Annual Fundraising Breakfast - Mental Health Foundation Alberta

Annual Fundraising Breakfast

Together we raised over $282,000 for critical mental health initiatives across Alberta. Thank you for your presence and support at our 16th Annual Fundraising Breakfast!

The Annual Fundraising Breakfast is the Mental Health Foundation’s signature event supporting mental illness and addiction care across Alberta. Since 2009, this powerful event has raised over 3.1 million dollars to transform lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness and addiction.

For our 16th year, we were proud to welcome Dr. David Goldbloom, a renowned psychiatrist and medical advisor, as the event’s keynote speaker. Whether you joined us in person or virtually, you played an integral role in our ongoing mission to break the stigma around mental illness and addiction and create pathways to hope.

We have a better future in mind. Thank you for helping us fuel a healthier Alberta, one breakfast—and one conversation—at a time.

Planning on joining us next year? Save the date! February 24, 2026

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2025 KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. David Goldbloom

Dr. Goldbloom completed an honours degree, majoring in Government, at Harvard University and then attended the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar where he obtained an M.A. in Physiological Sciences. He trained in medicine and psychiatry at McGill University and is a Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He was the founding Physician-in-Chief at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and subsequently Senior Medical Advisor there until his retirement from clinical practice in 2022.

He is the author of over 100 scientific articles and book chapters, has edited the Psychiatric Clinical Skills textbook, and co-edited Psychiatry in Primary Care: A Concise Canadian Pocket Guide. Dr. Goldbloom has provided numerous talks and lectures to student, professional, and public audiences.

What Are We Fundraising For?

A Better Future.

As you know, mental illness can affect any of us. Your support for the Mental Health Foundation’s Annual Fundraising Breakfast ensures that the 1 in 5 Albertans struggling with mental illness or addiction can access care when they need it most.

We support essential programs and services to enhance mental illness and addiction recovery through integrated systems of care, research, and education.

Our Key Initiatives