Supportive Housing & Mental Health

PROGRAM GOALS

CAMH and LOFT Community Services are proud to bring you ECHO Ontario Supportive Housing and Mental Health.

This ECHO program aims to help supportive housing providers, frontline workers, and community-based service partners across Ontario build capacity to care for individuals with complex mental health, substance use, and social needs.

The program empowers participants to use trauma-informed, culturally relevant, and evidence-based approaches that improve housing stability, promote recovery, and enhance overall wellbeing. By reducing reliance on specialist services and strengthening collaboration across systems, this initiative supports the delivery of high-quality, person-centered care within supportive housing environments.

 

PROGRAM INFO

Location: Zoom Videoconferencing

Time: 12:00PM to 1:30PM EST

Length: 6 Sessions (July 23, 2025 – August 27, 2025)

When: Wednesday Afternoons (Weekly)

Target Audience: Healthcare Providers

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Below is a list of curriculum topics that are often featured this program.

  1. Trauma-Informed Support: Creating Safe and
    Empowering Spaces
  2. Navigating Complexity: Supporting Tenants with Challenging Behaviours
  3. Advancing Health Equity in Housing: Focusing on Indigenous Communities
  4. Substance Use and Housing Solutions: Policy, Practice, and the Power of Context
  5. Overdose Prevention in Action: Harm Reduction and Supportive Strategies
  6. Building Belonging: Enriching Lives and Strengthening Communities

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SESSION STRUCTURE

Welcome, Introduction, and Announcements – 5 minutes

Didactic Presentation & Discussion – 40 minutes

Case Presentation & Discussion – 40 minutes

Addressing Outstanding Questions and Session Wrap-Up – 5 minutes

WHAT'S THE COMMITMENT?

Attend 60% of program sessions

Present an anonymized case

Participate in group discussions

Provide feedback through evaluation activities

 

WHO'S RUNNING THESE SESSIONS?

Our program sessions are run by an inter-professional Hub Team from multiple health organizations across Ontario. 

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These individuals make up our SHMH Hub Team:

  1. Dr. Patricia Cavanagh (CAMH -Psychiatrist/Co-lead)
  2. Dr. Connie Cheung (LOFT -Director/Co-Lead)
  3. Dr. Sean A. Kidd (CAMH – Senior Scientist)
  4. Dr. Nicholas Kerman (UHN – Research Assoc.)
  5. Dr. Abe Oudshoorn (Assoc. Professor
  6. Debra Walko (LOFT – VP Client Care & Experience)
  7. Zena Gopal (LOFT – Director)
  8. Lindor Uygur (LOFT – Senior Manager)
  9. Roslyn Shields (CAMH – Senior Policy Analyst)