Swelen Andari is the Director of Strategy, Climate Resilience & Youth Mental Health at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). She leads a research initiative with Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO) to address climate distress, climate action, and active hope for youth. Swelen also supports integrating climate adaptation and mitigation within CAMH to enhance mental health in face of climate change. With a background in creative arts therapy, systems thinking, and implementation science, she has over a decade of experience in system-level initiatives focused on improving access, service design, prevention, and youth leadership in Ontario’s child and youth mental health system. For the past six years, Swelen has been actively involved in multiple local and national climate justice organizing efforts, including with Climate Justice Toronto, 350’s Our Time Campaign, and co-designing a social movement organization for equitable climate solutions that create good work and dignified lives for all.
