News and Statements
Tatum Wilson, CEO of Children’s Mental Health Ontario Statement – May 1, 2023
May 1, 2023 (TORONTO, ON) – Children’s Mental Health Ontario welcomes Minister Lecce’s attention to child and youth mental health care. Today’s announcement about enhancing the mental health curriculum and increasing mental health services in schools is important...
Ontario Budget demonstrates a strong commitment to mental health and addiction: statement by Children’s Mental Health Ontario CEO, Tatum Wilson
TORONTO, March 23, 2023 -- "We are pleased that today’s budget commits significant new funding to mental health and addictions. These investments are critical to begin to stabilize community child and youth mental health and address the growing demand for mental...
CMHO update on EDI work
TORONTO, August 31, 2022 – CMHO remains committed to addressing systemic barriers and racism within Ontario’s child and youth mental health (CYMH) system. Towards this end, we will continue to publicly track our progress towards the commitments that we made in 2020...
#KidsCantWait for Mental Health Care; Ontario 2022 Budget Doesn’t Make Kids Count
TORONTO, April 28, 2022 – While we are pleased to see that the Ontario government continues to recognize the importance of mental health care as part of its commitment to the 10-year Roadmap to Wellness, including some funding dedicated to kids, we are disappointed...
Children’s Mental Health Ontario Calls on Political Parties to Take the #KidsCantWait Pledge
CMHO is calling on party leaders and candidates to make Ontario the top province for children and youth toaccess mental health supports. TORONTO, April 5, 2022 - Ahead of the provincial election, Children's Mental Health Ontario (CMHO) has launched the next phase of...
Children’s Health Coalition Statement on Lifting of Pandemic Measures in Schools
TORONTO March 9, 2022—With today’s announcement, we want to thank everyone, including students and education staff, for your commitment to and diligence with public health measures throughout the pandemic. We know that masking, daily screening, cohorting and...
Announcement from CMHO’s Board Chair
March 9, 2022 The Board of Directors of Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO) is pleased to announce the appointment of Tatum Wilson as CMHO’s next Chief Executive Officer (CEO). After a comprehensive national search, the Board has selected Tatum to lead the...
Children’s Health Coalition Statement – February 28
Children’s Health Coalition: Maintain masking in schools for kids’ health TORONTO, February 28, 2022 – As leaders in children’s health, we know that masking is an important layer of protection to prevent COVID-19 and has prevented widespread transmission in school...
Children’s Health Coalition Statement – Feb. 1, 2022
Children’s Health Coalition: Priority access of Rapid Tests required for schools and childcare settings TORONTO, January 12, 2022 – As leaders in children’s health, we are pleased with the announcement that additional Rapid Access Tests (RATs) will be made available...
Children’s Health Coalition Statement – January 12
Children’s Health Coalition: Everyone has a role to play as Ontario schools return to in person learning TORONTO, January 12, 2022 – As leaders in children’s health, we support the decision to return Ontario children to in-person learning on January 17. We know the...