Tuesday February 1, 2022
7pm to 9:30pm Eastern

Canada’s prohibitionist narcotic laws are 114 years old, actively criminalizing certain substances and, disproportionately, certain people. Decades of evidence indicates that criminalization via prohibition is expensive and harmful – and a clear barrier to eliminating Canada’s chronic drug poisoning crisis that kills 19 people every day.

Join esteemed leaders from civil society and municipal government in a discussion of their upstream efforts to improve everyone’s health, safety and well-being with drug laws and policies grounded in equity, and built for the 21st century.

Panel:

• Natasha Touesnard, Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs
• Sandra Ka Hon Chu , Canadian HIV/Aids Legal Network
• Alicia Neufeld, Toronto Public Health
  
  
• Moderated by Michael Parkinson, Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council

Details and Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/re...tration-205675118817

Presented by:
Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council (WRCPC)

Check out other upcoming events as part of WRCPC’s Upstream Speaker Series at: https://preventingcrime.ca/upstream-speaker-series/

Tuesday January 18, 2022
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. ET

An event notice from our COM-CAP project partners at Public Health Ontario...

Public Health Ontario Rounds
Opioid-related Toxicity Deaths and Health Services Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/ph...tickets-243177690017

Presented by:
Dr. Tara Gomes
Dr. Gillian Kolla
Jes Besharah

Intended Audience
Local and provincial organizations, networks, and groups addressing overdose and overdose-related harms in Ontario. Including:
• Public health professionals
• Researchers
• Healthcare professionals
• Community-based organizations
• Municipal drug strategy coordinators
• Policy decision-makers

Tuesday January 18, 2022
2pm to 3pm Eastern

In this session, you will learn about Advocacy Strategies directed at changing attitudes and policies.

Janet Butler McPhee, Co-Executive Director of the HIV Legal Network will share advocacy strategies to utilize with provincial and political decision makers.

Kween, the Executive Director of the Black Heritage Society of Guelph, will outline grass roots advocacy strategies to generate local awareness and change.
Please see bios of these speakers attached.

There is no registration for the session - just click on the link to join meeting:  https://us02web.zoom.us/s/8919...aGZWMGdXQT09#success

Presented by the Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy

Wednesday January 19, 2022
1pm to 2:30pm Eastern

Join us for a virtual panel discussion on the benefits and risks of drug decriminalization from various perspectives.

Panelists:

• Sandra Ka Hon Chu, HIV Legal Network
• Ashley Smoke, Ontario Network of People Who Use Drugs
• Nick Boyce, Ontario Harm Reduction Network
• Chief Bryan Larkin, Waterloo Regional Police Service
• Missy McLean, Moms Stop the Harm
  

Link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webina...xb5KPsQNWS8X--DBN7hw

Presented by:
Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy

Waterloo-Wellington Regional Human Services and Justice Coordinating Committee