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and proceeded to law school. It was expected that he would follow the career path of his father, an
Ontario judge. Instead, Reville became manic-depressive and attempted to kill himself during his law studies. He was institutionalized in a psychiatric hospital and became a crusader for mental health
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Singing has been a big part of his life. He was a member, man and boy, of the choir at Grace
Anglican Church in Brantford for 10 years. He sang at the Mariposa Folk Festival with the Spadina Road Tabernacle Band in 1980 and at Carnegie Hall with newchoir, Toronto's first rock choir in 2015. He was a
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as an academic discipline in Canada and in the U.K. He retired in 2014. That year, friends and colleagues honoured
Reville by establishing the David Reville/Working for Change course bursary in Mad People's History; the winner is selected annually from the Working for Change community. Working for
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specializing in social research and community development. As a consultant to the Centre for
Addiction and Mental Health, he helped develop the augmented education program at George Brown College; the award-winning program helps people with mental health and addictions histories get their first
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Canadian Press, Reville intoned, tongue firmly in cheek, "I became a New Democrat because I was mentally ill" and was bemused when his statement appeared as a headline in newspapers across the country. He was making the point that he had begun to learn something about
274:'s city council from 1980 to 1985, and emerged as a popular alderman in the downtown area. Known primarily for his work on affordable housing, he was responsible for an environmental first. He got Council to award intervenor funding for a community group to be involved in the
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Change creates education and employment opportunities for people with mental health and addictions challenges. Reville was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by Queen's
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powerlessness in hospital, and joined the NDP to fight for marginalized people. He once joked that he was the only MPP with a certificate to prove that he was sane.
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Reville did not seek re-election in 1990, arguing that he wanted to devote his time to more useful pursuits. After the NDP won a majority government in the
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government less than two years later. In 2001, he received an award from the
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of a proposed refuse-fired steam plant. Out of the group that organized around the issue came two popular politicians,
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In 1994, Reville was appointed chair of the
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member of the Eastminster United Church choir in Toronto (2014-2019).
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Outhit, Jeff (April 4, 1992). "Former psychiatric patients unit".
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Byers, Jim (July 7, 1990). "Churley to seek NDP nomination".
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