This presentation describes a digital storytelling project carried out with young adults from Ontario and Alberta. Participants’ stories provided insights typically absent from cannabis research, treatment and policy discussions. A significant outcome was the co-creation
Karen created a video called This is Addiction which depicted 184 drawings of people impacted by addiction. They are of children, parents, and people who are suffering from addiction and those impacted by others who
Personal story of my journey through addiction and incarceration with a focus on the early interventions and support services that added to the successful transition from conflict with law to working frontline in the justice
Join us for a discussion on the toxicity of contaminated fentanyl and treatment options in hospital and in the field using buprenorphine. Contaminated fentanyl continues to drive toxic drug poisonings across Ontario and beyond. Join
This webinar will explore the connection between grief, substance use, systemic privilege, and punishment of pain. This session will unpack what grief really is, and how substance use can operate as a misunderstood coping mechanism
Presented by the Hamilton Local Human Services and Justice Coordinating Committee on March 28, 2025. This event will focus on the ‘hot topic’ of forced/coercive treatment for addictions. The goal: to bring together experts in
This webinar is the first in a three part series hosted by the Provincial HSJCC which highlights innovative approaches to housing for justice-involved people. Part One highlights the Housing and Homelessness Help Hub (H4) in
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent public health response severely disrupted the delivery of mental health and substance use services. This had a significant impact on the lives of people being released from incarceration. Our poster
Drug Treatment Court is an intensive, therapeutic justice program that works to divert high risk, high need individuals from terms of incarceration to community-based supervision. The program takes a multi-disciplinary team approach by integrating criminal
As therapeutic courts and specifically Drug Treatment Courts (DTC) continue to be stood up around the country, the Canadian Association of Drug Treatment Court Professionals (CADTCP) seeks to share their research, experiences and 13 key
Following the Feather Program is a 12-step addiction support program based on indigenous cultural knowledge and traditional healing. The focus of the program is to support people experiencing addiction, recovery and sobriety while building a
This presentation will share experiences and evaluation findings from South Riverdale Community Health Centre’s innovative Peer Training & Apprenticeship Program for Harm Reduction workers. The goal of this project is to provide comprehensive and supportive
The High Priority Community Strategy provides innovative, culturally relevant, community-based healthcare delivery in the communities of Peel Region that were most disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Employing a peer-led model of Community Health Ambassadors for education,
Individuals within custodial settings often have higher rates of mental illness, substance use, and complex health needs. The Ministry of the Solicitor General recognizes additional training and expertise is needed to better support this vulnerable
Kerry will be sharing his inspiring story of addiction and mental health, as well as his upbringing in foster care, and the justice system. As a graduate of the Calgary Drug Treatment Court and Director
This presentation will demonstrate how one community is battling the highest opioid overdose death rate per capita in the country by developing a unique partnership that is actively supporting clients while removing all barriers to
With the majority of clients identifying Concurrent Disorders upon intake, the Barrett Centre for Crisis Support and other congregate settings within Good Shepherd are looking to better integrate evidence-based (or best practice) Harm Reduction policies
This presentation seeks to show how the lived experience of addiction reflects the neuroscience that informs us by matching the presenter’s lived experience with information from The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health
This presentation will look at addiction in light of what we have learned from the ACE studies. It will examine addiction as a problematic response and coping mechanism for trauma; how neuroscience predicts the behaviours
Over several months, a 20-member, multi-sector (hospital and community-based rehabilitation, hospital and community-based mental health and addictions and women’s shelter) and lived experience working group in Southeastern Ontario (SEO) met to develop a mechanism for