Health equity at CAMH

As Canada’s largest mental health teaching hospital, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) sets the standards for care, research, education and leading social change. It is one of the world’s leading mental health research centres.

CAMH is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto and is a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre.

The Office of Health Equity at CAMH makes a continuous effort to reduce disparities in mental health through community collaborations and internal initiatives, including the Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Project funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

The Office of Health Equity at CAMH is led by:

Dr. Kwame McKenzie, Director

Aamna Ashraf, Senior Manager

Stefanie Cali, Assistant Manager

Learn more about the Office of Health Equity

This course is part of the Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Project (IRMHP), which has been funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) since 2012.

The Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Project (IRMHP) was developed by CAMH’s Office of Health Equity, with funding from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and in collaboration with experts in the field. This bilingual project aims to strengthen the settlement, social and health sectors’ capacity to effectively address the mental health needs of immigrants and refugees. The project gives participants five different avenues to gain new knowledge, skills, and networks to apply to their work. Service providers have the opportunity to connect and exchange ideas and experiences with hundreds of service providers across Canada and obtain advice from experts in the field. The project builds on the award-winning Refugee Mental Health Project (RMHP), which provided essential knowledge, skills, and networks to over 10,000 settlement, social, and health service providers.

Learn more about the IRMHP

View the IRMHP Project Overview 2017-2024