The EC Partnered with The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) to:
- Create the CAMH Bill of Client Rights – the highest standard of hospital based mental health rights in Canada to date.
- Developed the Least Restraint Initiative – substantially reducing CAMH restraint use.
Four Deputations and Submissions to Senate Committees on:
- Discrimination
- Advocacy
- Forensic System
- Proposed changes to the Criminal Code of Canada
EC Education has covered a multitude of topics for clients, from Mad About Rights to Harm Reduction, while also educating CAMH staff on client rights, the prevention of restraint, advocacy at CAMH etc. EC regularly provides the client perspective on CAMH policies, and educational materials. EC staff have written articles and book chapters.
EC has facilitated numerous CAMH and governmental consultations and focus groups with mental health and addiction clients, and represented the client voice on many LHIN and CAMH committees.
EC partnered with Urban Alliance on Race Relations to author “Saving Lives – Alternatives to the Use of Lethal Force by Police”. EC has successfully advocated for input into police training and an open and transparent Police Services Board committee on mental health