JD/MSW Candidate and Mental Health Advocate
Rachel Bromberg is the founder and Executive Director of the International Crisis Response Association (ICRA), which supports municipalities in developing alternative crisis response services. ICRA has supported Toronto, Durham, Barrie, and many American cities in launching non-police crisis teams. Toronto’s Community Crisis Service launched in 2022 and will be expanded city-wide by the end of 2024.
Rachel is also a JD/MSW student at the University of Toronto. She has worked with Downtown Legal Services’ poverty law clinic, the forensic legal department at CAMH, and the duty counsel program at the Landlord and Tenant Board. She sits on the Board of Directors for PeerWorks, the Toronto Police Service Board’s Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Panel, the Toronto Regional Human Services and Justice Coordinating Committee, the CAMH Constituency Council, the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s National Action Plan Advisory Committee, the City of Toronto’s Community Crisis Service City-Wide Advisory Table, and the Gerstein Centre’s Research Committee.
Rachel has been working in the mental health field for over ten years, at organizations including Stella’s Place, the LGBT Youth Line, Planned Parenthood Toronto, Maggie’s Toronto, Talk Suicide Canada, the Toronto Distress Centre, and CAMH, where she facilitates trauma-informed crisis de-escalation trainings for CAMH staff. Rachel is also a contributing editor to the Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being.
To learn more about the International Crisis Response Association, contact rachel@icraconnect.org or visit icraconnect.org