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November 13, 2020

Harm Reduction Conference: At the Front Lines

Normalizing and securing SCS in Canada
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Harm reduction services in Ottawa: The culture of drug use
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Criminalized and pathologized: The ethical tensions of harm reduction case management when supporting people who use drugs in acute mental distress
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The moral economy of the movement for overdose prevention sites: Civil society and the management of the opioid “crisis”
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Pillars before purpose: Has stigma affected the language of the four pillars?

Richard Elliott
Executive Director
HIV Legal Network

Marlene Haines
Doctoral Student, Nursing
University of Ottawa

Kourteney King
M.A. Student, Adult Education and Community Development
University of Toronto

Thomas Foth
Professor, Nursing
University of Ottawa

Gord Garner
Executive Director
Community Addictions Peer Support Association

November 13, 2020

Harm Reduction Conference: The Impact of COVID-19

Impact of COVID-19 on harm reduction efforts to address overdose: Developments and continuing challenges
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Food security as harm reduction in times of COVID-19 and beyond
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We are not in this together, We never have been

Gillian Kolla
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research
University of Victoria

Callie Lathem
Harm Reduction Worker and Health Promoter
Somerset West Community Health Centre (Ottawa)

Zoë Dodd
Co-Organizer
Toronto Overdose Prevention Society

November 13, 2020

Harm Reduction Conference: Virtual Naloxone Training Session

Mark Barnes
Respect Rx Pharmacies
naloxonecare.com

November 12, 2020

Harm Reduction Conference – Vaping and e-Cigarettes

The impact of JUUL market entry on cigarette sales: Evidence of store-level sales decline
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Stories from a vape shop owner
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Review and Analysis of the decision and of the upcoming appeal in Association québécoise des vapoteries c. Procureure générale du Québec

Anindya Sen
Professor, Economics
University of Waterloo

Maria Papaioannoy-Duic
Founder and Owner
The Ecig Flavorium Vape Shop (Port Hope, Ontario)

Pascal Thibeault
Associate Director
University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics

November 12, 2020

Harm Reduction Conference – Tailored Interventions and Applied Perspectives

The Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act: Measuring real-world impact
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Long-overdue and still deficient: The Correctional Service of Canada’s prison needle exchange program
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A frontline perspective on the future of harm reduction
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Implementing supervised consumption services in acute care: Patient and staff perspectives

Janet Butler-McPhee
Director of Communications and Advocacy
HIV Legal Network

Sandra Ka Hon Chu
Director of Research and Advocacy
HIV Legal Network

Tali Magboo Cahill
Nursing Team Lead, Oasis Program
Sandy Hill Community Health Centre (Ottawa)

Elaine Hyshka
Professor, Health Policy and Management
University of Alberta

November 12, 2020

Harm Reduction Conference: Challenges and Opportunities for Harm Reduction and Cannabis

Cannabis et decriminalisation punitive : défis pour la reduction des méfaits
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The regulation of cannabis and harm reduction
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Cannabis as harm reduction: Epidemiological explorations at the intersection of pain and opioid use among people who use drugs in Vancouver
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Through the harm reduction lens: Quality control assurances of cannabis in Canada

Joao Velloso
Professor, Law
University of Ottawa

Lorian Hardcastle
Professor, Law
University of Calgary

Stephanie Lake
Doctoral Student, Population and Public Health
University of British Columbia

Ryan Pusiak
Doctoral Student, Biology
University of Ottawa

November 12, 2020

Harm Reduction Conference: The Difference That Makes the Difference: Tobacco Harm Reduction Policy in The U.K. / Canada

Martin Dockrell
Tobacco Control Programme Lead
Public Health England

David Sweanor
Adjunct Professor, Law
University of Ottawa
Public Health Advocate

November 12, 2020

Harm Reduction Conference: Drug Regulation Policies and Strategies

Decriminalizing simple possession of drugs and harm reduction strategies
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Problematizing safe consumption sites: A discourse analysis of Ontario’s consumption treatment site policy
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Addressing the syndemic of HIV, hepatitis C, overdose, and COVID-19: The potential roles for safe supply and decriminalization

Line Beauchesne
Professor, Criminology
University of Ottawa

Stephanie Arlt
M.Sc. Student, Social Dimensions of Health
University of Victoria

Matt Bonn
Program Coordinator
Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs (CAPUD)

November 11, 2020

Harm Reduction Conference: Definitions and Discourses

Harm reduction: Context and considerations
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Harm reduction works: Justice, inclusion and evidence in health policy

Chelsea Cox
Doctoral Student, Law
University of Ottawa

Alana Klein
Professor, Law
McGill University

November 5, 2020

Health Equity, Race and COVID-19

Monnica Williams
Professor, Psychology
University of Ottawa

Jamie Chai Yun Liew
Professor, Law
University of Ottawa

Supplementary slides

October 19, 2020

Vulnérable : Le droit, la politique et l'éthique de la COVID-19

Jennifer Quaid
Professor, Law
University of Ottawa

Paul Daly
Research Chair in Administrative Law and Governance
University of Ottawa

Sarah Berger Richardson
Professor, Law
University of Ottawa

Aimée Craft
Professor, Law
University of Ottawa

Martine Lagacé
Associate Vice-President, Research Promotion and Development
University of Ottawa

October 14, 2020

Human Rights and Civil Liberties in the Time of COVID-19

Carissima Mathen
Professor, Law
University of Ottawa

Terry Skolnik
Professor, Law
University of Ottawa

October 13, 2020

Masks, Schools, Parks, Bars... Using Data to Make Public Health Decisions

Dr. Vera Etches
Medical Officer of Health
Ottawa Public Health

Dr. Alan Forster
Executive Vice President, 
Innovation and Quality
The Ottawa Hospital

Prof. Raywat Deonandan
Epidemiology / Science Communication
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Ottawa

October 7, 2020

Pain Control in the Shadow of the Opioid Epidemic

Daniel Z. Buchman
Professor, Public Health / Bioethics
University of Toronto

Naheed Dosani
Physician, Palliative Care
Toronto Inner City Health

September 25, 2020

Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19

Jane Philpott
Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences
Queen’s University

Colleen M. Flood
Director, Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics
University of Ottawa

Vanessa MacDonnell
Co-Director, Public Law Centre
University of Ottawa

Sophie Thériault
Professor of Law
University of Ottawa

Sridhar Venkatapuram
Acting Deputy Director, King’s Global Health Institute
King’s College London, U.K.

September 24, 2020

Forgotten? Prisoners and COVID-19

Adelina Iftene
Professor, Law
Dalhousie University

Joao Velloso
Professor, Law
University of Ottawa