We are a dedicated group of your peers in the mental health community of the West Island. We all have experienced mental health concerns, so we know very well what you have gone through, or are still dealing with.
The West Island Citizens Group was formed in March 2017 and we were created as a result of the local mental health community's desire to have the citizens' voices be heard and have our peers become involved in their community. From the initiative of the Table de Concertation en Santé Mentale de l’Ouest-de-l’Île (which incorporates all the local mental health organizations and interested organizations on the west island), the needed resources were invested in order to create a permanent regional citizens committee with clients from their area as the only members. This has become the West Island Citizens Group!
Some of our involvements include: being sitting members of the Table de Concertation en Santé Mentale de l’Ouest-de- l’Île, being on the board of directors of various mental health organizations & associations, having a member on the CIUSSS primauté de la personne sub-committees, as well as being involved in various committees (like with the LGH and TQSOI) and volunteering in the community. We have also participated in documentaries, done interviews on television (CTV News Montreal, CBC Our Montreal, Global) and radio (CJAD, CBC Montreal) and newspapers (Cité Nouvelles), as well as having provided testimonials and letters of support to our partner organizations.

Our mission is to gather, consult, and represent people living with, or having lived, a mental health issue. We will promote, defend and advocate for their interests and concerns. We are about giving our peers a collective voice to speak publicly for the important cause of mental health!