatory registration here**, as we need to contact you with details: **[https://forms.gle/aM29u7FxP8ADobAo9](https://forms.gle/aM29u7FxP8ADobAo9)**
**Phase 2:** Data Use Agreement – Participants will receive an email in the next few weeks with a link to review and sign the agreement.
**Phase 3:** Team Formation & Platform Access – Once fully registered, participants will receive instructions on team formation and access to Discord, which will be our main platform for the datathon.

**Launch Event: Saturday, April 5, 2025**

* 8:30 - 9:30 - Check-in and networking
* 9:30 - 11:30 - Presentations from Mental Health organizations providing data provide context and describe the challenges to be addressed in the datathon
* 11:30 - 12:00 - Cross-country Tour of Data for Good chapters
* 12:00 - 12:30 - Review of the technical instructions for data access and discussion on reference materials available
* 12:30 - 4:00 - Opportunity for team formation and to being collaborating on generating insights
* Hybrid format – you are encouraged to join the in-person event in Calgary. There will also be an option to participate virtually

**April 5th to April 26th**
From the launch to the wrap-up teams will be diving into the following datasets to generate insights on challenges / objectives related to mental health.
The datathon will have four core datasets –

* [National polling initiative](https://www.mhrc.ca/national-polling) from [Mental Health Research Canada](https://www.mhrc.ca/our-research)
* 2021 StatsCan census data through HelpSeeker’s [Social Data Explorer](https://www.helpseeker.org/products/social-trends-explorer)
* Call data across the country from [211 Canada](https://211.ca/index.html)
* [State of Mental Health 2024](https://cmha.ca/what-we-do/policy-research/state-of-mental-health-in-canada/) from Canadian Mental Health Association (National)

A number of Converge partners will also contribute their organizational data as participants –

* Crisis Line data from [Distress Centre](https://distresscentre.com/) (Calgary) and CMHA-AB (Edmonton)
* Program data from [Big Brothers Big Sisters](https://bbbscalgary.ca/) (Calgary)
* CMHA AB + Centre for Suicide Prevention - ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) outcome surveys

**Wrap-up Event: Saturday, April 26, 2025**

* Recap of Datathon objectives and overview of activities
* Presentations from teams from Data for Good chapters across the country
* Feedback from organizations that contributed data and mental health sector representatives
* Concluding comments from Converge and Data for Good
* Hybrid format – join the in-person event in Calgary or participate virtually

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