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2017 Forum

Setting our Minds to it! HIV & Mental Health in Canada: a dialogue about meeting unaddressed challenges in policy and community action

September 15, 2017 | Holiday Inn Toronto International Airport 970 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ontario M9W 1J9 Canada

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Agenda

Friday, September 15, 2017

8:30 a.m.

Breakfast and Registration

Continental breakfast

9:00 a.m.

Welcome and Setting the Context from Realize

Tammy C. Yates, Realize Executive Director

9:20 a.m.

Keynote Address

Jordan Lewis, Social Worker Positive Care Clinic, St. Michael’s Hospital

10:00 a.m.

Presentation on Realize's Mental Health Initiatives

Overview of ongoing and upcoming work

Wendy Porch, Realize Manager Episodic Disabilities Initiatives and Kate Murzin, Realize Health Promotions Specialist

10:30 a.m.

AIDS Bereavement and Resiliency Project of Ontario (ABRPO)

Yvette Perrault

11:15 a.m.

Wellness Break

11:30 a.m.

A Conversation on HIV and Mental Health: Facilitators and Barriers to Service

Colleen Price

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion: Innovation in Mental Health Service Provision

Moderator:  Daniel Pugh

Panelists: Scott Bowler, Susan Clancy, Clem Fong,  Maureen Mahan, Kelly O’Brien and Paul Curwin

2:30 p.m.

Wellness Break

2:45 p.m.

Facilitated Discussion: A National HIV and Mental Health Network

  • What does it look like?
  • Who are the members?
  • What can it achieve?
  • How can the network assist in addressing uncertainty in PLHIV?
  • What tensions are involved in working together and how do we address them?

4:00

Wrap Up and Forum Evaluation

4:30 p.m.

Realize AGM

Realize Co-Chairs: Dave Skitch and Stéphanie Claivaz-Loranger

5:30 p.m.

Award for Excellence presentation

Realize is pleased to announce that the recipient of the Elisse Zack Award for Excellence in HIV and Rehabilitation is Stephen G. Tattle.

Translation and Interpretation

French, English and sign interpretation will be made available on an as-needed basis. The facility is wheelchair accessible.

Registration

Documents

Profiles of our Speakers can be found here.

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