Toronto – Mayor John Tory announced the City of Toronto’s funding commitment to sustain and expand hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs) throughout the city, including the BRAVE program (Breaking the Cycle of Violence with Empathy). Mayor Tory was joined for the announcement at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre by Dr. Avery Nathans of Sunnybrook and Dr. Carolyn Snider, St. Michael’s Hospital. …
Training more than 3,000 new frontline mental health workers to help clear waitlists SCARBOROUGH – Steven Del Duca was at Strides Toronto to announce that an Ontario Liberal government will transform mental health frontline response so more people living with mental illnesses, addictions, and disabilities can access compassionate care instead of languishing on waitlists. “Ontarians are resilient, but people are …
