Mental Health Crisis: CAMH CEO Sarah Downey on Tea with Li

We're in a global mental health crisis and we need to do something about it. The kids aren't alright. Real talk with Centre for Addiction and Mental Health's CEO, Sarah Downey on Tea with Li.

Sarah Downey is a senior healthcare leader whose career spans 25+ years across a broad range of hospitals including community, academic, and complex multi-institutional organizations. In 2022, Sarah was appointed President and CEO of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Canada’s largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital and a world leading research centre in this field.

For seven years prior, Sarah served as President and CEO of Michael Garron Hospital, a large community teaching hospital in Toronto, where she was responsible for a $500M redevelopment project and played a key role in East Toronto Health Partners, one of the first Ontario Health Teams.

Sarah has held progressive leadership positions at CAMH, University Health Network, and The Ottawa Hospital. She has made numerous contributions to health care in Ontario through her leadership of cancer and mental health programs, capital and strategic planning, workplace safety and wellness, and community building. Tea with Li Show Host: Li Koo Tea with Li is a series based on everything and anything related to Community Building, Inspirational People, Real Estate and Hot Topics. Li is a community builder, educator and a successful realtor with experience from the non-profit, government, corporate and culture sectors. She is passionate about making positive change in her communities through grassroots advocacy, housing and education. Youtube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@TeaWithLi/pl... Youtube Channel: / @teawithli Youtube Clips Channel: @teawithliclips or / @teawithliclips Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3J7RsY7...https://open.spotify.com/show/3J7RsY7... Spotify for Podcasters: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Pocketcasts: https://pca.st/q43szuuj Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/Tea-with-L... Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5e6... RadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/tea-with-li-6... RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/de97e300/podcast/rss Social Media Handles: @teawithli, @likoo_TO https://linktr.ee/teawithli www.likoo.ca