The best mental health and well‑being

for all infants, children, young people, and families.

The best mental health and well‑being

for all infants, children, young people, and families.

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Turn promising ideas into better care

Explore our funding opportunities that help organizations across Ontario improve services, strengthen quality, and meaningfully engage young people and families.

What should high-quality live in treatment look like?

Our new Live-in treatment quality standard brings together evidence and the expertise of people across Ontario to answer that very question – providing a unified vision for high-quality live-in treatment.

Explore the quality standard and accompanying resources to help put it into practice across Ontario.

Latest news and stories

From a shared standard to lasting change: Putting quality into practice

Mark Fraser explores how the Knowledge Institute's Live-in treatment quality standard can move from ...

The conversations we carried home

After two days of conversations with leaders from around the world, Amy Porath and Kim Corace reflec...

Leading the way: An inside look at advancing integrated care for mental health and substance use health across the lifespan

Amy Porath and Kim Corace highlight why integrated care for mental health and substance use health i...

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Small, persistent and impossible to ignore: CMHO 2026

After attending the CMHO conference in Toronto, Amy Porath reflects on the power of persistence, par...

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The person behind the performance: How pressure shapes us

From ballet and violin to high-performance sport, Poppy DesClouds shares how pressure shapes people,...

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Leading with purpose in the child and youth mental health and addictions sector

From navigating leadership to raising three young sons, Nicholas Watters reflects on the importance ...

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Our Quest cohort 5 projects are coming to life

Seven organizations from across Ontario are launching quality improvement projects designed to stren...

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On the ground, across the country: What a month of learning taught us about building better systems of care

Three events. One shared message: better systems of care are built through collaboration, lived expe...

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