CAMH - Shelter Safety Study

In April 2024, Scientific Associate Dr. Nick Kerman presented to a Toronto City Council meeting on economic and community development The Shelter Safety Study: An examination of violence and service restriction in Toronto’s shelter system, a CAMH study commissioned by the City and its partners to assess safety in Toronto’s shelter system, with a focus […]

Guided by a provincial advisory committee, the Aging Without Violence project (AWV) has created this Visual Training Tool (VTT) to help service providers across a wide range of sectors gain a deeper understanding of trauma-informed approaches and promising practices when working with women of all ages who have experienced violence. By visualizing the neurobiology of […]

Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO) works in collaboration with members and key sector partners to support and lead policy changes and advocacy initiatives for child and youth mental health. Our reach and relationships enable us to convene engagement activities critical to policy change, from research to consensus-building to the development and implementation of policy solutions. […]

This document has been developed to help health care professionals make decisions about the use of virtual care modalities (i.e., telephone, videoconferencing) for adults with depression and/or anxiety-related conditions.   This guidance is specific to decision-making regarding the delivery of virtual care for depression and anxiety-related conditions. It supplements – rather than replaces – all […]

The Rita Thompson Residence (RTR) is an enhanced supportive housing facility operated by the John Howard Society (JHS) of Ottawa. RTR provides a home to a group of previously homeless men and women confronting complex health and substance use concerns by providing them with on-site supports. Chronic homelessness is a rising issue across Ontario, therefore, […]

Developed by Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) and the University of Victoria’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR), the Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harms (CSUCH) project has two main objectives:   Provide comparable, valid and up-to-date data on costs and harms of substance use in Canada; and Allow people to actively explore and […]