Toronto Mental Health

• Homelessness, safety top of mind as Toronto mayoral byelection looms

  As voters prepare to head to the polls to elect a new mayor, two topics remain top of mind: safety along Toronto's transit system, and addressing homelessness.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2023
  
• Toronto mayor calls for national summit to tackle mental health crisis

  Tory says, coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the lack of federal and provincial spending on mental health is "painfully clear" in Canadian municipalities.

  Canada

  Jan 25, 2023
  
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• Mayor Tory points to challenges ahead for Toronto in 2023

  John Tory is in his third and final term as Toronto's mayor. As he enters 2023, he's in a race against time to deliver on his priorities, such as expanding housing.

  Politics

  Dec 26, 2022
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• Toronto mayor to ramp up pressure for mental health supports after TTC killing

  Toronto's mayor has been making increasingly public calls on the federal and provincial governments to invest more in mental health and addiction supports.

  Politics

  Dec 16, 2022
• Early data released on Toronto pilot project with specialists responding to crisis calls

  The city of Toronto says council has received an early data progress report on a pilot project that aimed at using specialists to respond to mental health crisis calls over police.

  Health

  Jul 22, 2022
• Toronto council approves multi-year mental health crisis response service pilot project

  The services were proposed to operate between 2022 and 2025 with the possibility of "scal[ing] up the program earl[ier] than 2025 if proven effective."

  Health

  Feb 2, 2021
• City of Toronto staff recommend 3-year mental health crisis response service pilot program

  Advocates are raising concerns about the timeframe for fully implementing the initiative if it is ultimately deemed a success. If approved, it wouldn't fully roll out until 2026.

  Health

  Jan 20, 2021
• Calls for mental health supports grow in Toronto as coronavirus pandemic continues

  Calls for mental health referrals have been on the rise during the pandemic, especially in recent months, leading to concerns for how demand will grow during a cold and isolating winter on the way.

  Health

  Oct 13, 2020
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• Ontario’s police watchdog looking to speak to another witness in death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet

  The agency says it's been made aware of another witness who was at the apartment at the time of Korchinski-Paquet's death, and is trying to speak to that person.

  Canada

  Jul 17, 2020