34th SUBSTANCE REGULATION: PEOPLE AT THE HEART OF SOLUTIONS - AIDQ
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PROGRAM
34th
VIRTUAL
SUBSTANCE
REGULATION:
PEOPLE AT
THE HEART OF
SOLUTIONS
APRIL
15
AND
22,
2021
April 15, 2021*
12:30 - 1 p.m. Participants Arrival
1 - 1:20 p.m. Opening Address and Welcome
Presented by Sarah Chouinard-Poirier, Coordination Assistant and Host of the 34th Quebec
Harm Reduction Conference and by Sandhia Vadlamudy, Executive Director at the AIDQ
1:20 - 1:25 p.m. Outcomes of Our Current Drug Policies
Video from the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) within the Getting To Tomorrow: Ending
the Overdose Crisis initiative
1:25 - 2:00 p.m. Coexist With Drugs: “It’s Not a Choice, it’s a Fact!”
Conversation with Anne Coppel, Sociologist and Human Rights and Drug Policy Reform Activist
and Chantale Perron, Harm Reduction Consultant and person with a lived experience
of drug use
2:00 - 2:20 p.m. I Cannot Hold the Ocean in My Hands Though I Have Tried
Program of short films and photography
Grief Rituals
Short film by benni with an introduction by Zoë Dodd
The Trip
Film by Mikizi Migona Papatie, in collaboration with Wapikoni mobile
These Hands Save Lives
Photo doc by Nigel Brunsdon and Small Victories, a music by Simon 16
2:20 - 2:25 p.m. Pause
2:25 - 3:10 p.m. “Nothing About Us Without Us!”
Panel moderated by Frankie Lambert, Communications Advisor at the Quebec Association
to Promote the Health of People who Use Drugs (AQPSUD)
With
Pénélope Cormier, secrétaire at Association pour la défense des droits et l’inclusion des
personnes qui consomment des drogues du Québec (ADDICQ)
Kevin Doiron, travailleur de rue, militant et personne concernée
Marc-Anciel Gaudette, intervenanX en santé et mieux-être GBT2Q at MIELS-Québec
Rémi Pelletier, rédacteur en Abitibi au journal L’Injecteur at l’AQPSUD
Mélodie Talbot, organisatrice communautaire at AQPSUD
3:15 - 3:45 p.m. Legal Context: Current Issues and Perspectives on Decriminalization
Conference by Line Beauchesne, Full Professor at the Criminology Department at the University
of Ottawa
3:45 - 3:55 p.m. Pause
* Simultaneous oral translation from French to English
April 15, 2021*
3:55 - 4:10 p.m. The Present as a Succession of Explosions
Program of artworks and video performances
Noises from Babylone
Video, performance, dance and text by Mélusine Bonillo
mues2 (to shed)
Video, drawings and voice by éli del
Performance by Mikiki
4:10 - 4:50 p.m. Harm Reduction Philosophy and Principles
Discussion moderated by Julie-Soleil Meeson, Responsable, contenus et valorisation
de la pratique at AIDQ
With
Vincent de Maisonneuve, Writer - Editor of the newspaper L’Injecteur at the Quebec
Association to Promote the Health of People who Use Drugs (AQPSUD)
Alexane Langevin, Représentante du comité réduction des méfaits à l’Association québécoise
des centres d’intervention en dépendance (AQCID) and Coordonnatrice du service d’analyse de
substances at the Groupe de recherche et d’intervention psychosociale (GRIP)
Dr. David-Martin Milot, President of Doctors of the World Canada
Émilie Roberge, Chargée de concertation communautaire sur les surdoses at the Table des
organismes communautaires montréalais de lutte contre le Sida (TOMS)
Liz Singh, Street Work Coordinator at Heads and Hands
4:50 - 5 p.m. Closing Remarks
Presented by Sarah Chouinard-Poirier, Host
Followed by
askiwîpimacîhowâscikêwina
Musical work composed and written by Moe Clark, with the support of Joseph Naytohow
* Simultaneous oral translation from French to English
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VIRTUAL
April 22, 2021
12:30 - 1 p.m. Participants Arrival
1 - 1:10 p.m. Word of Welcome
Presented by Sarah Chouinard-Poirier, Coordination Assistant and Host of the 34th Quebec
Harm Reduction Conference and by Sandhia Vadlamudy, Executive Director at the AIDQ
1:10 - 1:25p.m. Wellness: It’s More than Just About Drugs
Presented by Julie Bruneau, Chairholder of the Canada Research Chair in Addiction Medicine
and Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine at l’Université de Montréal
Introduction by Claude Soucy, Chair of the board of directors at the AIDQ
(Simultaneous oral translation from French to English)
1:30 - 2:55 p.m. Breakout Session 1 - Workshops
1. Drug Checking Projects and Programs in Quebec: Who are They For? Why?
and How?
Moderated by Nicolas Perron-Trudel, Agent de soutien au développement at AIDQ (In French)
With
Aïka Hamelin-Lucas, Coordonnatrice de la Halte at Élixir
Alexane Langevin, Représentante du comité réduction des méfaits à l’Association québécoise
des centres d’intervention en dépendance (AQCID) and Coordonnatrice du service d’analyse de
substances at the Groupe de recherche et d’intervention psychosociale (GRIP)
Louis Philippe Laviolette, Intervenant en réduction des méfaits at Miels-Québec
Dr. Jean Robert, Specialist Physician in Infectious Microbiology and in Community Medicine at
Centre Sida Amitié (CSA)
Liz Singh, Street Work Coordinator at Heads and Hands
2. Bill C-22: Avenues to Give Decriminalization its Full Potential
Moderated by Louis Letellier de St-Just, Lawyer in Health Law and Member of the Board of
Directors at AIDQ (Simultaneous oral translation from French to English)
With
Max Stanley Bazin, President of The Black Coalition of Quebec
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Jean-Sébastien Fallu, Associate Professor at the École de psychoéducation of the Faculté des
arts et des sciences at Université de Montréal and Director of the magazine Drogues, santé et
société
Isabelle Fortier, Regional Leader at Moms Stop the Harm
Farin Shore, Peer Support Worker at Doctors of the World Canada
Sandhia Vadlamudy, Executive Director at AIDQ
SUBSTANCE
34th
REGULATION:
VIRTUAL
PEOPLE AT
THE HEART OF
SOLUTIONS
April 22, 2021
1:30 - 2:55 p.m. Breakout Session 1 - Workshops
3. Responding to Overdoses: Stimulants and Depressants
Moderated by Karine Hudon, Coordinator at the Équipe de soutien clinique et organisationnel
en dépendance et en itinérance - IUD (In French)
Portrait of Overdoses
Presented by Chantal Montmorency, Coordonnatrice générale and Frankie Lambert,
Responsable des communications at the Quebec Association to Promote the Health of People
who Use Drugs (AQPSUD) and André-Anne Parent, Associate Professor at the Faculté des arts
et des sciences of the École de travail social of the Université de Montréal
A Toolkit for All: For and By Response to the Overdose Crisis
Presented by Dominique Gagné-Giguère, Animateur à la vie communautaire and Christopher
Kucyk, Trainer of the PROFAN 2.0 Program at Méta d’Âme
Community Monitoring and Alerts on Overdoses
Presented by Bianca Desfossés, Agente en réduction des méfaits at the Association québécoise
des centres d’intervention en dépendance (AQCID) and Émilie Roberge, Chargée de
concertation communautaire sur les surdoses at the Table des organismes communautaires
montréalais de lutte contre Sida (TOMS)
2:55 - 3:05 p.m. Pause
3:05 - 3:20 p.m. Helpful Things
Program of artworks, poem and music
Helpful Things
Video by Andrea Oliver Roberts
Elsewhere Knowing Better Taste
Retrospective of paintings, drawinigs and installations by Evan Sabourin
Agrumes
Poem by Daniel Leblanc-Poirier
All Jokes Aside
Drawings by Mélodie Talbot on a music by Simon 16
VIRTUAL
3:20 - 4:45 p.m. Breakout Session 2 - Workshops
1. Overdose Prevention Sites: Intersectoral Collaborations
Moderated by Aïka Hamelin-Lucas, Coordonnatrice de la Halte at Élixir (In French)
With
Camille Brodeur, Travailleuse de rue at the Coalition sherbrookoise pour le travail de rue
Fanny Croteau, Intervenante responsable of the Accueil Poirier at Partage St-François
Dr. Eric Lampron Goulet, Practician in Public Health and Preventive Medecine, Direction de
santé publique CIUSSS de l’Estrie – CHUS
Amélie Lechasseur, Intervenante and Coordonnatrice du centre de prévention des surdoses
at IRIS Estrie
Caroline Lefebvre, Policière préventionniste at the Service de Police de SherbrookeApril 22, 2021
3:20 - 4:45 p.m. Breakout Session 2 - Workshops
2. Drug Use: How the Community Health Approach Addresses Needs
Moderated by Hugo Bissonnet, Executive Director at the Centre Sida Amitié (CSA) and
Dr. David-Martin Milot, Public Health and Preventive Medicine Specialist and President of Doctors
of the World Canada (Simultaneous oral translation from French to English)
The Genesis of Community Health in Quebec
Presented by Dr. Jean Robert, Specialist Physician in Infectious Microbiology and in Community
Medicine at CSA
Proximity Care to Reach People
Presented by Pénélope Boudreault, Director of Operations - Montreal and Jimmy Siméon,
Navigateur autochtone at Doctors of the World Canada
Community Health: Bringing Care to the People
Presented by Martin Pagé, Executive Director and Sophie, Pair-navigatrice at Dopamine and
Robert, Pair-éducateur at CSA
3. The Canadian Prison System: Realities and Innovative Practices
Moderated by Natasha Touesnard, Executive Director at the Canadian Association of People
who Use Drugs (CAPUD) (In French and in English - Simultaneous oral translation)
Hard Time: Harm Reduction Policy in Federal Prisons
Presented by Sandra Ka Hon Chu, Director of Research and Advocacy at the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal
Real Talk
Presented by Alison Bray, Harm Reduction-Community Education Coordinator of the Toronto
Drop-In Centre at the Ontario Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy (OAHAS)
In-Reach and Prison Needle Exchange Program (PNEP): A PASAN Perspective
Presented by Nicole Alexander and Chris McNab, Federal In-Reach Community Development
Coordinators at Prisoners HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN)
Harm Reduction in Ontario Provincial Jails
Presented by Lindsay Jennings, Provincial HepC Program at Prisoners HIV/AIDS Support Action
Network (PASAN)
A Project for Access to Naloxon in a Context of Incarceration
Presented by Marilyn Coutu, Intervenante at L’Oasis, unité mobile d’intervention
Presented within Stimulus: Drugs, Policy and Practice in Canada, in partnership with the
Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC), the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs
(CAPUD) and the AIDQ
4:45 - 5 p.m. Closing Remarks
Presented by Sarah Chouinard-Poirier, Host
Followed by
A Tribute to Workers in the field of Harm Reduction
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