[homeles_ot-l] In Ottawa FW: Harm Reduction Canada 2011

[Lynne Browne]

FYI . . . Lynne Browne

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From: Canadian Harm Reduction [mailto:noharm at canadianharmreduction.com] 
Sent: November 23, 2010 10:35 PM
To: Lynne Browne
Subject: Harm Reduction Canada 2011

 

 Please forward to colleagues & friends . . .

 

Registration is now open

for 

Harm Reduction Canada 2011

Ottawa, Canada

February 23-25, 2011

 

For full information, click on website
<http://cast-canada.ca/HR2011-Main.html> 

Note: early bird discount ends December 31st.

      

Conference Highlights:

*        Film Festival - Canada's first National Harm Reduction Film
Festival with dynamic panels and events curated by the inthemindseye
film festival

*        Learn about and sign the Vienna Declaration 

*        Learn about and support the Canadian Drug Policy Consortium

 

Dedicated Presentation Streams:

            Overdose Prevention

            Progress around shelters & low-barrier housing

            Understanding & Addressing Public Opinion

Confirmed presentations: 

*        Harm Reduction Coast to Coast - with Christie Wall, Parkdale
Community Health Centre, Toronto ON

*        "Do-it-Yourself Policy Development" - Taking Control: Building
Capacity for Civil Society Engagement in Modernizing Canada's
Legislative, Regulatory & Policy Frameworks that Impact Responses to
Illegal Drugs in Canada - with Donald MacPherson, former Drug Policy
Coordinator, Vancouver BC

*        Social Justice, Dignity & Collectivity: An Ethic of
Self-Organizing Shelter Community - with Aaron Munro, Vikki Reynolds &
Sean Spear, Raincity Housing and Support Society, Vancouver BC

*        Adventurous Change in Shelter & Housing - presentation and
forum, with Cathy Middleton, YWCA Kitchener/Waterloo, ON

*        Overdose Prevention Stream - with film, presentations & some
'how to' from around Canada including: 

	o Overdose Prevention: Steps in the Right Direction - with Holly
Kramer, Toronto Harm Reduction Task Force, ON

	o Overdose Prevention and Intervention: Train the Trainer - with
Lindsay Klassen, Wellington-Guelph Drug Strategy Committee, ON

*        Best Practices for Safer Crack Kit Programs - interactive
session moderated by Patricia Bacon from Blood Ties Four Directions
Centre, in Whitehorse YT, & Walter Cavalieri from the Canadian Harm
Reduction Network, Toronto ON 

*        Competencies for the Substance Abuse Workforce - with Roy
Olfert, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, Ottawa ON

*        Gladue Reports - an exciting development carrying harm
reduction into the justice system for First Nations folk - with Little
Brown Bear, Certified Gladue Writer, Midland ON

*        Working With Substance Users - Common Myths That Kill -
exploration with Dr. Peter Ferentzy, Author and Researcher, Toronto, ON 

*        Building National Understanding & Support - with Christie Wall,
Parkdale Community Health Centre, Toronto ON

Also ...

*        'Harm Reduction 2.0' - Are the words 'harm reduction' still
needed? - facilitated discussion/forum.

*        The Four Pillars Do Not Work - the need for a new model -
presentation & facilitated discussion

*        "All Harm Reduction Work Is Trauma Work - Are you
trauma-informed? - facilitated by Tom Regehr of CAST Canada

Public Opinion Stream - Day 3

    - Understanding how public opinion forms, how it effects policy,
funding & program delivery 

    - Concrete examples of conquering NIMBYism around the country 

    - The role of the media

    - The role of the harm reduction community

    - How to have a great relationship with your local media

 

New information is added weekly- check the website
<http://cast-canada.ca/HR2011-Main.html> 

Click here to register <http://cast-canada.ca/HR2011-Main.html>   Do it
now!  Space is limited.

 

           NOTE: Early Bird discount ends December 31st    

gt at cast-canada.ca          705-749-6145

 

 

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