About the Alliance for Mental Health Summit in Toronto
The Alliance for Mental Health Summit is a cultural and awareness-driven event created to provide a safe, human-centered space for open conversations about emotions, grief, and the unspoken losses within the Iranian community.
In a culture where discussing grief and loss is still considered taboo, this summit offers an opportunity to break the silence and restore the voice of emotion, a place where every individual can acknowledge their silent grief without fear or judgment, validate their feelings, and speak about them with courage.
This three-day in-person event is the first of its kind, designed specifically for the Persian-speaking immigrant community, individuals who, through the journey of migration, face intangible forms of loss such as identity, language, home, career, social status, and human connection. In this space, we learn how to transform pain not by hiding it, but by bringing it into awareness, meaning, and healing together.
The Alliance for Mental Health Summit is an invitation to return to the heart, to honest dialogue, and to collective healing; a step toward building a culture in which acknowledging and expressing emotions is seen as a strength.
About Event Owners
Academy of Change
Founder: Dr. Mitra Mohammadzedeh
The Academy of Change is the first global institution dedicated to training Transformational Grief Coaches in the Persian language. By offering internationally recognized certifications, the academy is shaping a new generation of coaches and transformational facilitators.
Through hosting events, seminars, and specialized training programs for senior executives, mid-level managers, operational teams, and employees, the academy provides a safe learning environment for developing cross-generational and cross-cultural skills. Its mission is to build bridges between cultures and generations to enable conscious and effective leadership.
The academy’s core purpose is to cultivate a culture of teamwork, intentional collaboration, and sustainable growth within the Persian-speaking community, empowering leaders, organizations, and individuals to enhance their performance and promote mental well-being across professional and social environments.
The Curators Hub (TCH)
Founder: Sina Dejnabadi
The Curators Hub is a creative, innovative space in the Greater Toronto Area designed for entrepreneurs, creatives, and professionals to connect, collaborate, and grow. It serves as a thriving hub for high-level professional gatherings, including seminars, educational workshops, and specialized summits.
As the host of the current summit focused on mental health, TCH plays a key role in providing a supportive, inspiring, and impactful environment for both speakers and participants.
Sina Dejnabadi, the founder of TCH, has spent many years working as a professional coach specializing in growth, transformation, and personal and professional development for influential women.
Summit Objectives
Launching a global movement to reduce the social stigma surrounding conversations about mental health
Creating unity among specialists and facilitators across diverse mental-health modalities within the fields of grief and bereavement
Providing a platform for experience-sharing and networking among psychologists, therapists, coaches, and mental-health practitioners
Offering education and access to a comprehensive mental-health toolkit for use in individual, family, and organizational settings
Equipping participants, individuals, families, and organizations with practical tools to better manage mental health
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Summit Program Overview
Dates & Location of The Summit
Dates & Times:
Friday, February 27, 2026 - 2:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 28, 2026 - 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 01, 2026 - 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Address:
3760 14th Ave., unit 600 , Markham, ON - The Curators Hub
Summit Tickets
Early Bird Tickets: C$222 until January 31, 2026
(including all Summit Days Refreshments, Day 2 light lunch, Days 2 &3 light breakfast, training and workshops, networking, and healing sessions + upcoming surprises)
Early bird Bundle of 5 tickets: C$1000
Regular Tickets: C$333 from February 01, 2026
(including all Summit Days Refreshments, Day 2 light lunch, Days 2 &3 light breakfast, training and workshops, networking, and healing sessions + upcoming surprises)
Regular Bundle of 5 tickets: C$1500