About the Centre

The Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO, along with other leaders, is working towards an integrated system that truly meets the mental health care needs of children, youth and their parents and caregivers.

The Centre:

• Facilitates and engages in partnerships, networks and collaboration.

• Funds new research and new research partnerships through a comprehensive grants and awards program.

• Provides consulting services to encourage more organizations to conduct research and to support their use of research to improve services.

• Fosters the development of the next generation of mental health professionals by targeting grants and awards to students at all levels and in relevant fields.

• Builds, synthesizes and mobilizes credible child and youth mental health evidence.

• Generates opportunities for knowledge exchange to promote evidence-informed practice and community mobilization.

• Supports the critical role of youth engagement through partnerships, project funding, youth specific grants and awards and youth representation on its advisory committees.

The Centre is About You

Achieving our goals depends on how we collectively meet the needs of stakeholders in the mental health of children, youth and their parents and caregivers in Ontario. Your participation is key to our success. You can:

• Join or search our directories

• Apply for a grant or award

• Download and use our resources

• Sign up for CHECKPOINT, our e-bulletin

• Provide feedback on our activities

• Find answers to frequently asked questions.

This is YOUR Centre and we invite you to participate!