Site Speak

CAMH Connexions

Spring 2006

The Mayor Excited by CAMH Redevelopment Plans!

Mayor David Miller and City Councillor Joe Pantalone stopped by the Redevelopment Office on Friday March 24 to receive a quick presentation on CAMH’s redevelopment project. CAMH President and CEO Paul Garfinkel led the Mayor through the multi-phased redevelopment plans, and described how the project will improve the quality of client care at CAMH and help to reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness and addiction. Miller listened enthusiastically as he learned of the large number of Toronto and wider GTA residents who benefit from the wide array of programs that CAMH provides.

The Mayor, a long-time supporter of ‘city building’, was also excited by the new parks and the integration of the site with the rest of the neighbourhood. Opportunities for such mixed uses as retail stores, galleries and cafes will help to support the revitalization of the Queen West neighbourhood.

Toronto Mayor David Miller examines a plan of the new CAMH site with help from CAMH CEO Paul Garfinkel.

Update on Start of Construction

We are hoping that, subject to government approvals, groundbreaking will take place in late summer/fall. This will be for our Alternate Milieu (AM) buildings for the care and recovery of our clients in a more home-like setting, and a related ambulatory patient care building. Construction of this phase (Phase 1A) should be complete by early 2008.

Prior to construction, CAMH will be erecting hoardings around the northwest section of our property to ensure safety and security. We wanted to give you advance notice about how the following areas of our property will be affected:

• The Sunshine Garden will have an early harvest this year in its current location and then will move to its new location. This area, which the garden workers started to prepare last year, is on the southwest part of CAMH’s property. Community sales of their organic produce will continue.
• “Fennings Park”, the green space at the northwest corner of the site, will be enclosed for at least part of the time of the construction. We are looking at ways to make it available to the public as soon as possible.
• The tennis courts will become unavailable, as the area will be needed for construction trailers and equipment. As the property will be required for construction of another building in the long-term, they will not be reinstated. We will be posting signs advising users of when the courts will become unavailable so that people can make alternate arrangements (see below for alternative courts in the area).
• Construction of the extension of “Fennings Street” (the official name will be determined by the City) will also begin at this time.

We will be communicating with neighbours in more detail as the construction date approaches, including putting in place mechanisms to ensure that we are able to deal with any issues that may arise during construction. We appreciate your patience while we go through this process. We also hope that you feel some pride in being part of a community which is developing a project that will help to transform lives!

If you have any questions please leave a message at

416 535-8501 ext. 1650 or e-mail Redevelopment_Feedback@camh.net

Other Tennis Courts in the Area
Trinity Community Recreation Centre 55 Crawford St. & Queen 416 392-0743 Niagara Community Centre 700 Wellington St. W. (Niagara & Wellington) 416 392-6674 Parkdale College Institute 209 Jameson Ave. (Lansdowne & Queen) 416 393-9000 (becomes open to the public when the school year is over)

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