Dismantling Hate: A Journey Toward Inclusion-Day 1

In recognition of the International Human Rights Day, we will host a two-day hybrid event that aims to combat hate, promote inclusion, and foster understanding among diverse communities. The event will feature a combination of educational sessions, interactive activities, and community showcases. The event will include a combination of panel discussions, keynote addresses and a documentary film screening on real life incidents and experiences of hate and racism in Canada.

Day one of the event will be held online, leveraging our platform to reach a broader audience across multiple provinces. Day two will be held in-person in Vancouver, offering a more intimate and engaging experience for participants, with the option for virtual participants to dial in on day two. This hybrid approach ensures consistent, high-quality event delivery to diverse communities across Canada.

According to Public Safety Canada, Canada continues to experience high rates of community tension, hate crimes, and violence in both global and domestic contexts. Police-reported hate crimes increased by 7%, from 3,355 incidents in 2021 to 3,576 in 2022, following a 72% increase between 2019 and 2021. These incidents, which primarily target Muslim, Jewish, and Black populations, remain above the ten-year average.

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Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 12:00
12:00-16:00
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Free
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Online

La réduction des méfaits est essentielle pour sauver des vies et bâtir des collectivités plus en santé — Notre déclaration sur la Loi de l’Ontario visant à accroître la sécurité dans les rues et à renforcer les collectivités

Date: 
Monday, December 9, 2024

Le 4 décembre, le gouvernement de l’Ontario a adopté la Loi visant à accroître la sécurité dans les rues et à renforcer les collectivités. Cette loi entraînera la fermeture permanente de services vitaux de consommation supervisée dans des collectivités partout en Ontario. En même temps, le gouvernement retire de son nouveau modèle de soins des outils essentiels pour la réduction des méfaits, qui aident à sauver des vies, à garder les seringues usagées hors de nos rues et à permettre aux gens d’accéder aux services de santé mentale et de toxicomanie.

L’Alliance pour des communautés en santé et ses membres du secteur des soins de santé primaires sont déçus de cette orientation politique. Des experts en soins de santé ainsi que le vérificateur général de l’Ontario sont d’accord : cette approche entraînera une augmentation des pertes de vie. Selon sa propre analyse, le ministère ontarien de la Santé prévoit que la nouvelle politique du gouvernement engendrera une hausse significative du nombre de décès et d’hospitalisations dus à des surdoses, un plus grand nombre de seringues jetées dans les lieux publics, une augmentation de la consommation de drogues en public, une hausse de l’utilisation des services d’urgence, ainsi qu’une pression accrue sur notre système de santé et sur nos services d’urgence. 

Il ne fait aucun doute que nous devons faire davantage en Ontario pour combattre l’escalade de la crise des drogues et de ses répercussions sur les individus et les collectivités. Nous voulons collaborer avec le premier ministre Ford, la ministre Jones et d’autres membres du gouvernement afin d’améliorer la qualité de vie des Ontariens souffrant de maladie mentale ou de dépendance. Mais pour que ce travail collectif soit véritablement couronné de succès et transformateur, les Ontariens doivent avoir accès à plus de services, incluant des outils de réduction des méfaits.

Le modèle de « Carrefours d’aide aux sans-abri et de lutte contre les dépendances » proposé par le gouvernement est prometteur pour aider à régler la crise. Cependant, ce modèle doit inclure l’ensemble du continuum des services de traitement de la toxicomanie, notamment la réduction des méfaits, les services de consommation supervisée, ainsi que la sensibilisation dans la rue. Ainsi, il sera possible d’atteindre les objectifs visant à sauver des vies et à améliorer la sécurité des collectivités. L’Alliance demande au gouvernement d’augmenter le nombre de carrefours proposés dans le cadre du nouveau programme et d’élargir les services qu’ils offrent. 

Pour faire face à l’ampleur de la crise des drogues toxiques en Ontario, nous devons avoir recours à des approches et des outils éprouvés et fondés sur des données probantes, faute de quoi nous serons voués à l’échec. Il n’est pas trop tard pour que le gouvernement adopte une approche empreinte de compassion et réaliste afin d’aider les Ontariennes et Ontariens ayant un problème de dépendance. La vie et les collectivités des Ontariens en dépendent.

Harm reduction is vital to save lives and build healthier communities -- Our statement on Ontario's Safer Streets Stronger Communities Act

Alliance graphic with rainbow asterisk logo that reads: Compassion and harm reduction are proven, evidence-informed approaches to save lives, connect people, and build healthier communities.
Date: 
Monday, December 9, 2024

On December 4, the Government of Ontario passed the Safer Streets Stronger Communities Act, legislation that will permanently close vital supervised consumption services in communities across Ontario. At the same time, the government is removing critical harm reduction tools from its new model of care that help save lives, keep used needles off our streets, and allow people to access mental health and addictions services.

The Alliance for Healthier Communities and our primary health care members are disappointed with this policy direction. Health care experts and Ontario’s Auditor General agree: this approach will lead to increased loss of life. According to the Ontario Ministry of Health’s own analysis, the government’s new policy will lead to: significantly increased overdose deaths and hospitalizations, more discarded needles in community spaces, increased public drug use, increased emergency department usage, and increased overall pressure on our health system and emergency services. 

There is no question more must be done in Ontario to combat the escalating drug crisis and its impacts on people and communities. We are eager to work with Premier Ford, Minister Jones and other leaders in the government to improve the lives of Ontarians battling mental illness and addiction. But for our collective work to be successful and truly transformational, Ontarians must have access to more services, including harm reduction tools.

The government’s proposed Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub model holds promise to help address the crisis. However, this model must include the full continuum of addiction services, including harm reduction, supervised consumption services, and street outreach, in order to succeed in its goals of saving lives and improving community safety. The Alliance calls on the government to increase the number of Hubs offered in the new program and expand the services offered within them. 

To meet the scale of Ontario’s toxic drug crisis, we cannot cut off proven, evidence-based approaches and tools. If we do so, we are setting them up to fail. It is not too late for the government to take a compassionate, practical approach to help Ontarians battling addiction, and to succeed where others have failed. Ontarians’ lives and communities are depending on it.

Les déterminants de la santé et les possibilités de mesures de santé publique : Parlons-en

Quels sont les facteurs qui influencent la santé? Et quelles sont les possibilités de mesures de santé publique intégrées et en réseau à plusieurs niveaux?  

Dans ce webinaire, les auteurs de Déterminants de la santé : Parlons-en décriront les déterminants structurels, sociaux et écologiques de la santé et réfléchiront aux forces et aux systèmes plus larges qui interagissent avec les conditions de la vie quotidienne. Une métaphore arborescente sera utilisée pour véhiculer ces termes et passer de la compréhension à la réflexion, puis à l’application de pratiques pour s’attaquer aux facteurs sous-jacents des iniquités en santé. 

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Wednesday, December 11, 2024 - 02:30
14:30-16:00
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Let’s talk determinants of health and opportunities for public health action

This webinar is presented by the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health as part of their "Let's Talk" series.

What are the factors that influence health? And, what are the opportunities for integrated, networked public health action at multiple levels?  

In this webinar, the authors of Let's Talk: Determinants of health will describe the structural, social and ecological determinants of health and reflect on the wider forces and systems that interact with the conditions of daily life to create health inequities. A tree metaphor will be used to convey these terms and move from understanding to reflection to application of practices to address the underlying drivers of health inequities. 

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Wednesday, December 11, 2024 - 14:30
2:30 – 4 pm ET
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Attitudes envers le système d’immigration à «deux étapes» au Canada : résultats d’un expérience conjointe

L’ÉRIQA et le CPDS vous présente la dernière conférence du cycle Migrations et citoyennetés. Nous recevrons Mireille Paquet, politologue et professeure agrégée au département de science politique de l’Université Concordia

Details
Friday, November 29, 2024 - 14:15
14:15 - 15:15
Cost: 
free
Location
3200 rue Jean-Brillant
Montréal, QC H3T 1N8

CCR Consultation: Reclaiming Public Support: Building the Movement for Refugee and Migrant Rights

In what will likely be the last Consultation before a pivotal federal election, the CCR will work to draw in a wide cross-sectoral coalition, with the intention of building public and political support for refugees and newcomers. There is significant public support and strong values in Canada to welcome refugees and migrants, but this is being beaten down, and the public is being told it is waning. We need to reclaim this space and work towards maintaining and growing Canadian public support for policies that offer a meaningful future for refugees and (im)migrants

Details
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 - 09:00
Wednesday, November 27, 2024 - 09:00
Thursday, November 28, 2024 - 09:00
09:00-4:00 pm
Cost: 
$320-475 - discounts available
Location
ottawa, ON

Knowledge Synthesis for Knowledge Users

This course is presented by the Knowledge Translation program of Unity Health and the University of Toronto.

Do you need help with your knowledge synthesis project? Learn from the experts! 

Learn how to conduct knowledge synthesis (KS) with the introductory course, Knowledge Synthesis for Knowledge Users, offered by the Knowledge Translation (KT) Program at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto.

Upon course completion, participants will be able to: 

  • Differentiate systematic reviews from other types ofreviews, including qualitative evidence reviews, 
  • Identify which organizations conduct KS and which individuals can be on the KS team, 
  • Distinguish between differenttypes of evidence that can be summarized in KS, 
  • Develop a KS question and establish eligibility criteria for KS, 
  • Create a KS protocol.

By the end of this course, participants will have a protocol ready for registration that has been reviewed by the course directors.

This is an online, asynchronous course offered by the Knowledge Translation Program and the University of Toronto.  

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Saturday, January 6, 2024 - 08:00
January 6 - April 4, 2025
Cost: 
$1899
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Lunch 'n' Learn: Using Data to Determine Roster Complexity in Primary Health Care

Are you interested in measuring the complexity of your organization's clients at a more granular level? 

Staff at London InterCommunity Health Centre (LIHC) recently engaged in a collaborative exercise to measure the complexity of their clinical clients. This allowed them to rebalance their clinicians' rosters, ensuring balanced workloads. In this Lunch 'n' Learn webinar, LIHC staff will describe the project and demonstrate their process. 

This webinar will be especially valuable for data staff and managers.

# Speakers

Melanie Weaver, RN, MN | Integrated Health Manager

Karima Cassidy, RN, MN | Integrated Health Specialist

Liz Vander Horst, BA(Hons) | Director, Data, Performance, and Analytics

Norma Smith, RN (EC), MScN | Clinical Advisor

Details
Thursday, December 5, 2024 - 12:00
12:00 -1:30 pm
Cost: 
Free
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Online event

Public health action to transform food systems and advance food justice

This webinar is presented by the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH).

Food systems are critical to health and well-being in Canada. The ways we produce, distribute, consume and waste food are linked to significant health inequities. The need to transform food systems toward healthier, more sustainable and just alternatives has never been more evident, and the movement for food justice has been gaining momentum – focused on ensuring culturally relevant, justly grown and nourishing food for all. 

 Join us on November 26, 2024 to explore the connections between food systems and health inequities and equip yourself with strategies to advance food justice.    

#  Speakers 

  • Bernice Yanful (she/her), Knowledge Translation Specialist, NCCDH 
  • Dianne Oickle (she/her), Knowledge Translation Specialist, NCCDH 
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Tuesday, November 26, 2024 - 12:00
12:00 - 1:15 pm
Cost: 
Free
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