Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health Inaugural Impact Report 2010 People recovering from mental illness now have access to specialized, recovery-oriented care in a central community location thanks to the Rotary Club of Whitby’s Neil Murkar Foundation and many other Founding Donors. New Directions, a partnership with Ontario Shores, Durham Mental Health Services and United Survivors Support Centre, is a day program that teaches and provides support with valuable social, life and employment skills in a safe and caring environment. “I’m happy here,” said Peter, New Directions client. because they are very supportive.” three days a week that includes communication and computer skills, cooking and grocery shopping support, employment preparation and a variety of creative components such as art, writing and book clubs. Health and wellness groups are also available to provide clients with an optimal level of well-being. Innovative Programs New Directions Building a Foundation of Hope for the Future Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health was established in the spring of 2009 to support the hospital in achieving its vision of recovering best health, nurturing hope and inspiring discovery. Funds raised by the Centre for Mental Health Sciences and its partner organizations that help care and support the hospital’s patients and their families. Gifts to Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health will help: • expand clinical research, develop innovative programs of care and enhance existing ones, and educate Ontario’s future mental health care providers; • develop and deliver educational programs and resources to promote mental wellness, build awareness of mental illness and reduce the associated stigma; and, • purchase equipment and renovate space to better diagnose, treat and support the hospital’s patients and their families. Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences Ontario Shores is a leader in mental health care, providing a spectrum of specialized assessment and treatment services for people living with complex mental illness. Patients of care, built on compassion, inspiration and hope. Employing almost 1,200 people, Ontario Shores engages in research, education and advocacy initiatives to advance the mental health care system. It is a public teaching hospital that proudly serves individuals across Ontario and our primary service areas including City of Toronto and the surrounding municipalities of Durham, York, Halton and Peel, the City of Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton and Peterborough Counties. Founding Donors Tribute inside Printing and distribution of this report supported by Scotiabank Group On behalf of Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) and Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health (the Foundation), we extend a heartfelt thanks to all Founding Donors and salute you for your commitment to mental health care. Knowing of the need to enhance mental health care across the province, Ontario Shores established the Foundation in March 2009. To our delight, the response member of the hospital and Foundation’s Boards of Directors and the hospital’s senior management team campaign, the United Way, and an earlier campaign conducted as Ontario Shores became a public hospital. Patients, their families and friends and the community at large have supported the work of the hospital in-kind gifts and by hosting or participating in fundraising events. And, recognizing the important work of Ontario Shores, businesses, foundations and organizations also stepped forward. Support from Scotiabank Group, The Shandex Group, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie, LLP and many others are From left: Dan Carter, Foundation Chair; Jennifer Clark, Foundation Executive Director having an immediate impact on the service Ontario Shores and its partners provide patients and their families. program innovation, teaching and research, mental health promotion and stigma reduction and renewal of space within the hospital. Including earlier events and fundraising activities, over $150,000 has been contributed by Founding Donors to promote mental health and enhance patient care provided by Ontario Shores and its partners. Read on to see the impact of this wonderful support. Thank you to all our Founding Donors At right: Dr. Eric Fonberg, Hospital Board Chair; Glenna Raymond, President and CEO, Ontario Shores
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Ontario Shores
Foundation for Mental Health
Inaugural
Impact Report
2010
People recovering from mental illness now have access to specialized, recovery-oriented care in a central community location thanks to the Rotary Club of Whitby’s Neil Murkar Foundation and many other Founding Donors.
New Directions, a partnership with Ontario Shores, Durham Mental Health Services and United Survivors Support Centre, is a day program that teaches and provides support with valuable social, life and employment skills in a safe and caring environment.
“I’m happy here,” said Peter, New Directions client.
because they are very supportive.”
three days a week that includes communication and computer skills, cooking and grocery shopping
support, employment preparation and a variety of creative components such as art, writing and book clubs. Health and wellness groups are also available to provide clients with an optimal level of well-being.
Innovative Programs
New Directions
Building a Foundation
of Hope for the Future
Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health was established in the spring of 2009 to support the hospital in achieving its vision of recovering best health, nurturing hope and inspiring discovery. Funds raised by the
Centre for Mental Health Sciences and its partner organizations that help care and support the hospital’s patients and their families.
Gifts to Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health will help: • expand clinical research, develop innovative programs of care and enhance existing ones, and educate Ontario’s future mental health care providers;• develop and deliver educational programs and resources to promote mental wellness, build awareness of mental illness and reduce the associated stigma; and,• purchase equipment and renovate space to better diagnose, treat and support the hospital’s patients and their families.
Ontario Shores Centre for
Mental Health Sciences
Ontario Shores is a leader in mental health care, providing a spectrum of specialized assessment and treatment services for people living with complex mental illness. Patients
of care, built on compassion, inspiration and hope. Employing almost 1,200 people, Ontario Shores engages in research, education and advocacy initiatives to advance the mental health care system. It is a public teaching hospital that proudly serves individuals across Ontario and our primary service areas including City of Toronto and the surrounding municipalities of Durham, York, Halton and Peel, the City of Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton and Peterborough Counties.
Founding Donors
Tribute inside
Printing and distribution of this report supported by Scotiabank Group
On behalf of Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) and Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health (the Foundation), we extend a heartfelt thanks to all Founding Donors and salute you for your commitment to mental health care.
Knowing of the need to enhance mental health care across the province, Ontario Shores established the Foundation in March 2009. To our delight, the response
member of the hospital and Foundation’s Boards of Directors and the hospital’s senior management team
campaign, the United Way, and an earlier campaign conducted as Ontario Shores became a public hospital.
Patients, their families and friends and the community at large have supported the work of the hospital
in-kind gifts and by hosting or participating in fundraising events.
And, recognizing the important work of Ontario Shores, businesses, foundations and organizations also stepped forward. Support from Scotiabank Group, The Shandex Group, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie, LLP and many others are
From left: Dan Carter, Foundation Chair; Jennifer Clark, Foundation Executive Director
having an immediate impact on the service Ontario Shores and its partners provide patients and their families.
program innovation, teaching and research, mental health promotion and stigma reduction and renewal of space within the hospital. Including earlier events and fundraising activities, over $150,000 has been contributed by Founding Donors to promote mental health and enhance patient care provided by Ontario Shores and its partners. Read on to see the impact of this wonderful support.
Thank you to all our Founding Donors
At right: Dr. Eric Fonberg, Hospital Board Chair; Glenna Raymond, President and CEO, Ontario Shores
Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health
Vision:We contribute to Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences’ approach to mental health care and unique services that are focused on recovering best health, nurturing hope and inspiring discovery.
Mission:We inspire individuals, businesses, foundations and organizations to place a high priority on financial and moral support for mental health and the passionate work of Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences and its partners.
Values:Trust – building and sustaining long-term relationships
Innovation – constant and strategic evaluation, assessment and improvement
Respect – for patients, families, donors, colleagues and the community
Accountability - good governance, stewardship and prudent financial management
Responsiveness – to those who are affected by mental illness, by raising awareness and embracing acceptance of mental health issues, and to those who provide financial resources to make this possible
Standing from left, Ian F.T. Kennedy, Capital Canada Limited; Jim Irving, Johnson & Johnson Medical Products; Dr. Peter Prendergast, Ontario Shores Physician-in-Chief (retired); Jennifer Clark, Executive Director; Dan Carter, Dan Carter Productions; Mike Ewles, Durham Regional Police Services; Dr. Eric Fonberg, Chairman of the Board, Ontario Shores. Sitting from left, Sharon Baker, Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres; and Glenna Raymond, Ontario Shores President and CEO.
Inaugural Foundation BoardPassionate to bring positive change to the mental health care system, business and community leaders from across Ontario Shores’ primary service area have contributed their time, talent and treasure as the inaugural Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health Board of Directors. Led by veteran television host and producer, Dan Carter, the Board contributes its expertise in investment banking, corporate leadership, non-profit leadership, policing and protection, psychiatry, emergency care, and community relationships from Toronto to Newcastle and from the shores of Lake Ontario to the Kawartha Lakes to the development of this new Foundation. Ontario Shores Foundation’s volunteer board members are committed to raising funds to support innovation in patient care programs, research, teaching, equipment and building renewal and growth, mental health promotion, and stigma reduction.
Awareness, education and first hand interaction with people with lived experience is key to overcoming the stigma related to mental illness.
In October 2009, an intimate audience listened openly as Canadian singer/songwriter Matthew Good recounted his powerful story about living with bipolar disorder and performed a short musical set at Ontario Shores’ annual Imagine Film Festival.
Thank you to the Imagine Film Festival sponsors Scotiabank Group, Avis Office Furniture and Blackstone Partners who supported this very important education and awareness event.
The 2010 - 2011 Imagine Film Festival and Let’s Talk Speaker Series will be made possible, in part, by gifts from Founding Donors. Hold October 16 - 21, 2010 in your calendar to attend the third Annual Imagine Film Festival.
Awareness and Stigma Reduction
Up Front and Personal
Excellence in patient care relies on the discovery and development of more effective treatment, excellent education, and an attitude that embraces innovation and improvement. Aiming for excellence is a core value at Ontario Shores, and Ontario Shores Foundation provided the resources to establish two prizes recognizing excellence in education. Physician-in-Chief Dr. Peter Prendergast retired in March 2010. In honour of his commitment to research and teaching, two prizes were named in his honour.
The Dr. Peter Prendergast Prize for Excellence in Education recognizes excellence of the hospital’s medical staff as demonstrated through their participation in the education of their peers, colleagues and other mental health professionals. The Dr. Peter Prendergast – Ontario Shores Prize in Quality Improvement recognizes psychiatry residents at the University of Toronto for excellence demonstrated through their studies of quality improvement in mental health care.
Research and Teaching
Recognizing and Rewarding Excellence
On June 4, 2009 Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health and Community Care Durham hosted their annual Drive Fore Care Charity Golf Tournament. The sold-out event was a huge success raising over $45,000 for both organizations.
Drive Fore Care
Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health was established in 2009 to raise funds in support of the strategic priorities of Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences and its partner organizations that help care for patients and families. The following individuals, corporations, foundations and organizations were so compelled by this purpose and inspired by the
passionate work of Ontario Shores and its partners, that they generously contributed financial support before our first year end (March 31, 2010). To pay tribute to them, they will always be known as
Founding Donors
Anonymous (10)Jean Achmatowicz MacLeod and Norman MacLeodRob Adams Sherrylyn AllisonDavid AmesDoug and Joyce ArmstrongLynne ArmstrongPaula ArscottJoanne AshleyTariq Asmi and Jennifer GibsonAvis Office FurnitureB Sharp Technologies Inc.Sharon Baker and wellSpring consultingDavid Baker and Newstart CanadaJudith and Lee BarkerWilliam BellWendy L. BickersLisa BishopDeborah A. BissetBlackstone PartnersSusan BlandRobert BlewettBMO Nesbitt Burns - Tinnerman Marche GroupLorraine BoisBorden Ladner Gervais LLPMary Rose Bouwman and FamilyMary BrennanLyril BrowneJune and Allen BuddRamona BugejaNancy Burns and FamilyJudy ByrdineCanadian Tech Air Systems Inc.Dan Carter and Paula BeebeJulie Cashin-OsterMaria Casimiro and FamilyFrances E. ChantJohn ChenPauline Choi-LeeKathleen and Glenn ClarkJennifer A. ClarkKaren ClarkBryan CoardCooksville Interiors (Mississauga) Ltd.Barbara Cooney
Audrey CopperthwaiteKrista and Emmanuel CraigJim CyrMichael and Margaret DawsonJavier and Heidy De La PiedraDeana DeLargeDell Perot SystemsDeloitte & Touche Foundation CanadaSean and Helen DonohueDr. Hugh DrouinDurham Mental Health ServicesHeather DurocherJanice and Earl DusekMichael EwlesFiveTool Software Inc.Dr. Eric FonbergDr. Margaret FothergillSally GrahamBrian HartHealthtech ConsultantsPatrick HeffronCurt and Lisa HeringHicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie, LLPViki HiltonHeather HodgsonEric HongLou HopkinsJean Horton Ali and Dexter AliJim IrvingSusan JenkinsonJohn Chute & Associates/Hewitt AssociatesJoanne Jones and FamilyLynn JuryIan F. T. Kennedy and FamilyAnn Kidd and Ivan BattyeMary I. Kita
Dr. Philip E. KlassenMichael KlejmanJerri KoscieszaGeorge Kytayko and FamilyLois LafleurRoshan LalDebbie LarsonMarie LauzierLouise LeBlancJoseph and Ruby LoFoster LoucksKristina LuchkaSteve LurieDr. Virginia MacLennanLouis and Marilyn MajorosKarim and Yasmin MamdaniLori MaurerAbdul MawjiCandice McAlisterMary McAuleyKrista McBeth and Chris SmileyDr. Brian McCormack and Susan Taylor Molly McCrea and FamilyPaul McDevittDon MikelAnne and Neville MillikenFrances MoaneLinda MoffattRobin Moore and FamilyMotion SpecialtiesMRP Builder-Engineers Inc.Colm and Abina MurphySusan NakhleJudy and Michael NettletonSheila NeuburgerPatrick OliveOntario Shores’ Medical Staff Association Ontario Shores’ Hockey Team
Robert PeplerRehana PersadLorie and James PhairPaula PodolskiPolicy Concepts Joanne PolubiecTina PowersJohn PremzellDr. Peter PrendergastHazel and John Pritchard Department of Psychiatry, University of TorontoCJ and Kevin PudseyGlenna RaymondSurinder RazdanDave and Gerda RepolShannon Robertson and Jeff BriandDr. Warren and Brenda RosboroughRossland Ridge CooperativeRotary Club of Whitby Neil Murkar Charitable FoundationKathleen SamparaScotiabank GroupJohn ScottJunaid ShaikhDr. Chekkera ShammiThe Shannon Family and The Shandex GroupCourtney ShewanCynthia ShumSnell Balka Saad LawyersThe Honorable Judith SniderDonald SnowdenJoseline SilkorskiJennifer StagerPatricia and Marshall StewartDr. Barnaby Tamakloe and FamilyGregg and Janet TaylorShirley Van SteenVipond Inc.Jim WemyssWhitby Chamber of CommerceMarjory WhitehouseWinvalley Contracting - Neil and Catherine SmithE. Jean WrightMary Wright and FamilyRebecca Yu
Stigma continues to be a huge barrier for people living with mental illness. It undermines a person's sense of self, relationships, well-being and prospects for recovery. Communities are proving they can make a difference through education and awareness programs. Talking About Mental Illness (TAMI) helps to increase awareness about mental illness and the stigma that surrounds it.
Approximately one in five young people experience mental health issues but only 20% will seek help. The rest don’t seek help primarily to avoid the stigma of mental illness.
TAMI is a regional alliance of community agencies, school boards, youth, people with mental illness and other community members. These organizations work together to build awareness, understanding and compassion about mental illness and mental health issues.
TAMI organizes annual Stomp Out Stigma Summits, day-long gatherings of student ambassadors who are taught about mental illness through
presentations by professionals and mental illness survivors. These presentations focus on giving ambassadors the tools necessary to build strong “anti-stigma” teams within their schools.
Gifts from Founding Donors are supporting Summits and the development of tools to help youth become aware of and manage their mental illness.
Awareness and Stigma Reduction
Talking About Mental Illness
Impact in Numbers
Contact Us
Ontario Shores Foundation for Mental Health
700 Gordon StreetWhitby, Ontario L1N 5S9t 905.430.4055 or 800.341.6323 ext. 6027e [email protected]
ontarioshoresfoundation.ca
We know families provide key social support for people affected by mental illness but they too need support, education and help. Ontario Shores established a Family Council in 2009 to create opportunities for involvement and encourage families to take an active role in advancing care and service delivery for a positive patient and family experience.
The Foundation is providing funds to the hospital to help create a Family Resource Centre – a welcoming space at the hospital for
families to access the information and learning materials needed for their loved one’s journey to recovery.
Buildings and Equipment
Family Resource CentreOntario Shores is gearing up for its second annual Mental Health Thought Leadership Forum. This forum brings together senior psychiatrists, clinicians and administrators from across the country and around the world to learn best practices, share ideas and gain new perspectives.
The Foundation is helping the hospital engage key thought leaders and welcome more participants to expand this important knowledge-sharing initiative and affect positive change within the mental health care system. A special thanks to Borden Ladner Gervais LLP for its financial support for the upcoming Forum.
Research and Teaching
Creating Positive Change
Third Party Event Hosts 5%
Corporations, Foundations 23%and Organizations
Ontario Shores and Ontario 25%Shores Foundations Staff
Patients, Families and Friends 47%
Donors By Group
Third Party Event Hosts 3%
Corporations, Foundations 48%and Organizations
Ontario Shores and Ontario 13%Shores Foundations Staff
Patients, Families and Friends 36%
$ By Group
Buildings and Equipment 17%
Awareness and 30%Stigma Reduction
Innovation, Research 53%and Teaching
$ Disbursed, By Fundraising Pillar
Mental HealthThought
Leadership Forum:Mainstreaming Mental Health Care through Recovery:
A Dialogue on the Minimization of Restraint and Seclusion
