As a world-class mental health agency we currently partner with more than 100 agencies that all deliver their own special services and programming. Visit our website Helpful Resources | George Hull Centre for Children and Families to learn more about accessing mental health services and please remember to take time for your own mental wellness. Spring will be here before you know it! 

Susan Chamberlain, MSW, RSW

Executive Director

A Tremendous Success

Once Again!

Chetan Baweja continues to be a shining light for The George Hull Centre! Since joining We Are George in 2016, the Centre’s Young Professionals Group, his commitment and passion for children’s mental health has only grown, and his dedication to the Centre has led him to become a Foundation Trustee. 

Chetan launched an annual fundraising campaign in 2020 amongst his peers in commercial real estate. In its first year they raised $35,250 and went on to raise $113,000 in 2021!

Every year since 2020, Chetan’s Campaign has expanded and we are so pleased to annually recognize Chetan’s efforts, along with the immense support of his BentalGreenOak colleagues, Michael Fraidakis and Brad Caco. For 2022, the team was able to raise $138,000 from 36 firms and individuals! 

This included $5000 donations from Cushman and Wakefield, Kingsett Capital, McCarthy Tetrault LLP, and CBRE Limited. As well as $10,000 donations from Centrecorp, Sun Life, and Colliers. Menkes Charity Golf Classic also made a $55,000 donation! See full list of donors.

Thank you, Chetan, for your immense dedication to this campaign every year, and thank you to all his friends and colleagues for being leaders in changing the trajectory of children’s mental health. Your efforts will support so many critical programs and services, while also providing access to so many children and families! 

We are so thankful to Frances and Tim Price for their fourth $100,000 donation to support our Community Clinic! 

Special thanks to The Henry White Kinnear Foundation for their holiday gift of $45,000.

As well as The William and Nona Heaslip Foundation, Michelle Koerner Family Foundation and Michael and Sonja Koerner Charitable Foundation for their holiday gifts of $25,000. 

A big shout out to Robert and Catherine Hull for their $10,000 donation, Cade Associates Insurance Brokers Limited for their $10,000, and dear friend Hon Margaret McCain for once again directing her son Michael’s $10,000 Christmas gift donation to The George Hull Centre. 

Warm thanks to and Larry and Christine Foy for their $6000 donation, and The P&P Murray Foundation, Paul and Lina Smith, and David Pauli for each of their $5000 donations. 

We continue to be so grateful for all your generous support! 

Family Gift Match continues to warm hearts!

“There are no words to convey the effect that you have had on our families this year…” these are just some of the heartwarming responses we are hearing because of your thoughtful & caring donations to George Hull families.

This year, we matched over 90 families. One such family, who had young children and were new to Canada, informed us that they had been sleeping on the floor, as they did not have the means to provide for themselves yet. The FGM program helped them get their feet off the ground. A great reminder to us all, that someone can't even begin to address their mental health effectively, when they lack the basic necessities that allow them to feel a general sense of care and safety first. Thank you for providing that sense of care and safety.

Universal Screening for Trauma

through the Speech and Language Program

We are extremely proud to announce that the Preschool Speech and Language Program (S & L program) is now universally screening all incoming clients for potential trauma exposure. To our knowledge this is the first time an early communication program has done so anywhere. 

Communication difficulties are often the first sign of developmental or mental health concerns in young children but are often missed because of a lack of systematic screening or an assumption that ‘they’ll just catch up’. Children seen through our preschool speech and language services are at an increase of having experienced trauma – a symptom of trauma in the early years is impaired communication skills. And we know that children with developmental delays, including communication, are at an increased risk of future experiences of trauma and impaired attachment relationships. Because difficulty with communication can show up very early, speech-language pathologists meet children when they are very young, presenting a unique and important opportunity for early trauma identification, treatment and prevention. 

For these reasons, the speech-language pathologists at GHC now always ask families about their child’s early life stress and potential trauma exposure, and currently all families are offered a full social-emotional and trauma screening. The Institute modified the CASTER trauma screening tool, creating the CASTER 0-5 for parents of very young children. This is a screening tool that allows potential trauma exposure and symptoms to be identified early on in development.   



This is a tremendous opportunity for early identification and early intervention and will allow the GHC to start collecting data, including family feedback, to continue to learn from the work we’re doing. Thank you to all the donors that made this possible for our clients. We truly appreciate all the support we have received; and look forward to keeping you updated on all the ongoing life-changing work. 

Mental Health Literacy - A quick reference guide of useful classroom strategies to help elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators understand and assist students with mood, and behaviour issues.

DWD (dwdonline.ca) - Dealing with Depression. An online interactive tool for teens who want to build skills to deal with depressed mood.