Working together for integrative health in Québec

Le Mouvement pour la santé intégrative du Québec

MSIQ brings together members of the public, health professionals and practitioners to support the recognition, accessibility and safe use of integrative health in Québec.

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The person as a partnerCollaboration across sectorsInformation and safe use

Le Mouvement

Our mission

The Mouvement pour la santé intégrative du Québec is a non-profit organization incorporated in 2017, following a collaborative process that began in 2016.

Its mission is to work collectively towards recognition of the principles and practice of integrative health across disciplines and sectors. It supports its promotion, accessibility and safe use.

The Mouvement provides a space for dialogue among members of the public, health and social services professionals, complementary health practitioners, educators, researchers and administrators.

Each person is a partner in decisions about their health, with respect for their values, culture and preferences.

Our vision of integrative health

Integrative health

An approach that connects prevention, care, the different dimensions of life and different forms of knowledge, according to each person’s needs.

Integrative health in brief — PDF in French, 2019 revision

The person as a partner

Recognizing each person’s physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual dimensions, and their ability to take part in decisions.

Dialogue between practices

Encouraging collaboration between conventional care and complementary approaches when appropriate, while respecting each participant’s responsibilities.

Informed choices

Making information clear and balanced: potential benefits, limitations, risks and conditions for safe use.

A collective commitment

Key milestones

2016

Bringing communities together

Groups, practitioners, professionals and members of the public join forces to advance integrative health in Québec.

2017

Incorporation of the Mouvement

MSIQ incorporates as a non-profit organization. Its board members volunteer their time to support its mission.

2027

A Forum to share experiences

Two half-day dialogue sessions are announced to document access to integrative health in Québec.

About the Forum
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Le Mouvement citoyen

Le Mouvement citoyen

People’s voices are essential to understanding health journeys and barriers to access. The Mouvement citoyen carries this commitment forward within MSIQ as its public engagement initiative.

About public engagement

Coming up / Forum citoyen 2027

Le Forum citoyen 2027

Two half-day sessions to share experiences, bring together perspectives and identify possible actions.

Explore the Forum citoyen
19January
2027
23February
2027

8 a.m.–noon · Preliminary program