NEW -

"Opiate Realities - The New Landscape" -
A full stream of workshops addressing your questions about opiates!

Presentations and discussion about causes, prevention and treatment options. Key, relevant insights about methadone, Suboxone and the opiate epidemic.

A two day gathering
July 12, 13, 2012
North Bay, ON, Canada
$350 + hst
            

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We would like to hear from you!
Please suggest a topic for discussion, format,
processes or videos, poems, artists, authors.
Tell us what could we be doing or talking about.
Propose an idea that you or your folk might
present, share or want to ask others.

Tom - regehr@cast-canada.ca
Becca - becca@cast-canada.ca
1-705-749-6145 

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"I would love to see harm reduction blown
open to include the basic support,
mentoring, sharing/teaching of
social emotional skills, that makes
for a resilient, strong healthy person.
Optimal health people, optimal health!"

                        Kerri Kightley . ..
Peterborough Drug Strategy (ON) ....
Doing The Work Advisor.....

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Confirmed Highlights:

Key Note Speaker: Tim Farquarson, Inspector, Peterborough and Lakefield Police - Inspiring and engaging small town cop will explore solid, successful strategies for bringing about large change in a small community.

'Below the Radar' - Rural Harm Reduction' by Kathy Hardill, RNEC, Bancroft, ON

Personal Experience Panel: Folks who Do The Work share personal triumphs and challenges.

Ancient Perspectives for New Approaches: With Little Brown Bear, Metis, of Midland Ontario

Drug Strategy Theme: A How to, A meeting of present and nascent community drug strategies.

Moderated circle discussions, a sample

• Issues unique to Northern communities such as extreme weather alerts, travel options, tech to bridge gaps
• The shift in harm reduction culture due to funding changes, political realities
  and social evolution
• Justice: Discharge planning challenges for methadone clients, connecting to services
• Emotionally healthy worker/workplace. Dealing with stress, client suicide,
  caregiver burnout and various forms of trauma Funding Sources: Working forum to share successes in securing funding.  A resource will be created.
• Drug Strategy Theme: A How-to meeting of present and nascent community drug strategies.
• Open topic chosen by consensus at the event
• “My client is my neighbour!” Appropriate responses in small communities
• The gathering will end in a single circle exploring the value of this process and
  ways to keep the discussion alive, topics and locations for the next Doing The Work gathering.