This episode of The “So, Why?” Podcast looks at mental health and substance use health partnerships as a way to ensure resources are being allocated to where they are most needed.
In conversation with Shauna Cronin, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Communications at Stepped Care Solutions, Lori Spadorcia, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Partnerships, Chief Strategy Officer, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), shares her approach of asking “Who are you bringing to the table?” as part of integrated and co-designed solutions that include the people systems and services are serving and supporting.
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More information for this episode:
CAMH website
Integrated Youth Services (IYS) website
Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario website
This episode’s guest:
Lori Spadorcia is a seasoned executive in strategy, communications and systems transformation. A thought leader with a demonstrated commitment to engaging partners and influencing public policy, Lori is dedicated to driving social change.
As CAMH’s Senior Vice-President, Public Affairs and Partnerships and Chief Strategy Officer, she leads cross-organization strategic initiatives including the academic health centre’s role in building more equitable mental health care and supports across Ontario. She has led the development and implementation of an ambitious strategic plan to redefine health, placing mental health at the centre of healthcare and including social determinants as key forces in the health and wellbeing of Canadians.
About CAMH:
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada’s largest mental health teaching hospital and one of the world’s leading research centres in its field.
With a dedicated staff of more than 5,000 physicians, clinicians, researchers, educators and support staff, CAMH offers clinical care to nearly 40,000 clients each year. The organization conducts research, provides expert training to health care professionals and scientists, develops innovative health promotion and prevention strategies, and advocates on public policy issues at all levels of government.
Want to hear more about how the innovative Stepped Care 2.0 model supports communities to reframe, rethink, and redesign the delivery of mental health and substance use health services? Check out previous episodes of The “So, Why?” Podcast on our website, our YouTube channel, on Spotify and your favourite podcast apps.