• Steps to Remember 2026 – International Overdose Awareness Day Closing Event/Vigil

    Event Date: Monday, August 31, 2026 - 11:00
    Event Type: Community Engagement
    Internal/External: Community Event
    Time: 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
    Cost: Free
    Event description:

    This in-person International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) event is presented by On The Road 4 Mental Health.

    The event concludes the 2026 Steps to Remember initiative, a series of walks marking ten years since the recognition of Canada's opioid crisis. The August 31 closing event will include a vigil and speakers representing mental health, overdose awareness and harm reduction organizations.

    The event will begin at the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights Monument in Ottawa and end at Parliament Hill. 

     

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  • International Overdose Awareness Day Community Event

    Event Date: Monday, August 31, 2026 - 11:00
    Event Type: Community Engagement
    Internal/External: Community Event
    Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
    Cost: Free
    Event description:

    This community event is presented by PASAN, Parkdale Queen West CHC, Regent Park CHC, Sherbourne Health, South Riverdale CHC, Street Haven, StreetHealth, and The Neighbourhood Group

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  • International Overdose Awareness Day 2026 Webinar

    Event Date: Monday, August 31, 2026 - 08:00
    Event Type: Community Engagement
    Internal/External: Community Event
    Time: 8:00-9:30 am
    Cost: Free
    Event description:

    This International Overdose Awareness Day event is organized by the Health Service Executive (HSE) National Social Inclusion Office, Ireland

    Times listed here are in Eastern Daylight Time (Toronto/Ontario).

    To mark International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) 2026, the HSE National Social Inclusion Office will host a free live webinar on Monday 31st August from 8:00-9:30 am. 

    As part of the world’s annual campaign to raise awareness of drug-related overdose, the HSE invite guests to join the event to help end overdose, remember those who have died without stigma and acknowledge the grief experienced by family and friends left behind. 

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  • Woven Memories – International Overdose Awareness Day

    Event Date: Sunday, August 30, 2026 - 14:00
    Event Type: Community Engagement
    Internal/External: Community Event
    Time: 2:00-5:00 pm
    Cost: Free
    Event description:

    This International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) Event is organized by the Harm Reduction Advocacy Collective

    Woven Memories is a community gathering marking International Overdose Awareness Day and creating space to remember and honour people whose lives have been lost to the overdose crisis. The event will include a grief gathering alongside the We Miss You Still installation and the launch of the Memorial Quilt Project. Community members are invited to come together in remembrance, grief, connection and solidarity.

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  • Drug Poisoning Awareness Day and Pathways to Remembering Memorial Unveiling - Guelph, ON

    Event Date: Thursday, August 27, 2026 - 12:00
    Event Type: Community Engagement
    Internal/External: Community Event
    Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
    Cost: Free
    Event description:

    This International Overdose Awareness Day event is presented by Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy.

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  • Workforce Well-Being for Middle Managers

    Event Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2026 - 09:00
    Event Type: Learning Events
    Internal/External: Community Event
    Time: Begins August 26 (16 weeks)
    Cost: $995 USD
    Event description:

    This course is presented by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

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  • OHT Data-Sharing and Privacy Drop-In

    Event Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 12:30
    Event Type: Learning Events
    Internal/External: Community Event
    Time: Various dates and times (30 minutes)
    Cost: Free
    Event description:

    This series of drop-in sessions is presented by RISE - Rapid-Improvement Support and Exchange

    RISE is hosting a series of drop-in sessions (30 minutes each), held twice a month from August through the first half of December, where you can pose data sharing and privacy questions to our experts, including:

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  • Every Story, Every Path, Every Life Matters: Online Learning Session

    Event Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 12:00
    Event Type: Community Engagement
    Internal/External: Community Event
    Time: 12:00-1:00 pm
    Cost: Free
    Event description:

    This International Overdose Awareness Day event is organized by Chatham-Kent Public Health, Reach Out Chatham-Kent and the Chatham-Kent Community Drug Strategy.

    Kathy Moreland of Moms Stop the Harm will share her lived-experience journey as a mother who lost her 18-year-old son, Austin, to fentanyl toxicity. The session will connect personal experience with the need to challenge stigma and advance harm reduction, naloxone, voluntary treatment, supportive housing and equitable substance-use healthcare.

    To register, email jordynne.linsday@ckoht.ca. 

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  • Basic Income Earth Network Congres 2026 | Basic Income and the Polycrisis: The Key to Unlocking the Puzzle

    Event Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026 - 00:00
    Event Type:
    Internal/External:
    Time: August 19-22
    Cost: $100-350
    Event description:

    This conference is presented by the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) and Basic Income Ontario.

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  • Sickle Cell Disease Summit 2026 | From Breakthroughs to Better Lives: Transforming Care Across the Sickle Cell Journey

    Event Date: Friday, August 21, 2026 - 08:00
    Event Type: Learning Events
    Internal/External: Community Event
    Time: August 21-22, 2026
    Cost: $10-75.00 until July 15 | $20-100 after July 15
    Event description:

    This summit is presented by the Sickle Cell Awareness Group of Ontario

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