• The Psychological Trauma Program, a partnership with the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, works with individuals who have witnessed or experienced difficult life events that may include accidents, fires or explosions, natural hazards such as earthquakes or hurricanes, physical or sexual assault or exposure to combat, war zones or torture.
  • The Client Access to Integrated Services and Information (CAISI) Project is a partnership with Street Health, St. Michael’s Hospital, Seaton House and the City of Toronto. The project works with the chronic homeless who are frequent users of hospital emergency rooms and shelters to enhance the integration of care between agencies using an electronic information system. With individuals, the project includes rapid assessment of clients, referral to appropriate shelters and agencies, managing waiting lists for services, supporting multi-agency case management leading to client placement into housing or community placement.
  • The Home At Last Program works with the Toronto Central LHIN, CCAC and St. Christopher House, which coordinates with other community support services agencies, to promote safe discharge of people who do not have resources or are isolated. Patients are provided with safe transportation home, prescription and grocery pickup and visits by a personal support worker.
  • The Hip and Knee Arthritis Program, a partnership with the Scadding Court Community Centre and the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre, provides assessment of patients for hip and knee surgery, outreach to Chinese seniors, Jewish seniors and other diverse cultural groups and a wait-time reduction strategy.
  • A study initiated by Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute Associate Director Dr. Stephen Lye, called Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, follows 3,000 children from the womb to adulthood and monitors the connection between low birth weight and life-long health. The study partners with the Raine Study Group, based at the University of Western Australia.
  • For the Made in Sinai Health Equity Competencies: Delivering Healthcare to a Diverse Community report, the Hospital consulted underserved communities that have traditionally experienced barriers to healthcare, such as people with physical disabilities, people living with HIV/AIDS, immigrants and people who are homeless or underhoused. A report summarizing the results of the consultations defines core issues identified by participants and competencies needed by health care providers when working with these populations.