Thrive Toronto released the city’s first multi-sector mental health plan focused on mental wellness and psychological health in fall 2023. The plan focuses on five initial actions that Thrive Toronto partners are uniquely able to do, and where Thrive Toronto can add value to existing initiatives.
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Report card
Thrive Toronto will create a report card on mental wellness, psychological health and the factors that promote mental health to highlight needs and promote actions that can be taken to address them.
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Climate change and mental health strategy
Thrive Toronto will build momentum to decrease the impact of climate change on mental health by convening key players in climate change and facilitating the development of a Toronto climate change and mental health strategy.
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Supportive Housing Growth Plan
Thrive Toronto will help decrease the impacts of the social environment on health by focusing on housing and supporting the implementation of actions from the Supportive Housing Growth Plan.
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Workplace mental health
Thrive Toronto will improve workplace mental health by working with employers and extended health benefits providers (EHBs) to create a resource on what constitutes EHBs that effectively address mental wellness.
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Learning centre
Thrive Toronto will build capacity for individuals, communities and organizations to improve mental wellness and psychological health by creating a learning centre with tools and training that increases mental health literacy, improves mental health skills and promote positive mental health.
