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Heather Stuart, Chair of the World Psychiatric Association's Scientific Section on Stigma and Mental Health (a co-host of the conference)
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- ↑ "Bell Let's Talk and Queen's University renew commitment to mental health research". bce.ca. 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
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