Kevin Haynes

Kevin is the Senior Manager, Black Health Strategy at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), and an Adjunct & Sessional Lecturer in the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto. He is responsible for leading the provincial expansion of AMANI: Mental Health & Substance Use Services for Black Youth across Ontario, a collective impact initiative and the first-ever Canadian hospital and community partnership of its kind, focused on advancing care for Black youth. Kevin’s role also involves supporting the advancement of health justice for Black communities throughout various provincial clinical programs, as well as supporting the advancement of Ontario’s Black Health Plan. Kevin is also the Co-Chair of the Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Panel with the Toronto Police Services Board. In this capacity, he provides leadership to the panel, which has a mandate to review, provide advice and make recommendations to the Board related to monitoring and evaluating the implementation of Toronto Police Service’s Mental Health and Addictions Strategy, and other matters related to policy involving mental health and addictions issues.