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Joy as Resistance: A Black Leader’s Vision for Child and Youth Mental Health in Ontario
The Power of Joy in Black Mental Health Too often, the narratives surrounding Black communities are centered on trauma—historical oppression, systemic injustice, and the harsh realities of anti-Black racism. While these stories are important, they do not define Black existence. For Tatum Wilson, the Executive Director of Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO), joy is not just an emotion but a...
Bell Let’s Talk Day 2025: A Call to Action for a Generation at Risk
January 22, 2025 – Bell Let’s Talk Day is an important opportunity to highlight the dedication and innovation of Ontario’s community child and youth mental health centres that support over 130,000 infants, children, youth, and families each year. CMHO welcomes this year’s campaign for its focus on the importance of supporting children and youth, who are facing a growing mental health crisis. We...
Podcast – SPARK Conversations with Children’s Healthcare Canada – Collective Action and Advocacy: Coalitions and Right-Sizing Children’s Healthcare
Collective Action and Advocacy: Coalitions and Right-Sizing Children's Healthcare CMHO CEO Tatum Wilson was featured in a recent episode of the SPARK: Conversations podcast with Children’s Healthcare Canada to talk about coalitions and right-sizing children’s healthcare. In this episode, Children’s Healthcare Canada explores the collaborative efforts shaping the future of child and youth mental...
Coalition Urges Immediate Action on Health Care Strategy Following Alcohol Retail Expansion
Toronto, October 31, 2024 – With the final milestone in Ontario’s alcohol retail expansion complete, a coalition of public health, research, and community mental health and addictions organizations are once again calling for a comprehensive health care strategy. The organizations published an open letter urging the Ontario government to develop a coordinated action plan to accompany the retail...
Ontario’s Community Health Sector Responds to 2024 Fall Economic Statement
October 31, 2024 – Ontario’s community health sector, representing over 200,000 dedicated workers, is at a tipping point. Ontario’s 2024 Fall Economic Statement failed to address the urgent wage gap in the sector that is impacting the care millions of people in Ontario rely on. Community health workers in primary care, mental health and addictions, home care, and more are facing a $2 billion...
Community Health Sector Launches Campaign Profiling Staffing Challenges and Impact to Patient Care
Sector calls for investments to close the growing wage gap for frontline workers Toronto, October 17, 2024 – Ten provincial associations representing Ontario’s community health sector are raising awareness of a growing wage gap impacting the care millions of Ontarians rely on. A new campaign launched today, entitled For Us. For You., highlights the need for urgent investments in Ontario’s...
One Year Later: Historic Ontario Pediatric Healthcare Funding Results in Increased Access to Care
Monday, July 22, 2024 – One year after Premier Ford announced an historic $330 million investment in kids’ health and well-being, the children’s health system is expanding services and improving response times to better support the health and well-being of Ontario’s children and families. With approximately $265 million of this funding allocated and announced to date, kids and families are...
Ontario Urgently Needs a Provincial Alcohol Strategy: Health and Social Sectors
(Toronto, May 13, 2024) – A coalition of organizations across public health, research and advocacy, and community mental health and addictions are calling on the province to develop a comprehensive provincial alcohol strategy to promote the health and safety of people in Ontario. In a letter released to the province today, the coalition points out that despite plans to introduce alcohol in an...
Join CMHO to raise awareness about Children’s Mental Health Week (May 6–12) and National Child and Youth Mental Health Day (May 7)
(Toronto, ON) May 6, 2024. National Child and Youth Mental Health Day is on May 7 and is a part of Children’s Mental Health Week from May 6 to May 12, 2024. Children's Mental Health Ontario (CMHO) is encouraging all of Ontario to join us as we raise awareness about the importance of child and youth mental health and well-being. Together with our 85 community child and youth mental health...
Children’s Mental Health Ontario CEO Tatum Wilson Issued the Following Statement About Canada’s new Youth Mental Health Fund
April 9, 2024, Toronto, ON — “We are pleased to see the federal government’s commitment to invest $500 million towards creating a new Youth Mental Health Fund to help community health organizations provide mental health services to youth. Children and youth are facing increased mental health issues like never before. Despite recent new investments in Ontario, decades of chronic underfunding in...