Addictions and Mental Health Ontario

03/09/2026

Check out our engaging lineup of workshops and consultations at AMHO’s fast-approaching 10th Annual Conference!

From quality improvement to executive strategy and media readiness, these sessions are about turning ideas into action!

📊 Quality for Leaders
Excellence through Quality Improvement Project (E-QIP)

🎤 Navigating Media Interviews with Confidence
Enterprise Health

🧠 Special Leadership Consultation, (Exclusively for AMHO Member CEOs)
Ontario Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence

💼 Collaborating in a Hybrid Environment: Building Accountability, Connection & Culture
HR à la carte Inc.

🔗 Learn more: amho.ca/conference
📅 March 24–25, 2026
📍 Hilton Toronto Hotel | Toronto

03/09/2026

How do we ensure health equity is central as Ontario’s mental health, substance use health, and addictions system evolves?

At AMHO’s 10th Annual Conference, Dr. Scott Neufeld, Ashnoor Rahim, Jesse Rosenberg and Joanne Simons will explore how embedding equity principles into system design improves access, quality, and outcomes – especially during periods of rapid change.

Meet our panellists, explore flexible registration options, and secure your spot today!

🔗 Learn more: amho.ca/conference
📅 March 24–25, 2026
📍 Hilton Toronto Hotel | Toronto, ON

03/08/2026

Today, on International Women’s Day, we celebrate the women across Ontario who lead, run, and work in the hospitals, clinics, shelters, and community-based programs that Ontarians rely on every day.

They meet people where they are. They help them rebuild. They help them heal.

Happy International Women's Day.

03/05/2026

We’ve got an exciting lineup of concurrent sessions planned for AMHO’s 10th Annual Conference!

Join us as we explore the opportunities and challenges shaping the future of mental health, substance use health, and addictions care. Sessions will create space for candid dialogue, practical insights, and meaningful exchanges on key themes including:

🌱 Child and Youth MHA care
🫂 Community Integration
🏠 Housing as Health Care
🟰 Equity
🤝 Cross-sector Partnerships
➕ And More!

View the full list of concurrent sessions on our conference website!
amho.ca/conference

📅 March 24–25, 2026
📍 Hilton Hotel | Toronto

03/03/2026

How can mental health and addictions supportive housing drive system-level transformation, and what will it take to scale impact?

At AMHO’s 10th Annual Conference, hear from housing, health, and community service leaders Aaron Stauch, Dr. Vicky Stergiopoulos, and Mark MacAulay as they explore the strategic role of mental health and addictions supportive housing in advancing system transformation.

Meet our panellists, explore flexible registration options, and secure your spot today!

🔗 Learn more: amho.ca/conference
📅 March 24–25, 2026
📍 Hilton Toronto Hotel | Toronto

03/03/2026

Each week, more mental health and addictions service providers are contributing standardized data to the Mental Health and Addictions Provincial Data Set (MHA PDS), strengthening the sector’s collective ability to engage in organization-specific and system-wide planning and decision-making.

To support this momentum, AMHO and our partner Asurtec launched “Building a Strong Data Foundation for the MHA PDS,” a new training program designed to build confidence in data quality and completeness, while strengthening organizations’ capacity to use their data to inform service planning and delivery. Piloted last Monday, participants explored key data management fundamentals, including governance, quality, security, and privacy, and completed a hands-on self-assessment to identify strengths and opportunities within their own organizations.

We are grateful to the participants for their engagement, thoughtful insights, and collaborative spirit. We’re incorporating feedback from the pilot and look forward to sharing the refined training modules with the broader MHA sector in the coming months. Stay tuned!

03/02/2026

Social workers and social service workers are essential to Ontario’s mental health, substance use health, and addictions care system.

Across the province, social workers and social service workers provide crisis support, counselling, care coordination, and other supports which help individuals, families, and communities navigate complex systems and access timely care - because when care and insight come together, change happens.

As we mark , AMHO would like to thank Ontario’s social workers and social service workers for strengthen our sector, and ensuring supports remain person-centred, trauma-informed, and rooted in dignity.

03/02/2026

Have you heard? Health Canada is shaping a new federal Men and Boys’ Health Strategy – and community voices matter. The goal is to create supportive and safe environments, challenge harmful stereotypes, reduce stigma and encourage men of all ages to seek help when they need it.

Share your perspectives by June 1, 2026.

🔗Learn more here:

Information about Canada’s Men and Boys’ Health Strategy, International strategies for men’s health, About men’s health in Canada, Other programs that support men's health and well-being

02/25/2026

The AMHO team is sporting pink today in recognition of Pink Shirt Day, supporting kindness, inclusion, and standing up against bullying.

Creating safe and respectful environments where people feel seen, supported, and valued is essential to the work AMHO and our members do every day to support a more compassionate and caring sector, and to support individual and community well-being.

Kindness costs nothing, but it’s impact can be profound. How are you showing extra kindness this pink shirt day? Let us know!

02/24/2026

AMHO is excited to welcome Dr. David Coletto , Founder and CEO of Abacus Data Inc , as a featured speaker at our 10th Annual Conference, Driving Change, Powered by Communities!

At our conference, David will present new public opinion research developed through AMHO’s partnership with Abacus Data, offering insight into some of the prevailing public views on mental health, substance use health, and addictions care, and what they mean for policy, funding, and system change.

We’re just 4 weeks away!

🎟️ Explore flexible registration options and secure your spot today!

🔗 Learn more at amho.ca/conference

02/18/2026

AMHO is thrilled to welcome André Picard as our Keynote Speaker at our 10th Annual Conference, ‘Driving Change, Powered by Communities!’. As one of Canada’s most trusted health care voices, André will dive into how powerful health communications can help shape public understanding, influence policy, and drive meaningful system change.

We’re only 5 short weeks away, don’t miss your chance to join in on the conversation!

🎟️ Explore flexible registration options and secure your spot today!

🔗Learn more at amho.ca/conference

02/18/2026

When someone reaches out for substance use health support, timely access to care can make all the difference.

Investing in the workforce, programs, and services our communities rely on helps people access supports sooner, while reducing the risk of challenges challenges escalating into crisis.

Across Ontario, the average wait times for substance use health services include:

🛏️ 83 days: Bed-Based Substance Use Supportive Treatment
🤝 113 days: Community-Based Substance Use Treatment
🏠 1,400 days: Mental Health & Addictions Supportive Housing

Building a system of profound support starts with the right investments.

Learn more at amho.ca/budget2026