In response to the abrupt closure of the Asian Initiative in Mental Health (AIM) on June 18, 2025, a broad coalition of healthcare leaders, advocates, and community members formed the RE-AIM Coalition to demand accountability, restore vital services, and reimagine culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health care.
We invite you to join us in this growing movement to ensure equitable mental health support for all.
Our Demand & Our vision
Our Demand
We call on UHN (University Health Network) to:
- Immediately reinstate AIM (Asian Initiative in Mental Health) to its full capacity.
- Convene a cross-sector consultation forum that includes affected communities and frontline voices to ensure culturally safe, equitable mental health care for Chinese, Portuguese, and other racialized groups.
Our Vision
RE-AIM is more than a mental health initiative—it is a movement to restore healing, dignity, and cultural connection.
- A renewed Centre of Excellence in cultural psychiatry and community mental health
- Rooted in equity and lived experience
- Advancing care that is culturally grounded, community-driven, and evidence-informed
Together, we are shaping a future where mental health care reflects the diversity of those it serves.
How You Can Help after our online petition
- Download our email template and write to Dr. Kevin Smith, CEO of UHN (kevin.smith@uhn.ca). Please copy his Executive Assistant, Grace Ivo (Grace.Ivo@uhn.ca), and the Coalition (info@re-aim.ca).
- Stay tuned for details about the Community Forum and plan to join us.
- Keep spreading the word about why culturally appropriate mental health care matters.
- Sign an online declaration at the Change.org : https://www.change.org/supporting-culturally-specific-mental-health
- If you signed our petition and provided your contact information, we will continue to share updates on our campaign through email and on our website. If you have not shared your contact information, please sign up for our email updates through the Contact Us page on our website
Recent News
November 5th, 2025 – SSPC Webinar focuses on the closure of AIM
As part of the Cultural Psychiatry 101 Webinar Series, Dr. Francis Lu reviewed Part D of the DSM Outline for […]
October 29th, 2025 – RE-AIM Coalition Meeting
The RE-AIM Coalition met on October 29, 2025, to review progress, strengthen partnerships, and plan next steps in response to […]
October 23rd, 2025 – Transcultural Section Meeting, Canadian Psychiatric Association Conference, Vancouver
Chaired by Dr. Eric Jarvis, the Transcultural Psychiatry Section held an in-depth discussion on the closure of AIM and raised […]
October 21st, 2025 – Support letter from Dr. Roberto Lewis-Fernández, Professor, Columbia University
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/apuut0yumowivuhua1moa/Letter-in-support-of-AIM-program_FINAL.pdf?rlkey=ptbrwbgpq9onoxqjeriwvxzs9&st=8nxmx4rm&dl=0 Dr. Lewis-Fernández, senior cultural psychiatry expert—director of a cultural competence center at Columbia and past president of both WACP […]
October 21th, 2025 – Support Letter from Dr. Azaad Kassam, MD, FRCPC
Dr. Azaad Kassam, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, and […]