Stimulus 2023

Stimulus 2023 is a two-and-a-half day event scheduled October 5-7, 2023 in beautiful Ottawa, Ontario. We expect to welcome 1,500 people whose expertise includes substance use experts, nurses, social workers, physicians, corrections staff, frontline workers, people involved in sex work, researchers, and other key stakeholders from across Canada.

The event will be the largest national harm reduction and drug policy gathering in Canada and is being held at the Shaw Conference Centre in downtown Ottawa.

In addition to the conference we expect over 25 satellite events. Satellite events are held by other organizations or collaborations and are scheduled in conjunction to the Stimulus 2023 conference. These satellites can be workshops, art installations, advocacy actions, meetings, tours, or any activities that want to take advantage of many of us in the same space. If you are interested in hosting a satellite please email the Stimulus staff.

Stimulus acknowledges that there are two public health crisis in Canada. People continue to die at alarming rates from accidental poisoning from a toxic illegal drug market and the work to protect the health and safety of those who use drugs must continue. We watched a range of Canadian governments respond to COVID19 and wish a similar level of response was taking place to save the lives of people at risk of drug policy deaths in Canada.

Stimulus is not considered a regular conference. People with current or recent experience of using criminalized drugs are experts. Harm reductionists and people who use drugs hold a range of leadership roles in planning, implementing and evaluating this event. We strive to have the most accessible, interactive and safe event possible. There will be a call for scholarship applications and for interest in volunteering, presenting and facilitating. We look forward to seeing you next October!

Details
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - 11:45
External Link: 
Learn More
Register Here
Location
Shaw Conference Centre
Ottawa, ON

Ontario Health’s Eating Disorders Webinar

Register to attend Ontario Health’s Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence’s first webinar on the development of the Eating Disorders Provincial Program. Ontario Health is working with people with lived experience, service providers, and administrators to develop an accessible, standardized, evidence-based, and high-quality eating disorders system in Ontario.

The objectives of this webinar are to:

  • Provide an overview of Ontario Health’s and the Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence
  • Discuss the vision for the Eating Disorders Provincial Program, and provide an overview of work planned over the coming months.

The recording and presentation slides will be available after the end of the presentation. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at: MHACoE@OntarioHealth.ca

Details
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - 10:00
10-11 am
Cost: 
FREE
Internal/External: 
Community Event
Event Type: 
Learning Events
Register Here
Location

Are we giving falls the respect they deserve? Role of the nervous system and the Care Pathway

 

June is brain injury awareness month. Join Judy Gargaro, Matheus Wiest and Janelle Unger to discuss the intersectionality between falls and neurotrauma, evidence-based care pathways and targeted treatment approaches to prevent falls.

In the first part of this webinar, the presenters will discuss the Neurotrauma Care Pathways project based in Ontario. Ontario, like other jurisdictions in Canada and internationally, lacks an equitable system of care for traumatic brain injury (TBI) and traumatic spinal cord injury (tSCI), where quality of care and health outcomes depend on where you live, available funding and severity/type of injury. Evidence-based standardized neurotrauma care pathways for all persons living with TBI or tSCI of any severity were developed by engaging 170 key partners from across the Ontario representing different care and funding sectors common to all jurisdictions. Partners include people with lived experience, clinicians, researchers, funders, and community providers from different sectors. In addition, a companion set of quality indicators has been developed that map onto the Pathways and preliminary data has been collected. While these pathways and quality indicators have been developed in Ontario, they are applicable and relevant to any province or territory. Falls represent a significant cause of TBI and tSCI and data will be presented on the cohort of persons with TBI or tSCI who have sustained a fall.

To understand why falls happen, we need to understand how the nervous system reacts after balance is lost, and how the ability to recover can be impacted by neurological impairments or aging. By understanding the neural mechanisms of falls, we can better create rehabilitation programs to prevent them. At the newly established Gray Centre for Mobility and Activity at Parkwood Institute in London, Ontario we are creating several new initiatives to promote lifelong mobility for populations that are impacted by falls. These programs are designed to prevent falls and their secondary complications, and to facilitate safe participation in activities of daily living and physical activity.

Details
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 - 12:00
12-1 pm
Cost: 
FREE
Internal/External: 
Community Event
Event Type: 
Learning Events
Register Here
Location

Childhood Disability (Without) Poverty: A National Discussion

This family-led event will explore the intersection of familial poverty, childhood disability, and health outcomes. It will create an opportunity for families, health care professionals, and policy researchers to come together and share both their knowledge and lived experiences on equal footing to identify where we can partner to effect systemic change. Childhood disability is known to have a huge financial impact on families and children.

There is simply not enough data or awareness about the intersection of childhood disability with familial and personal lifelong financial challenges.

We want to change that.

Disability Without Poverty is a movement, led by people with disabilities supported by our families, friends, service providers, allies and organizations. Right now, our priority is to build consensus toward a federal Canada Disability Benefit that would ensure income support above the poverty line for people who live with disabilities.

Details
Friday, May 12, 2023 - 00:00
May 12-13, 12-4 pm EDT
Cost: 
Free
Internal/External: 
Community Event
External Link: 
Program and Description
Register Here
Location

Lunch 'n' Learn Webinar: FNIM Data and Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Part 2

#Empowering Indigenous Communities through Data Governance, sovereignty and Protection.

This webinar will highlight the importance of protecting Indigenous data sovereignty and empowering Indigenous communities through the governance and protection of Data.

This is part of a series on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Indigeneity, and Accessibility in Research hosted by the Primary Care of Ontario Learning and Research (POPLAR) Network. 

#Presenter

Caroline Lidstone-Jones Chief Executive Officer·Indigenous Primary Health Care Council

Caroline Lidstone-Jones is Ojibway and a proud member of Batchewana First Nation located in the province of Ontario, Canada. She holds a Master’s of Industrial Relations from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Arts, Sociology from York University and completed a Fellowship in Health System Transformation at the University of Alberta. She is an accomplished executive with 17 plus years’ experience in hospital management and administration. Currently she is serving a network of 20 integrated primary health care centres across Ontario as IPHCC’s Chief Executive Officer. She also served as the Provincial lead and Director of the Aboriginal Cancer Care Unit at Cancer Care Ontario (CCO), where she oversaw the development and implementation of the Aboriginal Cancer Care Strategy.
Details
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - 12:00
12:00-1:00 pm
Cost: 
Free
Internal/External: 
Community Event
External Link: 
Empowering Indigenous Communities through Data Governance, sovereignty and Protection
Event Type: 
Learning Events
Webinar Registration Zoom Link:
Location

Lunch 'n' Learn Webinar: FNIM Data and Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Part 1

#Recognizing the Harmful Effects of Historical Research and Building Trust with Indigenous Communities.

In part one of this webinar series, Dr. Nicole Blackman and Dakota Recollet from the Indigenous Primary Health care Council will address the need to acknowledge the impact of past research practices on Indigenous populations and the importance of building trust with Indigenous communities through meaningful engagement and collaboration.

This is part of a series on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Indigeneity, and Accessibility in Research hosted by the Primary Care of Ontario Learning and Research (POPLAR) Network. 

#Presenters

A colour headshot of Dr. Nicole Blackman, smiling.

Dr. Nicole Blackman, DNP, MN, RN, Indigenous Primary Health Care Council

Dr. Nicole Blackman, DNP, MN, RN, identifies as an urban Indigenous Kwe (woman) with both Anishinaabe and German Ancestry. Nicole is a Registered Nurse holding a Doctor of Nursing Practice attained through Walden University and focused her academic and professional career dedicated to Indigenous health and the incorporation of the model of the wholistic health and wellbeing.
custom photo of speaker

Dakota Recollet Indigenous Primary Health Care Council

Dakota Recollet is the Cultural Safety Manager at the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council where she supports training for individuals working in the healthcare system to learn the importance of adopting culturally safe and appropriate practices to ensure the best quality of care for Indigenous people. Dakota worked in First Nation communities as well as Urban Indigenous-led organizations, focusing on Health Promotion and Prevention for Indigenous peoples as well as advocacy efforts to support the enhancement of healthcare access for Indigenous peoples and communities.
Details
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - 12:00
12:00-1:00 pm
Cost: 
Free
Internal/External: 
Community Event
Event Type: 
Learning Events
Register here
Location