Conference Program

The program committee for CCSA’s Issues of Substance is proud to present the conference program.

Browse through the program at a glance for details on the dozens of presentations you have the opportunity to attend this November.

CCSA publishes this information as received and in the language in which we receive it when it was submitted for consideration to present at the conference.

Note: Authors whose names are in bold are presenting authors.

If you have any questions about the conference program, please contact us.

Note: The conference schedule, including start and end times, is subject to change.

Last updated; September 7, 2023.

Time 7:30 - 8:30

Activity Continental Breakfast

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Time 8:30 - 9:00

Activity Opening Remarks - including remarks from Hon. Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, British Columbia

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Time 9:00 - 10:00

Activity Plenary Session Panel: Building A Substance Use Continuum of Care – Profiles of Evidence-Based Approaches from Harm Reduction to Treatment and Recovery Miranda Compton, Vancouver Coastal Health, Office of the Chief Medical Health Officer Christine Massey, BC Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions Kamaldeep Parmar, Provincial Health Services Steve Pelland, Provincial Health Services Julie Zimmerman, Primary Care and Virtual Services Foundry BC

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Time 10:00 - 10:30

Activity Networking Break and Poster Viewing Session

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Time 10:30 - 12:00

Activity Concurrent Session A

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Concurrent sessions

Oral Presentation A1 Cultural Considerations and Well-Being

Workshop A2 Improving Care and Reducing Overdose Risk for Indigenous People Living with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Through Partnering with Indigenous Elders at the Kílala Lelum (KL) Health Centre: Health System Transformation and Prospective Cohort Study Results

Oral Presentation A3 Supportive Connections: Crossing over from Trauma to Recovery

Oral Presentation A4 Harm Reduction During a Public Health Emergency: From Supervised Consumption to Safer Supply

Panel A5 Gathering Evidence on Decriminalization in British Columbia

Oral Presentation A6 What I Can Teach You: Learning from People with Lived or Living Expertise

Workshop A7 Substance Use Simulation (SIM) Workshop

Oral Presentation A8 Connections and Bonds: The Human Element to Reducing Harms

Time 12:00 - 1:30

Activity Special Presentation Lunch - The Starting Place: Understanding Systemic Stigma Barriers to Knowledge About Substance Use Health and Associated Services in Canada Anthony Esposti (he/him), CAPSA (Community Addictions Peer Support Association) Gord Garner (He/Him), CAPSA (Community Addictions Peer Support Association) Brianne Peters (she/her), CAPSA (Community Addictions Peer Support Association) Pam Kent (She/Her), Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)

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Time 1:30 - 3:00

Activity Concurrent Sessions B

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Concurrent sessions

Panel B1 National Experience with Drug Monitoring

Oral Presentation B2 Cannabis, Youth, and Harm Reduction

Oral Presentation B3 Policy Options to Addressing Alcohol Use

Workshop B4 De nouveaux outils pour aider les personnes autochtones qui souhaitent modifier leur consommation et aider les membres de leur entourage affectés par celle-ci

Oral Presentation B5 Substance Use Care in Pregnancy, Infancy and Beyond

Oral Presentation B6 Evolving Practices in Opioid Agonist Treatment

Oral Presentation B7 Impacts of COVID-19 and Lessons Learned

Oral Presentation B8 Perspectives on Safer Supply: By and For the Community

Time 3:00 - 3:45

Activity Networking Break and Poster Viewing and Judging Session

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Time 3:45 - 5:15

Activity Concurrent Session C

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Concurrent sessions

Panel C1 Surdoses : Quand le communautaire prend les choses en main

Oral Presentation C2 Optimizing Care for People Who Use Substances

Workshop C3 Understanding Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harms Using Data Visualization

Oral Presentation C4 Putting Tools to Work: Insights for Providers

Oral Presentation C5 Trends Since Cannabis Legalization: Impacts and Perceptions

Oral Presentation C6 Risk to Resilience: Reducing Harms of Using Drugs Alone

Oral Presentation C7 Issues of Substance: Focus on Youth

Oral Presentation C8 Culturally Based Care: First Nations, Métis and Inuit Approaches

Time 7:30 - 8:30

Activity Continental Breakfast

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Time 8:30 - 9:00

Activity Opening Remarks

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Time 9:00 - 10:00

Activity Plenary Session Twin Flames, A Powerful Canadian Experience Twin Flames

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Time 10:00 - 10:30

Activity Networking Break and Poster Viewing Session

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Time 10:30 - 12:00

Activity Concurrent Session D

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Concurrent sessions

Panel D1 The Helping Roles of Working Dogs in Substance Use Recovery

Oral Presentation D2 Practical Approaches to Mental Health and Substance Use Care

Oral Presentation D3 Providing Quality Care for Concurrent Disorders

Workshop D4 Impact and Lessons Learned In Implementing Needs-Based Planning Model for Substance Use and Mental Health Services and Systems

Oral Presentation D5 First Nations Practices for Transformative Impact

Oral Presentation D6 At the Intersection Between Mental Health & Substance Use

Workshop D7 Building Towards a Standardized Approach for Progress and Outcome Monitoring Across Services Treating Substance Use and Concurrent Disorders: Key Considerations and Lessons Learned

Oral Presentation D8 Considerations and Implications on Substance Use and Traumatic Experiences

Time 12:00 - 1:15

Activity Lunch

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Time 1:15 - 2:45

Activity Concurrent Sessions E

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Workshop E1 Getting Engaged with Canada’s New Guidance on Alcohol and Health: Considerations for the Development of an Interactive Web Application

Oral Presentation E2 Virtual Care and Virtual Reality

Oral Presentation E3 “Nothing About Us, Without Us”: Meaningful Engagement as a Catalyst for Change

Oral Presentation E4 Transformative Educational Approaches on Cannabis

Oral Presentation E5 Recent Trends: Alcohol, Gambling, Accidental Drug Toxicity and Suicide Deaths

Panel E6 Reducing Stigma Through Public Education and Personal Narratives

Oral Presentation E7 Making Connections: The Power of Inuit Knowledge

Panel E8 Amplifying Youth Voices and Centring Lived Experience: The Future of Substance Use Education

Time 2:45 - 3:45

Activity Networking Break and Poster Viewing and Judging Session

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Time 3:45 - 5:15

Activity Concurrent Sessions F

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Panel F1 Newfoundland and Labrador’s First Alcohol Action Plan

Workshop F2 Substance Use and Mental Health Workforce Competencies

Panel F3 Developing a Virtual Hub for Substance Use Treatment Programming within First Nation Communities

Oral Presentation F4 Working Together to Build Stronger Communities

Oral Presentation F5 Substance Use Health: Treatment, Tools and Lived Experience

Oral Presentation F6 Personal Experience Expressed Through Creativity

Oral Presentation F7 Influencing Policy: Dialogue on Key Issues

Oral Presentation F8 Raising Voices, Changing Perspectives and Improving Approaches

Time 7:30 - 8:30

Activity Continental Breakfast

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Time 8:30 - 10:00

Activity Concurrent Session G

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Panel G1 A Standard THC Unit in Canada: Key Considerations and a Path Forward

Panel G2 Addressing Systemic Barriers to Accessing Mental Health and Substance Use Health Care: An Innovative Model of Regional Coordinated Access in Eastern Ontario

Oral Presentation G3 Intersection of Social Determinants, Substance Use and Service Provision

Oral Presentation G4 Alcohol Use: Considerations and Implications

Oral Presentation G5 Delivering Harm Reduction Services: Trends and Consumption Sites

Panel G6 Indigenous Youth Perspective on Wharerātā Declaration: What Makes an Indigenous Leader?

Oral Presentation G7 It’s a Matter of Perspective

Oral Presentation G8 Perspectives on Decriminalization from People Who Use Substances

Time 10:00 - 10:30

Activity Break — networking and poster viewing

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Time 10:30 - 11:00

Activity Closing remarks

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Time 11:00 - 12:30

Activity Plenary Session Inuit, Who Are We Michael Kusugak

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