by Jessica Behnke | May 3, 2021 | News
May 3-9 is Children’s Mental Health Week May 3, 2021– Children’s Mental Health Week is happening May 3-9. With Ontario in a State of Emergency and schools closed, children and youth mental health has never been more important. The ongoing pandemic means that many...
by Jessica Behnke | Apr 29, 2021 | News
TORONTO, April 27, 2021 – Although the death of children from COVID-19 is rare, the cumulative and compounding impact of the pandemic on children is of extreme concern. Our deepest condolences are with the family and loved ones of 13-year-old Brampton child Emily...
by Taryn Welch | Apr 27, 2021 | News
The Ontario government is closing a specialized mental health treatment program for primarily Black, Indigenous and racialized kids just at the same time mental health issues are sharply rising in the province. The immediate impact of closing this program is an...
by Taryn Welch | Apr 7, 2021 | News
As advocates for children’s mental health, we join the Children’s Health Coalition in its calls for communities across the province to do everything possible to urgently reduce the spread of Covid-19 so that schools can remain open, or re-open as soon as possible. For...
by Taryn Welch | Apr 6, 2021 | News
Toronto, ON, April 6, 2021: Schools are closing and more may shut down in-person learning because we haven’t been able to contain community transmission of coronavirus in Ontario. Collectively, we have failed our children. We are calling on the government to recognize...
by Taryn Welch | Mar 22, 2021 | News
Province’s mental health leaders are calling on government to ensure that a mental health and addiction plan is part of the government’s COVID-19 recovery plan Toronto, ON, March 22, 2021: Seven of Ontario’s leading organizations in the mental...
