Project Proposals (unfunded)

Of the twelve CURA demonstration project ideas generated, six were funded. The following list briefly describes the six projects that never got off the ground. For a variety of reasons, none of these six projects were funded.

Reciprocal Collaboration in Organizational Change
Canadian Mental Health Association - Toronto

This project’s purpose was to engage external and internal stakeholders to further advance the level of diversity awareness and organizational capacity for working with diverse communities.

Cultural Competency Training in Supportive Housing
Supportive Housing and Diversity Group

The intention of this project was to increase awareness among supportive housing service providers about mental health and addictions needs of diverse ethnic communities.

Organizational Change
St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Cultural-Linguistic Groups in the Parkdale district

This project was designed to facilitate increased communication between cultural groups located in south-west Toronto and mental health practitioners at the St. Joseph’s hospital.

Making the Link: Somali Settlement and Mental Health
Dejinta Beesha

The purpose of this project would have been to provide service bridging, solution-focused counseling and referrals to relevant community services for people with Somali backgrounds living in Toronto.

Self-help for members of cultural linguistic communities
Canadian Mental Health Association - Grand River Branch

This project was designed to provide opportunities for cultural community members to form self-help / mutual aid groups.

Environmental Service Scan 
Centre for Community-Based Research

The purpose of this project was to use Waterloo and Wellington regions as a national case study to demonstrate responsiveness to cultural diversity. This project will first influence the mental health system, then organizations, and finally individual practitioners.