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
FairChild TV (Cantonese): Reporting and Interview with Dr. Ted Lo
FairChild TV (Cantonese): Reporting and Interview with Dr. Ted Lo. Broadcasted on Fairchild TV News Program Toronto July 31, 2025.
The Canadian Psychological Association’s (CPA) Asian Psychology Section Letter July 31, 2025
July 31, 2025 The Canadian Psychological Association’s (CPA) Asian Psychology Section wrote to Dr. Kevin Smith, CEO, UHN.
Toronto Star: UHN abruptly shutters mental health clinic for Chinese Canadians — and former patients and community members are sounding the alarm
Published by Toronto Star July 31, 2025
加拿大八方传媒新闻平台: 加拿大華人社區要求多倫多大學健康網絡（UHN）的尊重、透明和問責
（多倫多 7 月 28 日訊）多倫多 RE-AIM 聯盟強烈要求 University Health Network (UHN) 尊重社區，立即回應處理其於2025 年 6 月 18 日突然關閉「多倫多西區醫院亞裔人士精神健康計劃」（AIM），卻在事前未與康復者、社區合作夥伴和內部員工協商的行動。
News Release: Chinese Canadian Communities Demands Respect, Transparency and Accountability from UHN
7/28/2025/Toronto- RE-AIM Coalition demands respect and immediate actions from UHN to address the abrupt closure on June 18, 2025 of the Asian Initiative in Mental Health (AIM) without consultation with patients, community partners, and internal staff.