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These public engagement events are presented by Women's Health in Women's Hands and the City of Toronto.

We are providing an engaging space for Black Torontonians to discuss their community's needs, including any persistent or emerging issues, and to  address any gaps experienced. We encourage everyone to participate and work together towards creating a more inclusive community.

There are three opportunities to participate:

• Friday, May 17, 10 am - 2 pm - IN PERSON at 20 Grosvenor Street, Toronto, M4Y 2V5
  • Refreshments and TTC tickets will be provided.
• Friday, May 31, 3:30 pm - 6 pm - VIRTUAL
• Friday, June 7, 3:30 pm - 6 pm - VIRTUAL

Questions? Contact tomilola@whiwh.com

These public engagement events are presented by Women's Health in Women's Hands and the City of Toronto.

We are providing an engaging space for Black Torontonians to discuss their community's needs, including any persistent or emerging issues, and to  address any gaps experienced. We encourage everyone to participate and work together towards creating a more inclusive community.

There are three opportunities to participate:

• Friday, May 17, 10 am - 2 pm - IN PERSON at 20 Grosvenor Street, Toronto, M4Y 2V5
  • Refreshments and TTC tickets will be provided.
• Friday, May 31, 3:30 pm - 6 pm - VIRTUAL
• Friday, June 7, 3:30 pm - 6 pm - VIRTUAL

Questions? Contact tomilola@whiwh.com

This training is presented by CAAN Communities, Alliances & Networks and Dr. Peter Center

This is part 2 of a 2-part, Indigenous-led trauma informed Harm Reduction training. This training is part of the national project, The Canoe and is free to attend. The Canoe aims to bring relevant, non-stigmatizing, context specific harm reduction practices for rural and remote indigenous communities to the national stage.

The objective of The Canoe is to :

• increase capacity of harm reduction service providers to provide culturally safe and stigma-free harm reduction services to Indigenous people.
• improve the cultural safety and stigma-free nature of the harm reduction services offered.
• Scale up wise practices nationally for culturally relevant, non-stigmatizing initiatives to meet the needs of target populations.
• Increase context-specific resources for harm reduction services that serve target populations in rural and mid-sized communities.
• Increase access to more spaces where Indigenous people are meaningfully engaged in harm reduction services.
• Nationally elevate the voices of Indigenous people and people with lived and living experience (PLLE)in responses to the overdose crisis; and
• Support Indigenous and non-Indigenous harm reduction organizations to increase their capacity to deliver harm reduction services to their Indigenous clients.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Project Lead Cherese Reemaul at creemaul@drpeter.org

#Facilitator: Susan Powell

• The facilitator for this session is Susan Powell: Iŋyaŋskawiŋ, is of Lakxóta and British Isles ancestry. She is a Holistic Health Educator and has worked with Indigenous communities across Canada on personal and community healing. She is a mother, auntie and grandmother.

This virtual workshop is hosted by the Health Data Research Network (HDRN) Canada and PHRN Australia.

#About the Event

The access and use of health data for research raises concerns related to privacy, commercial motives, equity and fairness for members of the public who want to know who is using data generated from their personal information and why. But despite concerns, there are clear benefits to using health data in research, including better patient care, better health system planning, and better understanding of disease and wellness.

In this two-hour, interactive workshop, Julia Burt and Dr. Annette Braunack-Mayer will discuss how public engagement and dialogue can help us understand community attitudes about the use of health data in research. They will explore why members of the public support the use of health data in research and under what conditions, as well as reservations or concerns that arise. Julia and Annette will compare engagement methods from their respective research projects on community attitudes related to the use of health data in research, and share findings from Canada and Australia.

During the workshop, participants will be invited to share their thoughts on the use of health data for research through an interactive whiteboard and facilitated discussion. Participants will also be invited to view and contribute to comments from an identical workshop hosted in Australia on June 3. Ideas generated will inform a joint paper by HDRN Canada and PHRN.

#About the Speakers

Julia Burt is HDRN Canada’s Public Engagement Operational Lead, working closely with the network’s Public Advisory Council to accelerate meaningful public engagement. She works with diverse members of the public on projects related to health data, including the co-creation of plain language about data, as well as exploring the public’s perception of acceptable uses and users of health data. Prior to her involvement with HDRN Canada, she was the Patient Engagement and Training and Capacity Lead with the Newfoundland and Labrador SPOR SUPPORT Unit (NL SUPPORT).

Dr. Annette Braunack-Mayer is the Head of the School of Health and Society at the University of Wollongong in Australia. She is a bioethicist, with research grounded in values-based social science. Her research combines theoretical analyses of health systems, policies and practices with the views and experiences of stakeholder groups, including community members, patients, clinicians and policymakers to develop real world solutions for policymakers. Dr. Braunack-Mayer has expertise in the use of deliberative methods to address contentious ethical and policy issues in health and social care. In recent years, her research has focused on social and ethical issues in big data and artificial intelligence, and on the delivery of culturally safe health and social services for older Aboriginal peoples. 

PLEASE NOTE: This workshop is in English. It will be recorded and posted on hdrn.ca.