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
OCASI (Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants) letter August 14, 2025
2025-08-14 Debbie Douglas (Executive Director) and Alfred Lam (President) of OCASI wrote to Dr. Kevin Smith CEO, UHN.
OMNI Mandarin: 关注多伦多西区医院亚裔人士精神健康计划
2025-08-10 6月中旬, 多伦多UHN大学医疗网络，在多伦多西区医院设置的亚裔人士精神健康计划AIM，突然无预警地关闭了, 引发了社区的错愕; 在要求医院解释却没有回音之下, 有医生、病人、社区组织及维权团体, 随即组成RE-AIM联盟, 要求医院给个说法, 恢复服务。 AIM是个什么样的计画? 重要性在哪里? 目前有什么新发展? 我们今天就邀请RE-AIM 联盟发言人吴婷婷, 和大家一起关注。
OMNI Cantonese: 專訪:西區醫院亞裔精神健康中心突然關閉 引發社區關注
2025-08-08 UHN 多倫多大學健康網絡轄下的西區醫院 The Toronto Western Hospital , 當中的亞裔人士精神健康中心上月中突然關閉, 華裔社區要求院方解釋原因, 並恢復相關服務; 醫院其後澄清, 服務只是併入門診, 並沒有關閉, 到底病人及關注組織是否滿意院方的解釋? 併入門診後的服務貿素及數量, 能否維持? 專訪多倫多西區醫院亞裔人士精神健康計劃的關注聯盟成員吳婷婷Amy.
Press Release: RE-AIM Coalition Launches Website to Mobilize Support for Equitable Mental Health Services
August 7, 2025 RE-AIM Coalition has launched a new website [www.re-aim.ca] to inform the public, mobilize support, and demand action. The site provides updates on the ongoing campaign, offers background information, and features a petition that has already garnered more…
The Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals (Ontario) (FCCP)and the FCCP Education Foundation (Ontario) Letter, August 4, 2025
August 4, 2025 – Sue Chan, President, FCCP (Ontario) and Roslyn M. Tsao, President of FCCP Education Foundation (Ontario write to Dr. Kevin Smith, CEO, UHN.