This one-day knowledge exchange event held on June 10, 2022 in Toronto addressed the future of safer opioid supply in Ontario from various perspectives in both plenary and small-group sessions. There were opportunities for informal discussions throughout the day.
Who we are
The National Safer Supply Community of Practice (NSS-CoP) is a knowledge exchange initiative led by London InterCommunity Health Centre, in partnership with the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs and the Alliance for Healthier Communities. The goal of the NSS-CoP is to scale up safer supply programs across Canada.
Who attended
Reflecting the breadth of our Community of Practice, we had a highly interdisciplinary group of 104 speakers, moderators, facilitators, volunteers, and participants, offering everyone the opportunity to interact with people with many different experiences of safer supply.
Page contents
- Welcome
- Presentation Session: Evidence on Safer Supply
- What’s Happening Now: Program Fair
- Concurrent Session A: Working Together in Teams
- Concurrent Session B: Working Through a Case
- Panel Discussion: The Future of Safer Supply
- Closing Session: Moving Forward
How People Who Use Drugs Were Involved
Sessions and Resources
Welcome
- Rebecca Penn, Project Manager, National Safer Supply Community of Practice
- Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions
- Dr. Andrea Sereda, London InterCommunity Health Centre
Presentation Session: Evidence on Safer Supply
- Dr. Carol Strike, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
- Dr. Adrian Guta, University of Windsor
- Dr. Gillian Kolla, Postdoctoral Researcher at Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, University of Victoria
- Moderated by Nancy Henderson, Safer Supply Program Manager, 360 Degree Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
What’s Happening Now: Program Fair
- London InterCommunity Health Centre (LIHC)
- LIHC: Safer Opioid Supply Program overview (PDF)
- LIHC: Safer Opioid Supply Clinical Flow (PDF)
- LIHC: Health Outreach Mobile Engagement Fact Sheet (PDF)
- LIHC: Design Model of Care (PDF)
- Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre (PQWCHC)
- Sanguen Health Centre
- The Works Toronto
- Safer Supply Ottawa, Pathways to Recovery
- Ontario Network of People Who Use Drugs (ONPUD)
- Keeping 6 Hamilton Harm Reduction Action League
- Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE)
- CATIE: Harm Reduction Toolkit
- 360 Degree Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
Concurrent Session A: Working Together in Teams
- Dr. Claire Bodkin, Safer Supply Provider, HAMSMaRT
- Marcie McIlveen, SASS Project Manager, HAMSMaRT
- Sean Warren, Client Care Facilitator, SOS, London InterCommunity Health Centre
- Cassidy Morris, SOS Program Administrator, London InterCommunity Health Centre
- Facilitated by Kourteney King, Director of Peer and Community Development, Safer Supply Program, Sanguen Health Centre
Concurrent Session B: Working Through a Case
Group discussion facilitated by Rebecca Penn, Project Manager, National Safer Supply Community of Practice, and Dr. Andrea Sereda
Panel Discussion: The Future of Safer Supply
- Dr. Claire Bodkin, Safer Supply Provider, HAMSMaRT
- Gillian Kolla, Postdoctoral Research at Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, University of Victoria
- Steve Andrews, Co-Founder of Sure Shot Mobile Outreach, Local Drug Culture Expert
- Franky Morris, Safer Supply Community Health Worker, Street Health
- Matt Johnson, Health Promoter, Parkdale Queen West CHC
- Marlene Haines, RN, PhD candidate University of Ottawa, previously safer supply RN at Ottawa Inner City Health
- Moderated by Liam Michaud, Researcher
Closing Session: Moving Forward
- Natasha Touesnard, Executive Director, Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs
- National Safer Supply Community of Practice Team
How PWUD Were Involved
People who use drugs are experts -- that's one of our guiding principles. Accordingly, people who use drugs played significant roles in every part of this event from organizing through implementation, and were paid for their expertise.
Thanks
- Joyce Morocco for amazing support, coordination, wrangling, and advising
- Our organizing committee members: Steve Andrews, Tara Hicks, Andrew Worotniuk, Ashley Smoke, Malika Seguin-Gervais, and Andrzej Celiniski.
- Shannon Loomer, graphic recorder from Visual Talks
- AV-Canada Inc for providing AV support and recording
- Cassidy Morris and the LIHC SOS/HOME team for organizing all the harm reduction supplies
- CAPUD, LIHC, and the Alliance for organizational and logistical support
- Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program
- Our Community Safety and Conference Support Team:
- Ashley Smoke, Community Member and Provincial Capacity Building Lead, Women & HIV/AIDS Initiative
- Andrzej Celinski, CAPUD, Dr. Peter Centre and Community Member
- Deanne Sirois, Harm Reduction Worker, COUNTERfit Program South Riverdale CHC
- Tonya Evans, CMHA WW, Peer Navigator
- Princess Doe, Overdose Prevention Worker, Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre
- Alex Gonzalez Reyes, Overdose Prevention Worker, Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre
- Steve Andrews, Co-Founder of Sure Shot Mobile Outreach, Local Drug Culture Expert
- Tara Hicks, Co-Founder of Sure Shot Mobile Outreach, Harm Reduction Worker & Safer Supply Team Lead, Somerset West CHC
This conference was made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada. The views expressed today do not necessarily represent the views of Health Canada.
