Steve Lurie is the Executive Director of the CMHA Toronto, a post he has held since 1979.Steve is a strong voice for improved services for individuals living with mental health challenges and his letters to the editors of the Toronto Star and Globe & Mail calling for increased funding and improved services are regularly published. In […]Continue readingWhat is Steve Lurie Saying
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Ontario Perception of Care Survey Results for Fall / Winter 2016 – CMHA Toronto
WHAT IS ONTARIO PERCEPTION OF CARE AND WHAT DOES IT MEASURE?Continue readingOntario Perception of Care Survey Results for Fall / Winter 2016 – CMHA Toronto
Mental Health Week
BELL LET’S TALK
CMHA Toronto congratulates Bell for its continued commitment and efforts to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness and change people’s behaviours and attitudes about mental health in communities across Canada. Since its launch in 2010, Bell’s Let’s Talk awareness campaign has engaged Canadians in the dialogue around mental health. On Bell Let’s Talk Day, […]Continue readingBELL LET’S TALK
Family Outreach and Response Program
The Family Outreach and Response Program (FOR) offers recovery oriented mental health support services to families and youth. FOR promotes an inclusive, equitable and non-discriminatory approach to mental wellness. What recovery means at FOR: People can and do recover from what is labeled as mental illness … Read More Continue readingFamily Outreach and Response Program
It’s past time to invest in mental health: Editorial
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2017/01/01/its-past-time-to-invest-in-mental-health-editorial.html Continue readingIt’s past time to invest in mental health: Editorial
Steve Lurie’s letter to the Globe and Mail published Jan 2, 2017, “WHAT READERS THINK Jan. 2: Because it’s 2017 … Plus other letters to the editor”
Because it’s 2017: A health accord If the provinces want to improve access to care and reduce pressures on hospitals, they need to in-vest in mental health. Now. Provinces that haven’t reached a deal with Ottawa, and that includes Ontario, should accept the federal offer on mental-health and home-care funding and continue to discuss the […]Continue readingSteve Lurie’s letter to the Globe and Mail published Jan 2, 2017, “WHAT READERS THINK Jan. 2: Because it’s 2017 … Plus other letters to the editor”
Steve Lurie’s letter to the Globe and Mail published Dec 16, 2016 in response to the article, “Health spending fails to keep pace with inflation, population growth”
A 10-year deal on health care would benefit provinces and all Canadians – but there must be targeted money for mental-health services, which did not receive adequate funding in the last accord. A recent report prepared for the Ontario government shows an annual $1.5-billion shortfall in mental-health services based on disease burden. As the Parliamentary […]Continue readingSteve Lurie’s letter to the Globe and Mail published Dec 16, 2016 in response to the article, “Health spending fails to keep pace with inflation, population growth”
Wishing You A Wonderful Holiday Season
Help a child celebrate the season through our Holiday Gift Program
It’s been over 60 years since CMHA Toronto began the Holiday Gift Program for those living with mental health issues who are isolated during the holidays. After all these years we continue to buy gifts, have hundreds of volunteers put them together with care, and send front-line workers to deliver them to those in need. […]Continue readingHelp a child celebrate the season through our Holiday Gift Program