
InSPIRE 2025
Thank you for attending InSPIRE 2025!
The Waypoint Research Institute hosted the Integrating Science, Practice, Innovation, Research and Experience (InSPIRE) 2025 conference in Blue Mountain, Ontario on June 3rd & 4th, 2025. This conference aimed to highlight and explore innovative and inclusive approaches to research, practice, and engagement in the mental health and substance use sector. Thank you to all our attendees, presenters, sponsors, exhibitors, and volunteers for making this a wonderful event!
This conference featured diverse topics, both academic and applied, including:
Knowledge translation/mobilization
Implementation science
Quality and/or systems improvement in mental health and substance use health, and
Collaboration/ partnerships between mental health and other related systems.
Attendees had access to lightning talks, workshops, discussions, conversations, as well as traditional academic paper presentations.
The target audience for this conference was anyone with an interest in knowledge translation and implementation science, and issues relating to evidence-based practices in mental health and addictions. The focus is interdisciplinary and was of interest to:
Hospital or community-based clinicians
People with lived experience
Researchers and academics
Knowledge translation/implementation practitioners
Students
Public health
Community members
Project managers
Leaders and policy makers in mental health and substance use health
InSPIRE 2025 Abstract Submission & Presentation Preparation Info
This document outlines the process and guidelines for abstract submissions and presentation preparation. Please note that submissions are now closed.
Location
Village Conference Centre
262 Jozo Weider Boulevard
The Blue Mountains, ON
Canada, L9Y 0P8
Dates
Registration period:
March 20, 2025 - 9:00 AM EDT - May 30, 2025 - 11:59 PM EDT
Contact us
If you have any questions, please contact researchevents@waypointcentre.ca