In the media

Link to CBC Listen (podcast): The Current with Matt Galloway - Dismantling anti-Black racism in mental health-care

Link to Toronto Star (article): Civilians, not Toronto police, to take over mental-health 911 calls in pilot program

Link to The Globe and Mail: Toronto to consider pilot project to create emergency mental health response teams to help those in crisis

Link to Global News Radio (640 Toronto): Toronto votes in favour of mental health crisis response service pilot program

Link to NARPA webinar recording: Rights-Based Alternatives to Police Response for Mental Health Crises: A World-Wide Perspective (in ASL and English)

Link to Toronto Star article: Toronto moves forward on consultations to create a non-police mental health crisis response team

Link to Global News Radio: "Why do we send police on crisis calls when mental health experts are trained to do so?

Link to National Post article: "Killing of Black man by Montreal police raises questions: anti-racism activist"

Link to Toronto Star article: "The alternative to calling the police during a mental health crisis"

Link to Global News radio segment: "Mental health advocates working"

Link to CTV News (video+article): Advocates hope Toronto's plan to fund mental health crisis teams will be copied across Canada

Link to Vice (article): North American Cities Are Replacing Cops With Civilians And It's Working

Link to Radio-Canada (French): Toronto propose de créer 4 équipesd'intervention civiles pour les appels de crise

Link to The Dan MacDonald Show (CKLW): Windsor Councillor Keeping a Close Eye onCrisis Worker Pilot Project

Link to The Vegan Vanguard podcast: Alternatives to Police Responding to Mental Health Crises

Link to CBC Article: Advocates call for civilian-led wellness checks

Link to Toronto Star article: "These mental health advocates are working on an alternative to police intervention when someone is in crisis. They say ‘all of a sudden’ people are interested"

Link to Global News article: "Mental Health emergency service based on noted Oregon model could come to Toronto"

Link to CBC Radio article: "CAHOOTS: Small-town US crisis response unit gets attention"

Link to Globe and Mail article: "Toronto, Victoria consider mental-health workers to replace law enforcement in civilian-led model for crises response"

Link to Singular Sensation Online (video): with guests including The Reach Out Response Network

Link to CBC (video): Canada Tonight - A new approach to responding to mental health calls

Link to Global News: City of Toronto staff recommend 3-year mental health crisis response service pilot program

Link to Appointed Podcast: More effective ways to respond to mental health crises: A Conversation with Asante Haughton and Rachel Bromberg

Link to Toronto Star: Toronto should test sending non-police first responders to mental health crises, city report says

Link to Global News video: The New Reality: What role should police have when responding to mental health crisis?

Link to Globe and Mail article: Speakers criticize Toronto Police City at virtual town hall

Link to Briarpatch article: "A new crisis service"

Link to Global News video and article: 'We're not mental health professionals': Even police call for change in handling wellness checks

Link to Al Jazeera interview: "Mental health: Are police killing people in crisis?"

"You wonder why police are the middlemen between people in crisis and psychiatric help. Why are those who fight crime also responsible for intervening in mental health crises? Isn’t there an alternative?

There is.

Across the world, cities are building civilian teams of mental health experts to respond to people in crisis."

The Toronto Star
— Asante Haughton & Rachel Bromberg

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