-Latest Phase of Landmark CAMH Redevelopment Breaks Ground-

TORONTO, ONTARIO-- April 7, 2010 - Toronto's Most Life-Changing Address was officially revealed as the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) through its own national public awareness and fundraising campaign which began on March 22, 2010 with teaser-style ads that had people guessing about the identity of Toronto's Most Life-Changing Address. The advertising, digital and public relations campaign uses classic elements from condominium real estate advertising and promotion to raise awareness and support of the hospital's latest phase of its landmark redevelopment, which breaks ground this week at 1001 Queen St. West in Toronto.

The 2009 Unmasked event featured onstage performances by JUNO Award winners Chantal Kreviazuk and Divine Brown, as well as an action packed dj set by 2009 JUNO Award winner for Single of the Year, Kardinal Offishall, and much more!

Canadian actor and dancer Rex Harrington speaks out about his mother's illness and the importance of seeking support for family members and caregivers in the Summer 2009 issue of Light, the newsletter of the CAMH Foundation.

Beverly Topping, President and CEO of the Corporate Institute of Directors, shares her family story to shed some light on mental illness in the boardroom in the Spring 2009 issue of Light, the newsletter of the CAMH Foundation.

In the December 2008 issue of LIGHT, the newsletter of the CAMH Foundation's Transforming Lives Capital Campaign, we continue to bring you the thought-provoking reflections of leading Canadians about mental health and addiction. This time, we've asked Editor-in-Chief of the Globe and Mail, Edward Greenspon, to share how his view of mental illness has changed.

On December 30, 2008, CAMH President and CEO, Dr. Paul Garfinkel was named an Officer in the Order of Canada by Governor General Michaëlle Jean.

In the third issue of LIGHT, General Romeo Dallaire discusses the terrible scars from posttraumatic stress that he suffered in Rwanda in the early 1990's, and whose effects he still feels today.

The Globe and Mail's John Bentley Mays sheds light on the architectural innovation behind CAMH's redevelopment of 1001 Queen Street West into a mixed-use urban village. Click here to read the full story.

Rona Maynard, former editor of Chatelaine and best-selling author of the best-selling memoir My Mother's Daughter, reflects on her searing experience with Depression in the second issue of LIGHT, the newsletter of the CAMH Foundation's Transforming Lives Awareness Campaign. December 1, 2007

Some of Canada's leading journalists are contributing their thought-provoking and often highly personal observations about mental illness and addiction to LIGHT, the new newsletter of the CAMH Foundation's Transforming Lives Awareness Campaign. Here is an article by Michael Enright which appeared in the inaugural issue.

Toronto's former Planner-in-Chief Paul Bedford reports on the Queen Street redevelopment project in the Ontario Planning Journal.

CAMH CEO Paul Garfinkel highlights the exciting developments in Mental Health and Addictions care that will be applied to the redevelopment project in the Toronto Star.
March 8, 2007

Leslie Scrivener of the Toronto Star writes about the Queen Street Redevelopment Project and how the transformation will positively impact people living with mental illness and addiction.
Sunday, February 25, 2007

Globe and Mail reporter Sarah Milroy hails CAMH’s Redevelopment as a pioneering model for mental health.
Saturday, March 20, 2004

Canada’s former Ambassador to the United States, The Honourable Michael Wilson, will be recognized at the upcoming Transforming Lives Awards by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Foundation for his tireless work in mental illness and addiction advocacy.