Events

On 19th January 2021, ISSUP Lebanon would like to invite you to attend their upcoming Webinar on the topic of Substance Use Epidemiology and Evidence-based Prevention Programs. The talk will discuss the importance of adopting a public health approach to substance use prevention, and to using epidemiological data for the planning and evaluation of all programs and interventions aimed at preventing or reducing substance use.

Time: 4pm - 5pm Beirut Time / 2pm - 3pm UK Time

Website:https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3086841923372331279

Time: 1:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

This webinar will describe technology-based approaches in substance use prevention and health promotion. It will include information on how technology-based interventions can address sex, gender, and intersectional equity considerations. This webinar will draw upon a scoping review on sex, gender, and substance use as well as a rapid review on interventions for intimate partner violence and substance use in the COVID-19 pandemic, both undertaken by the Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health. This webinar will offer ideas for how service providers, researchers, and policymakers can act on incorporating gender equity as a method for improving health outcomes.

Please note: This webinar will be held in English only.

If you have any questions, please contact us at substanceuse@cpha.ca

Website:https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QA0i_17zRqeA4Sqo4nWMaw

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On January 25, 2021, colleagues from across the healthcare community will gather for a virtual conference on high-risk substance use and overdose among youth.

The rising numbers of young people with high-risk substance use and risk of overdose is concerning. We know that effective care for adolescents needs to address their specific complex needs. Their patterns of use are more often explorative, and they nearly always come with early trauma experience and mental health challenges. Any overdose event increases the risk of a subsequent one. Young people who use drugs are also not benefitting from most adult harm reduction or treatment services, or are even excluded from them. At the same time, youth substance use services are rare.

This event will provide an opportunity to explore the public health crisis from different perspectives, hear experiences of dealing with youth in the substance use field and shine a light on the system of care and treatment paradigms that could drive an effective response. You will also learn about individual experiences, the data from British Columbia and Canada, and international evidence and research in the field.

Keynote speakers:

• Dr Rachel Alinsky, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, John Hopkins School of Medicine
• Dr Michael Krausz, Leadership Chair, Addiction Research, University of British Columbia, Chair, World Psychiatric Association Section on Addiction Psychiatry, and President and Chair, InnerChange Foundation
• Dr Ian Hickie, Co-director, Health and Policy, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, and Professor, Psychiatry, University of Sydney

Registration: https://acdresearch.med.ubc.ca/high-risk-substance-use-and-overdose-among-youth-conference-registration/

Website:https://acdresearch.med.ubc.ca/events/high-risk-substance-use-and-overdose-among-youth-conference/

Time: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m., EST

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The National Alcohol Forum is hosting a series of three webinars throughout February exploring evidence-informed alcohol policy and responses relating to alcohol during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Are Canadians buying and drinking more alcohol than usual during the pandemic? The first webinar in the series will explore alcohol sales, consumption patterns and harms during the pandemic, drawing on the results of surveys and polls commissioned by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction and others.

Speakers:

Dr. Daniel Myran, CIHR Fellow, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and Innovation Fellow, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa

Daniel Myran is a practicing family doctor and public health and preventive medicine specialist. He is a CIHR research fellow at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and a fellow with the University of Ottawa department of family medicine where his research focuses on health policy and the burden of problematic substance use.

Rebecca Jesseman, Director, Policy, Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction

Rebecca Jesseman is a respected and recognized subject-matter expert on drug policy. In addition to her role as director of policy at CCSA, Rebecca currently serves as chair of the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre Community Advisory Board. Previously, she served as president of the Board of Directors for the House of Hope.

Website:https://forms.logiforms.com/formdata/user_forms/19767_3824949/384845/

Description: Learn more about the Mental Health Commission of Canada's multi-year project to better comprehend and address mental health- and substance use-related structural stigma in health care. Participants will increase their understanding of structural stigma, learn about its sources and consequences, and gain insights into how it can be addressed.

Speakers: The webinar will be presented by Canada’s leading researchers on structural stigma: Heather Stuart, PhD, FRSC, C.M., Jamie Livingston, PhD, Javeed Sukhera, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Stephanie Knaak, PhD, and Thomas Ungar, MD, Med., CCFP, FCFP, FRCPC, DABPN.

Website:https://survey.alchemer-ca.com/s3/50094736/Ghost-in-the-Machine-Tackling-Structural-Stigma-in-Health-Care-Environments

Time: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m., EST

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The National Alcohol Forum is hosting a series of three webinars throughout February exploring evidence-informed alcohol policy and responses relating to alcohol during the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence-informed alcohol policies are crucial tools to minimize the harms associated with alcohol use. The second webinar in the series will explore policies for preventing and reducing the negative impacts of alcohol use, focusing on changes made to alcohol policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and their implications for public health.

Speakers:

Dr. Erin Hobin, Scientist, Public Health Ontario

Erin Hobin is a scientist at Public Health Ontario, a collaborating scientist at the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, and has a status-only appointment at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on developing and evaluating population-level interventions for chronic disease prevention, specifically in the area of alcohol control.

Dr. Catherine Paradis, Senior Research and Policy Analyst, Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction

Catherine Paradis is one of Canada’s leading experts on alcohol. She joined CCSA in 2014 wanting to participate in developing and implementing alcohol-related policies at the federal level. Catherine is one of the experts responsible for developing Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines. For the past several years, she has helped establish the Postsecondary Education Partnership — Alcohol Harms.

Website:https://forms.logiforms.com/formdata/user_forms/19767_3824949/384875/

On behalf of the International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP), we would like to announce that our 14th Annual Conference, hosted by the Drug Policy Program of the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), will be held in Aguascalientes, Mexico. This annual event is of interest to academics in the field of drug policy, as well as policymakers and decision-makers interested in drugs and drug policy. The ISSDP is working in partnership with the IJDP, the official journal partner of the 14th annual conference.

The 14th ISSDP Scientific Committee looks forward to receiving proposals (deadline for Proposals - January 17th) in response to its call and will be more than happy to respond to inquiries from interested parties.

Website:https://www.conference.issdp.org/