====== Mood Disorders Association of Ontario ======

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The **Mood Disorders Association of Ontario** (MDAO) is a Canadian counselling and support initiative based in the [[City of Toronto]], [[canada:Ontario]].
===== Affiliations =====

==== Centre for Addiction and Mental Health ====

Since 2019, the MDAO has collaborated with [[Centre for Addiction and Mental Health]] (CAMH) on twelve workshop webinars for older people across Ontario. These workshops are designed for older adults from immigrant, refugee, ethno-cultural, and racialized groups (IRER) and welcome Indigenous older adults.
==== Hong Fook Mental Health Foundation ====

MDAO is partnered with the [[Hong Fook Mental Health Foundation]].((//2020-21 Annual Report.// (2021). Mood Disorders Association of Ontario. https://web.archive.org/web/20220302052622/https://mooddisorders.ca/sites/default/files/annualreports/annual_report_2021_final.pdf))

==== Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre ====

The Department of Psychiatry at [[Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre]] is described as one of MDAO's "most important strategic partners".
===== Funding =====

The MDAO receives funding from [[pharmaceutical_companies:AstraZeneca]], [[Barrick Gold Corporation]], [[CIBC]], [[City of Toronto]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Eli Lilly]], [[[[pharmaceutical_companies:GlaxoSmithKline]], [[Loblaws]], [[Ontario Health]], [[Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care]], [[RBC (Royal Bank of Canada)]], and [[TD Bank Group]].((//Our Supporters.//  Mood Disorders Association of Ontario. Retrieved March 1, 2022, from https://archive.ph/ZWXhR))