Acknowledgements

Our dedicated team members are:

• Project leads

  • Dr. Kwame McKenzie , Director, Office of Health Equity, CAMH
  • Aamna Ashraf , Senior Manager, Office of Health Equity, CAMH

• Project Team

  • Stefanie Cali , Assistant Manager, Office of Health Equity
  • Edward Bacal , Communications Associate / Digital Designer
  • Jewel Bailey , Knowledge Broker
  • Isabella Lam , Project Coordinator
  • Fatmata Kamara , Bilingual Knowledge Broker

Advisory Committee

Since the inception of this initiative in 2011, the advisory committee has played a key role in providing recommendations on various aspects of the project and supporting the promotion of project activities. We are grateful for the work of these professionals who represent regions across Canada as well as the settlement, social and health service sectors that support immigrants' and refugees' mental health.

The current advisory committee member are:

• Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education 
• Association for New Canadians, Newfoundland and Labrador
• Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT)
• Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT), Ontario
• Calgary Catholic Immigration Society, Alberta, Calgary Catholic Immigration Society
• CDENTO, North West Territories
• COSTI Immigrant Services, Ontario
• Family Counselor, PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada
• Global Gathering Place, Saskatchewan
• Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS), Nova Scotia
• Intercultural Centre North West Territories, North West Territories
• Manitoba Association of Newcomer Serving Organizations (MANSO)
• New Brunswick Multicultural Council 
• Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI), Ontario
• Refugee Engagement and Community Health (REACH) Clinic, Saskatchewan
• Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture (VAST), British Columbia
• YMCA Greater Toronto Area 

Additional contributors

We would like to thank the professionals below for contributing their expertise in guiding and developing the course content:

• Dr. Branka Agic , special advisor to the Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Project; former project lead (Refugee Mental Health Project) and Director, Knowledge Exchange, Provincial System Support Program (PSSP), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
• Dr. Lisa Andermann , Staff Psychiatrist, Mount Sinai Hospital; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
• Grace Eagan , Manager, Business Development - Language Services, Access Alliance
• Dr. Kenneth Fung , Staff Psychiatrist and Clinical Director of the Asian Initiative in Mental Health Program, Toronto Western Hospital
• Dr. Clare Pain , Director, Psychological Trauma Program, Mount Sinai Hospital; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
• Vince Pietropaolo , General Manager, Mental Health Services Program, COSTI Immigrant Services
• Dr. Laura Simich , Director of Research, Centre for Immigration and Justice, Vera Institute
• Dr. Debra Stein , Staff Psychiatrist, SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health
• Andrew Tuck , Research Coordinator (former), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
• Dr. Vanessa Wright , Nurse Practitioner, the Women's College Hospital's Crossroads Refugee Health Clinic

We would also like to thank the organizations below who contributed to the course content through sharing their expertise and promising practices:

• Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services
• Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture (CCVT)
• Hincks-Dellcrest Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children
• Hong Fook Mental Health Association
• Immigrant Employment Council of BC (IECBC)
• Mental Health Services Program, COSTI Immigrant Services
• Multilingual Orientation Service Association for Immigrant Communities (MOSAIC)
• New Beginnings Clinic, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
• Punjabi Community Health Services
• Psychological Trauma Program, Mount Sinai Hospital
• Women's College Hospital's Crossroads Refugee Health Clinic
• Centre for Refugee Studies, York University