Message from the President and CEO, CAMH

In 1986 Arnie Cader, a volunteer with the former Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, undertook to establish a charitable foundation for the hospital. One of his greatest challenges in getting the Foundation off the ground was finding people willing to associate their name with our cause. It took quite some time to find 15 people willing to put their name on letterhead.

It is very gratifying to read the hundreds of names in this report proclaiming their public support for our cause. We have made tremendous strides in a relatively short period of time.

On behalf of the men and women who work at CAMH and the clients we serve, I thank you for your generous support. Your gifts make possible great achievements in research, care, education and health promotion, and great improvements in the lives of clients. Your public support of our organization affirms to our staff that their work is important and valued by our community; and it affirms to clients that they matter, they are not forgotten, and the cruel stigma surrounding their illnesses is eroding day by day.

We are entering the most creative and exciting era ever in the history of addiction and mental illness as we move closer to our dream of building a world-class centre for research, care, education and health  promotion on the rubble of our highly stigmatized Queen Street site. We hope you will continue to be part of our future.

Paul Garfinkel, President & CEO
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

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