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London & Region FASD Conference 2023 | Breaking Stigma: Supporting Success in a Complex World

Event Date: 
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 - 08:30
Time: 
October 24 & 25 | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Cost: 
$35-140
Body: 

#Participate in virtual learning, including:

  • Current FASD research findings & implications
  • Strategies for evidence-based treatment
  • Interactive knowledge exchange during a choice of educational workshops
  • Regional resources, supports, & services for families & individuals with FASD
  • Compelling personal accounts of lived experiences
  • Opportunities to meet & build relationships with passionate & informed experts & advocates

OSSU Research Day 2023

Event Date: 
Thursday, September 28, 2023 - 09:00
Time: 
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Cost: 
Free
Body: 

The Ontario SPOR Support Unit (OSSU) Research Day 2023 takes place on September 28. It's a hybrid online/in-person event, with the in-person components taking place at MaRS Centre in downtown Toronto.

Topics include:

  • What's New in Data Access
  • Learning Health Systems
  • Implementation Science
  • Patient Experience

 

Chatham-Kent Addictions Awareness Conference | Addictions and Antagonism: Accounting for Narcissism in the Treatment of Addiction

Event Date: 
Thursday, November 16, 2023 - 09:00
Time: 
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Cost: 
$165-195 (plus Eventbrite fee)
Body: 

#Topics Include

  • How to account for antagonistic personality styles when working with clients who are experiencing addiction

  • An overview of antagonistic personality styles and best practices for working with these personality styles

  • The impact of antagonistic personality styles and addiction on close relationships and family

Webinar: Spotlight on Health and Climate Change

Event Date: 
Thursday, June 29, 2023 - 09:00
Time: 
9-10 am EDT (2-3 pm BST)
Cost: 
Free
Body: 

Join a panel of experts as they share how health voices can be better heard in climate negotiations through activism, engaging future generations, and influencing climate policy. Presented by The Lancet. 

#Overview

It has been recognised for decades by the global and public health community that the climate crisis is a health crisis, yet the opportunity to influence and affect change has not been fully realised.

Gender Identity, Sexual Diversity and Health Equity in Public Health

Event Date: 
Thursday, July 13, 2023 - 13:00
Time: 
1:00 - 2:30 pm
Cost: 
Free
Body: 

This webinar, presented by the National Collaborating Centre for the Determinants of Health, will feature a panel of experts who are working in the 2SLGBTQI+ space to support community and public health action on inequities related to gender and sexual identity. This webinar will review foundational concepts and practical applications to support the Canadian public health. 

This webinar will be of interest to anybody looking to build individual and organizational capacity to improve health inequities for 2SLGBTQI+ populations, including health practitioners, professionals, policy makers and decision makers, instructors and educators, students and researchers and service providers. 

Safeguarding girls at risk in Canada: Recognizing and preventing female genital mutilation/cutting

Event Date: 
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 - 16:00
Time: 
4-6 pm
Cost: 
Free
Body: 

This webinar aims to equip teachers,caregivers, social workers and pediatriccare providers with the knowledge theyneed to take the appropriate action inprotecting girls in Canada from FGM/C.  Presented by the Flourish project at Women's Health in Women's Hands CHC.

Ontario Health’s Eating Disorders Webinar

Event Date: 
Tuesday, May 30, 2023 - 10:00
Time: 
10-11 am
Cost: 
FREE
Body: 

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:

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

Event Date: 
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 - 12:00
Time: 
12-1 pm
Cost: 
FREE
Body: 

 

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.

Childhood Disability (Without) Poverty: A National Discussion

Event Date: 
Friday, May 12, 2023 - 00:00
Time: 
May 12-13, 12-4 pm EDT
Cost: 
Free
Body: 

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.

Health Promotion in a New Era | Part 2: Intersectoral Collaboration

Event Date: 
Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 11:30
Time: 
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Cost: 
Free

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