Dr. Michaela Beder is the Director of Mental Health and Substance Use Care at Inner City Health Associates, and works clinically as a psychiatrist with the MDOT team. She also cares for people on the ACT team at St. Michael’s Hospital. Her work is focused on improving the system for, and providing care to, people who experience severe mental illness, homelessness, substance use, criminalization, and immigration related difficulties. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, and the Equity and Social Justice Lead for the Department of Psychiatry’s General Residency program. Dr. Beder is also a community organizer working together with allies at Health Providers Against Poverty and the Healthcare for All Coalition, and on issues of immigration detention.