Minami, M. (2026, March). An Introduction to Morita Therapy. Guest lecture at the Institute for Cultural-Clinical Psychology (ICCP_ & IACCP Annual Speaker Series. Concordia University, Virtual Hybrid.

Minami, M. (2025, June). Week 2 KM Theories, Models, & Frameworks. Guest lecture at the Research Impact Canada MobilizeU Summar 2025 Program. SFU, Virtual Hybrid.

Minami, M. (2025, May). Implementation Science Case Example Story: The Rwanda Project. Guest lecture at the SFU-UBC Implementation Science Training Initiative Seminar. SFU-UBC, Vancouver, Canada. 

Minami, M. (2024, June). Week 2 KM Theories, Models, & Frameworks. Guest lecture at the Research Impact Canada MobilizeU Summar 2024 Program. SFU, Virtual Hybrid.

Minami, M. (2024, January). Week 2 KM Theories, Models, & Frameworks. Guest lecture at the MobilizeU at SFU Knowledge Mobilization Course: Spring 2024. SFU, Virtual Hybrid.

Minami, M. (2023, December). ‘Why bother,’ ‘for whom,’ and ‘for what’: Implementation of Knowledge – Towards improving access. Guest lecture at the Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan. 

Minami, M. (2023, December). Enhancing your thesis with implementation science. Guest lecture/ thesis supervision. Invited by the Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.

Minami, M. (2023, December). Mental health services research and implementation science. Guest lecture at the Kumamoto Gakuen University, Kumamoto, Japan. 

Minami, M. (2023, December). Recommendations for the further development of Morita therapy. Symposiast/Designated discussant at the International Symposium, at the 40^th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Tokyo, Japan. 

Minami, M. (2023, December). ‘Why bother’, ‘for whom’, and ‘for what?’ – Toward Improving Access to Morita Therapy. Keynote lecture at the International Symposium, at the 40^th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Tokyo, Japan. 

Minami, M. (2023, September). ‘Why bother’, ‘for whom’, and ‘for what?’ – Toward Improving Access to Morita Therapy. Keynote lecture/Chair’s address at the 11^th International Congress of Morita Therapy, Vancouver, BC, Canada/Virtual Hybrid.

Minami, M. (2023, May). Adapting Mental Health Services for Equity-Seeking Groups. Keynote Symposiast Cross-cultural Mental Health: Research and Practice Forum, hosted by the Simon Fraser University Public Square, Moving Forward, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, the SFU Knowledge Mobilization Hub, SFU Faculty of Education, the SFU Surrey-TD Community Engagement Centre, Surrey, Canada.  

Kuroki, T., Kubota, M., & Minami, M. (2022, October). Acceptance of Morita therapy abroad - current status and challenges. Keynote Symposiast at the 41^st Annual Meeting of the Association of Japanese Clinical Psychology, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.  

Minami, M. (2022, July). Connecting with your audience. Research Meets Policy @ SFU Summer Institute. Webinar speaker hosted by the Simon Fraser University Knowledge Mobilization Hub, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada.

Ohta, A., Mohamad, H.S., Alfred, A.S., & Minami, M. (2022, May). Government-Assisted Refugee Mothers, Participants of the Reviving Hope and Home Program Before, During, and After COVID-19. Invited paper presentation at “Learning from the Pandemic: Possibilities and Challenges for Mothers and Families” Conference hosted by the Mothers Matter Centre (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), Virtual Conference. 

Minami, M. (2021, December). Unlock your research impact: Implementation science in action. Webinar speaker hosted by the Simon Fraser University Knowledge Mobilization Hub, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada.  

Minami, M. (2021, November). The Chair and a designated discussant. The 6^th International Roundtable for the Advancement of Morita Therapy, the 38^th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Virtual, Fukuoka, Japan.

Ohta, A., Minami, M., & Qadir, Y (2021, January). Reviving Hope and Home: A pilot project with government assisted refugee (GAR) mothers in Canada. Invited paper presentation at “A Vision for the Inclusion of Isolated Mothers in Canada Conference hosted by the Mothers Matter Centre (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), Virtual Conference. 

Minami, M. (2020, January). “Ubwiyunge Mubikorwa” (Reconciliation in Action) – Nurturing Reconciliation in Rural Communities of Post-Genocide Rwanda. Invited seminar lecture at the Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada.  

Minami, M. (2019, October). Life, person, and suffering: Psychoecology of healing and reconciliation in post-Genocide Rwanda. Keynote lecture at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Medical Society of Alcohol and Addiction Studies and the 41st Japanese Society of Alcohol-related Problems joint meeting in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

Minami, M. (2019, October). The Chair and a designated discussant. The 5^th International Roundtable for the Advancement of Morita Therapy, the 37^th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.

Minami, M. (2019, June). The journey of resilience…: Ubwiyunge Mubikorwa (Reconciliation in ‘action’) – Rural community psychosocial reconciliation project in Rwanda. Guest lecture at ‘Let’s Celebrate the Resilience of Rwanda’ An evening of dialogue and fundraiser for RR25 Legacy Project, organized by SFU’s Institute for Diaspora Research and Engagement (IDRE), Hogan’s Alley Society, and Building Bridges with Rwanda.

Minami, M. (2018, Oct). Reconciliation ‘in action’: Rural community psychosocial reconciliation project in Rwanda. Academic presentation at the “Africa-focused Research and Engagement Day” organized by Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. 

Minami, M. (2018, Oct). On Mental Health Services Research. Academic presentation at the “From the Ground Up: Surrey Scholarship Series” organized by Simon Fraser University, Surrey, Canada. 

Minami, M. (2018, February). "Ubwiyunge Mubikorwa" - Development and Field Piloting of Action-Based Psychosocial Reconciliation Approach in Post-Gacaca Rwanda. Guest lecture at the Protestant Institute for Arts and Social Science, Butare, Rwanda.  

Minami, M. (2018, January). Building peace in Rwanda: From Genocide to reconciliation. Guest lecture at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies., Kyoto, Japan. 

Minami, M. (2018, January). Field Implementation of Action-Based Psychosocial Reconciliation Approach Incorporating Therapeutic Principles of Japanese Morita Therapy in Post-Genocide Rwandan Villages – A Progress Report. Guest lecture at the Kansai International University Centre for Clinical Psychology, Hyogo, Japan.  

Minami, M. (2017, November). From principle to practice: I/R.M.T., O.M.T., A.C.M., & the diamond models of Morita therapy. Guest lecture at 1-Day Workshop: Introduction to Morita Therapy and its Counselling Applications. Held at the University of British Columbia.     

Minami, M., Tateno, A., & Ishiyama, F.I. (2017, October 12^th). “Introduction to Japanese Morita Therapy” Organizer/Chair of the 2^ndAnnual Mental Health Services Research Seminar - “Introduction to Japanese Morita Therapy.” Simon Fraser University, Surrey, B.C., Canada. 

Minami, M. (2017, February). On outpatient Morita therapy outcome studies: Progresses and future agendas. Guest lecture at the Jikei University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan.

Minami, M. (2016, November). Morita therapy and evidence-based medicine: Via Exeter clinical research. Keynote symposiast The 34^thAnnual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy, Tokyo, Japan. 

Minami, M., Mullan, E.G., & Watkins, E.R. (2016, November 3^rd). Organizer/Chair of the Mental Health Services Research Community Engagement Roundtable. “The Synergy of Counseling and Clinical Psychology: Dialogue between Transdiagnostic and Common Factor Approaches” “Making a Difference: Opportunities and Challenges for Collaboration in Mental Health Services Transformation Work through Research and Training in Canada.” Simon Fraser University, Surrey, B.C., Canada.

Minami, M., Mullan, E.G., & Watkins, E.R. (2016, November 1^st). Organizer/Chair of the Mental Health Services Research Seminar.“Mental Health Services Transformation - Making a Difference: The Story of IAPT” “Transdiagnostic Approaches: The Story of RfCBT” “Evidence-Based Morita Therapy: The Story of Morita Meets the Exeter.” Simon Fraser University, Surrey, B.C., Canada.

Minami, M. (2016, September). A systematic review of the Japanese Journal of Morita Therapy, Part 1: April, 1990 – October, 1999. Keynote symposiast at the International Research Symposium - “Evidence-Based Medicine and Morita Therapy.” -, at the 9^th International Congress of Morita Therapy, Exeter, UK, September 1^st – 2^nd, 2016.