Contact

For related support and services, please contact:

Help Ahead
Help Ahead is a free phone service to help connect infants, children and youth up to 18 years old and their families to mental health and addiction services in their community.
P: 1-866-585-6486
The service is free and all calls are confidential.
https://helpahead.ca/

‘what’s up’ Walk In Clinic
‘what’s up’ Walk In Clinic is a free and confidential mental health counselling service for infants, children, youth and their families. There are six locations across the City of Toronto, and appointments and health cards are not necessary.
www.whatsupwalkin.ca

Kid’s Help Phone
Kids Help Phone provides 24/7 free confidential professional online and telephone counselling and volunteer-led, text-based support in English and French to youth across Canada. Contact them at 1-800-668-6868, text ‘CONNECT’ to 686868 or visit www.kidshelpphone.ca.

Centre francophone du Grand Toronto
Le Centre francophone du Grand Toronto (CFGT) offre une gamme diversifiée de services communautaires, y compris des services de la santé mentale pour les jeunes et les adultes, ainsi que des soutiens pour le développement sain de l’enfance et la promotion du bien-être familial. Tous leurs services sont gratuits (ou à très faible coût) et sont disponibles à plusieurs points de services ou virtuellement.
T: 416 922-2672
https://www.centrefranco.org/

Senior Management Team

Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Reddin

Vice President, Operations
Micaela Joaquim

Director, Development and Communications
Henry Chiu

Director, Early Years and Child Care Services
Darlene Landry

Director, Clinical Services
Laurie Marsan

Contact Senior Management at info@childdevelop.ca

Land Acknowledgement

At Child Development Institute we acknowledge that the land on which we work is the traditional territory of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, the Wendat and the Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit. Our community is home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, and recognize the enduring presence of Indigenous Peoples on this land.