This year, our learning sessions are organized by:
- Timeslot and Theme
- The Innovation themed sessions, running on Wednesday June 5 from 10:30 to 12:00
- The System Transformation themed sessions, running on Wednesday June 5 from 2:50 to 4:20
- The Community Health and Wellbeing themed sessions, running on Thursday June 6 from 10:30 to 12:00
- The Networking
Sessions, running
Thursday June 6th 12:15 to 1:30
2. Types: All learning sessions are categorized according to types of learning session, including think tanks, expert lectures, skill building and demonstration workshops and networking sessions.
Audiences: to help with the learning sessions selection process we have flagged which audience each particular learning session has been tailored towards. Below is the legend:
♠: health promotion and community
development
♣: primary care providers
♥: Management and Governance
♦: all audiences
Innovations :Wednesday June 5th 10:30 to 12:00
A1: Lectures A:
Development of a
Diabetes Self – Management Group in Collaboration with the Cross Cultural Learner Centre for the Arabic
–Speaking Community in London ON
Anne Finigan, Expert Lecture ♣ ♠
A Crisis Response to the Roma Community in Crisis
Shirley Roberts, Expert Lecture ♦
A2: Lectures
B:
Time Out Young Parents Self-Development
Program: A collaborative approach to creating
"something from nothing"
Lorena Murialdo and Leah Marquez, Expert Lecture ♣ ♠
Promoting Awareness and Prevention of
Diabetes and HIV: A faith-based community approach
Vivia McCalla, Expert Lecture ♦
A3:
Lecture C:
The Guelph Community Wellbeing
Initiative
Karen Farbridge,
Expert Lecture ♦
The Canadian Index of Wellbeing Framework and Community-Based Survey: Helping us
better understand the health and wellbeing of residents in communities across
Canada
Bryan Smale, Expert Lecture ♦
A4:
Lectures D:
Innovative Approaches to Delivering Primary
Health Care to Children and Youth
Kristie Vermeulen Awad, Expert Lecture ♦
Refreshed Community Health Centre and
Aboriginal Health Access Centre Model of Health and Wellbeing
Jeanie Joaquin, Executive Director Scarborough Centre for
Healthy Communities, Expert Lecture ♦
A5:
Creating a Collaborative Approach to Elder
Abuse Intervention: The role a CHC can play in
providing education, and responding to elder abuse in your communities
Jennifer Josephson, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop ♦
A6:
Supporting and Developing Trans Health
Access: Advancing strategic priorities
Jordan Zaitzow, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop ♦
A8: Privacy and Consent in Health Links – Implied vs Informed – the differences and
what to do about it: Sharing client information across
organizations in long-term primary care settings
Rodney Burns, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop
♣
A10:
The Challenges & Successes of Operating a
Dental Suite: Practical lessons from 3 CHCs
Ron Shore, Kerry-Lynne Wilkie, and Cathy Danbrook, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop ♦
A11:
Father Engagement: Forming strategies to reach dads
Brian Russell, Think Tank ♦
A12:
Providing Healthcare for Non-Status Refugees
and Immigrants: Service innovations and
partnerships
Sideeka Narayan and Cliff Ledwos, Think Tank ♣ ♥
A13:
How to Develop a Population Needs Based Planning
Approach for Migrant Workers in Ontario:The role of
CHCs and FHTs
Donald Cole, MD, Janet Mclaughlin et Michelle Tew, Theme: Think Tank ♦
A 14:
Getting Ready for Ontario's Next Poverty
Reduction Strategy: How can AOHC members mobilize in
our communities?
Jacquie Maund, Lori Kleinsmith, Think Tank ♦
A43: Research Showcase
Arron Service, Ph.D. Panel Chair ♦
System Transformation: Wednesday June 5th 2:50 –
4:20
B15: Lectures A
Hearing the Stories, Changing the
Story
Genevieve Obarski, Expert Lecture ♣ ♥
Building Healthy
Communities: Respecting Traditional Values, the bridge between Western Practices and
Traditional Healing
Angela Recollet, Expert Lecture ♦
B16: Lectures B
Challenges and Opportunities
of Being a Health Link – Don Valley Greenwood Health Link
Lynne Raskin and Seonag Macrae,
Expert Lecture ♥ ♦
Challenges and Opportunities of Being a Health
Link --Kingston Health Link
Hersh Sedev, Executive
Director Kingston Community Health Centre, Expert Lecture ♦
B17: Health Links as Systems
Transformation?
Jocelyne Maxwell, Executive Director, Temiskaming Centre de Santé Communautaire, Think Tank ♥ ♦
B18: Lectures D
In from the Margins: Why we need to ramp up harm
reduction in the new context of addiction
Ron Shore, Expert Lecture ♦
A Safe Place to
Land: Developing Resiliency in "the Bull Shit Free
Zone"
Jenilee Cook, Expert Lecture ♦
B19:
Collaborating Across Sectors to Develop a
Dental Program in Community Health Settings
Coletta McGrath and Jenny Stranges; Carla Ribeiro and Maria Tsikrikis, Skill Building or Demonstration
Workshop ♠ ♥
B20:
Envisioning Better Health and Better
Care: From image to implementation
Dr. Farah Shroff, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop ♦
B21:
Canadian Index of
Wellbeing: A
lever and a place to stand
Gary Machan, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop ♦
B22:
Governing Through
Change: The
role of boards In health system transformation
Floydeen Charles-Fridal, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop ♣
♥
B23:
Using QI Tools to Help Staff Work to their
Full Scope of Practice
Kathleen Foley, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop ♦
B24:
Introducing a Paradigm Shift for Outreach and
Promotions to Better Connect with the Rest of Health System
Zuzia Kukulka and Maila Halenko, Skill Building or
Demonstration Workshop ♦
B25: Getting the Data you Need for
a Successful Health Link
Dr. Jennifer Rayner, Regional Decision Support Specialist, Western Region and Alison Blair, Director
(acting), Health Analytics Branch, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Skill Building or Demonstration
Workshop ♦
B26: Building Provincial
Strategies:Lesbian gay bisexual trans (LGBT) primary health care
Sarah Hobbs-Blyth and Adam Awad, Members of the AOHC LGBT Advisory Group, Think Tank ♦
B27: Towards a
Rural Health Strategy: Improving the quality of equitable, integrated, person-centred health services
in rural Ontario
Leah Stephenson and Janet Creery, Think Tank ♦
B28:
Toward a Community Health and Well Being
Strategy
Charles Pascal, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop ♦
Community Health and Wellbeing : Thursday June 6th 10:30 to 12:00
C29: Lectures A
Six Degrees of
Separation: Network mapping for effective community
partnerships
Suzanne Schwenger and Robyn Kalda, Expert Lecture ♠ ♥
Measuring Progress in Partnerships and
Networks with Outcome Mapping
Heidi Schaeffer, Expert Lecture ♥ ♠
C30:
Lectures B
Healthy Kids and Childhood Obesity Prevention
and Reduction In Ontario
Kate Manson-Smith, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health
Promotion, MOHLTC, Expert Lecture ♥ ♠
Healthy Beginnings: A community based cross-sector
evidence-based approach to childhood obesity prevention
Bill Davidson and Kerry-Lynn Wilkie, Expert Lecture
♦
C31:
Lectures C
Creating Integrated Collaboration for
Community Food Security: The Guelph Wellington
Experience
Kate Vsetula, Expert Lecture ♣ ♠
Building a Healthy Community Together,
Through Food : Community partnerships, community engagement, and the successful development
of a neighbourhood food space
Bronwyn Underhill, Expert Lecture ♥ ♠
C32:
From Silos to Success: The effects of collaboration
with a focus on diabetes
Dr. Sonja Burgel, Skill Building and Demonstration Workshop ♦
C33:
Boards of Directors Leading the Way on
Health Equity
Lee McKenna, Skill Building and Demonstration Workshop ♥
C34: Refugee Health Cuts and Beyond:Fighting for the uninsured
Faria Kamal, Skill Building and Demonstration Workshop
♦
C35:
Being an Ally: Learnings from organizing experience of the Put Food in the Budget
Campaign
Melissa Addison-Webster, Skill Building and Demonstration Workshop ♠
♥
C36:
Seniors Wraparound: Building on the strengths of the individual, the family and the community
Chris Pearson, Skill Building and Demonstration Workshop
♣ ♠
C37:
Let's Network about Community and
Neighbourhood Networks!
Gillian Kranias and Jen Quinlan, Think Tank ♣ ♠
C38:
Strengthening Oral Health Care programs in
Ontario: A Think Tank Session on HSO issues, funding challenges, and advocacy to
meet adult oral health needs
Jacquie Maund, Think Tank ♦
C39:
Exploring a Provincial Strategy for
Aboriginal Seniors
Dr. Samir Sinha, Think Tank ♦
C40:
Francophone Strategy: National
perspective
Scott Wolfe, Think Tank ♦
C41:
Bulldozing the Silos and Building
Bridges: How
to embrace the "new" meanings of interdisciplinary care
Jinder Virdee and Michelle Westin, Skill Building and Demonstration Workshop ♦
C42:
Evolution of Information
Sharing: Creating Communities of Knowledge
Marc Gordon and Mark Mycyk, Skill Building and Demonstration
Workshop ♦
Networking Sessions: Thursday June 6th 12:15 to 1:30
N1:
Building a Breastfeeding
Culture: Making breastfeeding normal and accessible for all families through peer
support
Michelle Buckner,
N2:
Working Better Together: Across Canada and around the
world
Jane Moloney,
N3:Francophone:
A French-language session for Francophones and
allies
N4:
Aboriginal: For Aboriginal people and
allies
N5:LGBTQ: For members of the LGBTQ community
and allies
N6: Community Family Health Teams:
To meet and share ideas and interests
N7: Information
Management: To meet and share ideas and
interests related to eHealth, Data Management and Analytics
N8: Program
Directors/Managers: To meet and share ideas and interests
N9: Health Promotion and Community
Initiatives: To share ideas and interests
N10:Primary Care
Providers: To meet and share ideas and
interests
N11: Physicians: To meet
and share ideas and interests
N12:
Evaluation and Learning:
For evaluators, health planners. capacity builders and
all those with an interest in fostering learning organizations and evaluative
thinking
N13:
Governance for Quality in Primary Care:Board
to Board Dialogue
N14: Health
Links Early Adopters (open to Health Links Early Adopters only)
N15: CIW Demonstration Sites (open to
CIW Demonstration Sites only)
Think Tank: a think tank is a 90-minute session focusing on a single issue or question. Initially, a presenter will orient attendees to the issue or question and relevant context (15 minutes). Then, attendees break into small groups to explore the issue or question and finally reconvene to share their enhanced understanding through a discussion facilitated by the presenter.
A11: Father Engagement: Forming
strategies to reach dads ♦
Brian Russell, Theme: Innovations
A12: Providing Healthcare for Non-Status Refugees and
Immigrants:Service innovations and partnerships ♣♥
Sideeka Narayan and Cliff Ledwos, Theme: Innovations
A13: How to Develop a Population Needs Based Planning Approach for Migrant
Workers in Ontario: The role of CHCs and FHTs ♦
Donald Cole, MD, Janet Mclaughlin et Michelle Tew, Theme: Innovations
A14: Getting Ready for Ontario's Next Poverty Reduction
Strategy: How can AOHC members mobilize in our communities? ♦
Jacquie Maund, Theme: Innovations
B17: Health Links as
Systems Transformation?
♦♥
Jocelyne Maxwell, Executive Director, Temiskaming Centre de Santé Communautaire, Theme: Systems
Transformation
B26: Building Provincial Strategies: Lesbian gay bisexual
trans (LGBT) primary health care ♦
Sarah Hobbs-Blyth and Adam Awad, Members of the AOHC LGBT Advisory Group, theme: Systems Transformation
B27: Towards a Rural Health Strategy: Improving the quality of
equitable, integrated, person-centred health services in rural Ontario ♦
Leah Stephenson and Janet Creery, Theme: Systems Transformation
C37: Let's Network about Community and Neighbourhood Networks! ♣♠
Gillian Kranias and Jen Quinlan, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing
C38:
Strengthening Oral Health Care programs in
Ontario:A Think Tank
Session on HSO issues, funding challenges, and advocacy to meet adult oral health
needs ♦
Jacquie Maund, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing
C39:
Exploring a Provincial Strategy for
Aboriginal Seniors ♦
Dr. Samir Sinha, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing
C40: Francophone Strategy: National
perspective ♦
Scott Wolfe, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing
Expert Lecture: a formal 45-minute presentations by a single expert in the field who will share an approach or innovation through a lecture (25-30 minutes) followed by response to audience questions (15 minutes).
A1-A: Development of a Diabetes
Self-Management Group in Collaboration with the Cross Cultural Learning Centre for the Arabic-Speaking
Community in London ON ♠
♣
Anne Finigan, Theme: Innovation
A1-B: A Crisis Response to the Roma Community in
Crisis ♦
Shirley Roberts, Theme: Innovation
A2-A:Time Out Young Parents
Self-Development Program: A collaborative approach to creating "something from
nothing" ♥ ♠
Lorena Murialdo and Leah Marquez, Theme: Innovations
A2-B: Promoting Awareness and Prevention of Diabetes and
HIV: A faith-based community approach ♦
Vivia McCalla, Theme: Innovations
A3-A: The Guelph Community Wellbeing
Initiative ♦
Karen Farbridge, Theme: Innovations
A3-B:The Canadian Index of Wellbeing Framework and
Community-Based Survey: Helping us better understand the health and wellbeing of residents in communities
across Canada ♦
Bryan Smale, Theme: Innovations
A4-A: Innovative Approaches to
Delivering Primary Health Care to Children and Youth ♦
Kristie Vermeulen Awad, Theme: Innovations
A4-B: Refreshed Community Health Centre and Aboriginal Health
Access Centre Model of Health and Wellbeing ♦
Jeanie Joaquin, Executive Director Scarborough Centre for
Healthy Communities, Innovations
B15-A: Hearing the Stories, Changing the
Story ♥
♣
Genevieve Obarski, Theme: Systems Transformation
B15-B: Building Healthy Communities: Respecting Traditional Values,
the bridge between Western Practices and Traditional Healing ♦
Angela Recollet, Theme: Systems Transformation
B16-A: Challenges and Opportunities
of Being a Health Link – Don Valley Greenwood Health Link ♥ ♦
Seonag Macrae , Executive Director, Wood Green Community Services and Lynne Raskin, Executive Director South
Riverdale CHC, System Transformations
B16-B: Challenges and Opportunities of Being a Health
Link--Kingston Health Link ♦
Hersh Sedev, Executive Director Kingston Community Health Centre, System Transformations
B18-A: In from the Margins: Why we need to ramp up harm
reduction in the new context of addiction ♦
Ron Shore, Theme: Systems Transformation
B18-B:
A Safe Place to
Land: Developing Resiliency in "the Bull Shit Free
Zone" ♦
Jenilee Cook, Theme: Systems Transformation
C29-A: Six Degrees of Separation: Network mapping for effective community partnerships ♠ ♥
Suzanne Schwenger and Robyn Kalda, Theme: Community Health and
Wellbeing
C29-B: Measuring Progress in Partnerships and Networks with Outcome
Mapping ♠
♥
Heidi Schaeffer, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing
C30-A: Healthy Kids and Childhood Obesity Prevention and
Reduction In Ontario ♠ ♥
Kate Manson-Smith, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health
Promotion, MOHLTC, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing
C30-B: Healthy Beginnings:A
community based cross-sector evidence-based approach to childhood obesity prevention ♦
Bill Davidson and Kerry-Lynn Wilkie, Theme: Community
Health and Wellbeing
C31-A: Creating Integrated Collaboration for Community Food
Security: The Guelph Wellington
Experience ♣
♠
Kate Vsetula, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing
C31-B: Building a Healthy Community Together, Through Food : Community partnerships,
community engagement, and the successful development of a neighbourhood food space ♥ ♠
Bronwyn Underhill, Theme: Community Health and
Wellbeing
Skill-Building or Demonstration Workshop: a 90-minute session, workshops should teach a specific skill needed by many centre staff and managers and include one or more exercises that let attendees practice using this skill. This session will have a hands-on opportunity to practice the skill. Workshops can demonstrate a successful practice and should also include an engaging interactive component where participants can explore how they might implement such a practice in their own context.
A5: Creating a Collobrative Approch to
Elder Abuse Intervention: The role a CHC can play in providing education, and responding to
elder abuse in your communities ♦
Jennifer Josephson, Theme: Innovations
A6: Supporting and Developing Trans
Health Access: Advancing strategic priorities ♦
Jordan Zaitzow, Theme: Innovations
A8: Privacy and Consent in Health
Links – Implied vs Informed – the differences and what to do about it: Sharing client
information across organizations in long-term primary care settings ♣
Rodney Burns, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop
A10: The Challenges & Successes
of Operating a Dental Suite: Practical lessons from 3 CHCs ♦
Ron Shore, Kerry-Lynne Wilkie, Cathy Danbrook, Theme: Innovations
B19: Collaborating Across Sectors to
Develop a Dental Program in Community Health Settings ♠ ♥
Coletta McGrath and Jenny Stranges; Carla Ribeiro and Maria Tsikrikis, Theme Systems Transformation
B20: Envisioning Better Health and
Better Care: From image to implementation ♦
Dr. Farah Shroff, Theme: Systems Transformations
B21: Canadian Index of
Wellbeing: A lever and a place to stand ♦
Gary Machan, Theme: Systems Transformation
B22: Governing Through
Change:The role of boards In health system transformation ♣ ♥
Floydeen Charles-Fridal, Theme: Systems Transformation
B23: Using QI Tools to Help Staff
Work to their Full Scope of Practice ♦
Kathleen Foley, Theme: Systems Transformation
B24: Introducing a Paradigm Shift for
Outreach and Promotions to Better Connect with the Rest of Health System ♦
Zuzia Kukulka and Maila Halenko, Theme: Systems Transformation
B25: Getting the Data you Need for a
Successful Health Link ♦
Dr. Jennifer Rayner, Regional Decision Support Specialist, Western Region and Alison Blair, Director
(acting), Health Analytics Branch, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Skill Building or Demonstration
Workshop
B28: Toward a Community Health and Well Being
Strategy ♦
Charles Pascal, Theme: Systems Transformation
C32: From Silos to Success:
The effects of collaboration with a focus on diabetes ♦
Dr. Sonja Burgel CCFP FCFP, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing
C33: Boards of Directors Leading the
Way on Health Equity ♥
Lee McKenna, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing
C34: Refugee Health
Cuts and Beyond: Fighting for the
uninsured ♦
Faria Kamal, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing
C35: Being an Ally:
Learnings from organizing experience of the Put Food
in the Budget Campaign ♠ ♥
Melissa Addison-Webster, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing
C36: Seniors
Wraparound: Building on the strengths of the
individual, the family and the community ♣ ♠
Chris Pearson, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing
C41: Bulldozing the
Silos and Building Bridges: How to embrace the "new" meanings of interdisciplinary
care ♦
Jinder Virdee and Michelle Westin, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing
C42: Evolution of Information Sharing: Creating Communities of
Knowledge ♦
Marc Gordon and Mark Mycyk, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing
Networking Sessions: held during the lunch break on day two of the conference and attendees are welcome to bring their boxed lunches to the break out rooms. They will be relatively small and informal discussion based gatherings, aimed at building networks and exploring ideas. There is no formal presentation instead the session leaders ensure that there is time for introductions among those in attendance and come with questions or ideas to spark discussion around a particular topic area.
N1: Building a Breastfeeding Culture: Making breastfeeding normal and
accessible for all families through peer support
Michelle Buckner,
N2:
Working Better Together: Across Canada and around the
world
Jane Moloney,
N3:
Francophone: A
French-language session for Francophones and allies
N4: Aboriginal: For Aboriginal people and allies
N5: LGBTQ: For members of the LGBTQ community and
allies
N6: Community Family Health
Teams: To meet and share ideas and
interests
N7: Information
Management: To meet and share ideas and
interests related to eHealth, Data Management and Analytics
N8: Program
Directors/Managers: To meet and share ideas and
interests
N9: Health Promotion and Community
Initiatives: To share ideas and
interests
N10:
Primary Care
Providers: To meet and share ideas and
interests
N11: Evaluation and
Learning: For evaluators, health planners. capacity
builders and all those with an interest in fostering learning organizations and evaluative
thinking
N12: Communication and Social Media
Leads: To meet and share ideas and
interests
N13: Governance for Quality in Primary Care:Board
to Board Dialogue
N14: Health
Links Early Adopters (open to Health
Links Early Adopters only)
N15: CIW Demonstration Sites (open to CIW Demonstration Sites
only)
Learning Session Descriptions
A1-A: Development of a Diabetes Self – Management Group in
Collaboration with the Cross Cultural Learner Centre for the Arabic –Speaking Community in London
ON
Anne Finigan, Theme: Innovations, Expert Lecture ♣♠
A presentation about the strategies used to engage a group of new Canadians in diabetes education. The CHC
and a settlement service worked together to provide a welcoming learning environment to a large group of
Arabic-speaking government-sponsored refugees and newcomers. Working together, facilitators created a growing
sense of community amongst participants, provided a safe space to ask questions, and with cultural
sensitivity, examined diets and meal preparation. This presentation outlines topics presented, questions
generated, and suggestions for further development of diabetes prevention initiatives with new Canadians.
A1-B: A Crisis Response to the Roma Community in
Crisis
Shirley Roberts, Theme: Innovations, Expert Lecture ♦
Between 2010 and 2012 almost 5000 Hungarian and Roma refugees facing complex health and social issues settled
in Parkdale, in downtown Toronto. This intensive migration posed particular service access challenges to this
community as well as to health care providers. In collaboration with partner agencies, PCHC responded to this
need for services by establishing a weekly drop-in for the community, with the intent to integrate our Roma
clients into our regular health services. Throughout this process lessons were learned about establishing
clear parameters for service and adapting to the changing needs of this community. Discussion will include
next steps in responding to the emerging health needs of the Roma community.
A2-A: Time Out Young Parents Self-Development
Program: A collaborative approach to creating "something from nothing"
Lorena Murialdo and Leah Marquez, Theme: Innovations, Expert Lecture ♠♣
Facilitators will deliver a lecture on the history, background, and unparalleled success of the "Time Out "
young parents program. Facilitators will share the perspective, approach, and tools that lead to the
ascendancy and sustainability of this vibrant and dynamic self-development program for young parents, now in
its 7th year. The lecture will focus on the collaboration among community partners and young parents that
stitched together Time Out - "something from nothing." We will show how Time Out has been able to incorporate
the broader social determinants of health throughout its educational curriculum and provide a seamless
connection to a wide range of health care and social services for young parents and their children.
A2-B: Promoting Awareness and Prevention of Diabetes and
HIV:A faith-based community approach
Vivia McCalla, Theme: Innovations, Expert Lecture ♦
This workshop highlights initiatives used by Women's Health in Women's Hands to engage faith-based
communities in Toronto. It will explore prevention and community capacity building strategies for reducing
incidences of HIV and Diabetes among African, Caribbean and Black populations and provide tips for best
practices when engaging such communities. Faith based organizations have a role to play in HIV prevention,
treatment, and care and those living with HIV may seek solace in their faith and faith communities. The
workshop will explore resource development, prevention education, and outreach around Diabetes and HIV, as
well as care and support for women, training, skills development, and advocacy partnership activities.
A3-A:The Guelph Community Wellbeing
Initiative
Karen Farbridge,Theme: Innovations, Expert Lecture ♦
Guelph Community Wellbeing Initiative (CWI) is a call to action. It's part of a community movement
to make a better life together. Facilitated by the City of Guelph, the CWI has embraced the eight domains of
the Canadian Index of Wellbeing and is engaging the community in the development of action plans around each
domain and discussions on how it will impact overall wellbeing. Guelph has also been chosen as a pilot Health
Links community and is an excellent example of how communities can work better together . The combination of
these two initiatives in Guelph is proving to be a potent mix, as the opportunities to align the goals for
primary health care of the Health Links pilot with the broader community goals of the "Community Vitality"
and "Healthy Populations" domains of the CWI are being realized.
A3-B: The Canadian Index of Wellbeing
Framework and Community-Based Survey: Helping us better understand the health and wellbeing of residents in
communities across Canada
Bryan Smale, Theme: Innovations, Expert Lecture ♦
Following the lecture by Mayor Farbridge on how the City of Guelph is successfully using the CIW to guide its
Community Wellbeing Initiative, come to this session to learn more about the CIW framework and how it has
shaped our new community wellbeing survey. What are the types of insights the survey results
provided into the wellbeing of Guelph’s residents and their community? What other communities have we engaged
this year to use the CIW wellbeing survey and how will our data help them? And specifically, how is the CIW
wellbeing survey being used to guide the development of the AOHC intake questionnaire? Lots to cover. Come
with your questions.
A4-A: Innovative Approaches to Delivering Primary Health
Care to Children and Youth
Kristie Vermeulen Awad, Theme: Innovations, Expert Lecture ♦
This session explores the success of providing primary health care in non-clinical settings as a way to
address the barriers newcomer children and youth face in accessing primary care services. Building
partnerships and delivering services with(in) schools will be discussed as an approach to improving the
health of families and strengthening connections to the services available in their communities. Several
partnerships and clinics struck by Access Alliance will be covered: The Paul D. Steinhauer Clinic: a
pediatric clinic located at George Webster Elementary School; The Greenwood Youth Clinic: a teen health
clinic where students can access basic primary health care, sexual health, and other resources; The Healthy
Child Screening Initiative: an initiative which enhances healthy early childhood development as children
prepare to and enter the school system.
A4-B: Refreshed Community
Health Centre and Aboriginal Health Access Centre Model of Health and
Wellbeing
Jeanie Joaquin, Executive Director Scarborough Centre for
Healthy Communities, Theme: Innovations, Expert Lecture ♦
This workshop introduces the refreshed Model of Health and Wellbeing including the cross-cutting values and
practices that form the core of Aboriginal Health Access Centres (AHACs) and Community Health Centres (CHCs)
and what makes them distinct as organizations. The Model of Health and Wellbeing reminds us that
community is central to everything CHCs and AHACs do and declares their work as part of a larger struggle for
equity and social justice, to create a future where everyone has an equal right to access health and
wellbeing services and where all aspects of human dignity are respected and nurtured.
A5: Creating a Collaborative Approach to Elder Abuse
Intervention: The role a CHC can play in providing education, and responding to elder abuse in
your communities
Jennifer Josephson, Theme: Innovation, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop ♦
In many communities, collaboration between health and social service providers and justice partners has been
the key to breaking the silence on elder abuse. CHCs have a unique opportunity to bring partners together to
provide for the holistic needs of our senior population and keep them safe from abuse. This presentation will
provide an overview of indicators and identifiers of elder abuse. It will outline best practice
solutions and practical tips for effective interventions in responding to allegations of elder abuse,
including how to share information and conduct joint interventions. Demonstrating how Brock Community Health
Centre provided essential involvement in addressing elder abuse will provide a template for other CHCs to
move forward to combat this growing social problem.
A6: Supporting and Developing Trans Health
Access:Advancing strategic priorities
Jordan Zaitzow, Theme: Innovations, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop ♦
This workshop will include speakers from three CHC teams from different areas of Ontario who will demonstrate
the visionary work they have done in the last few years to transform their practices to meet the needs of
trans people in their communities. Our session will focus on particular regional considerations and
strategies and the creation of diverse and successful responses to community needs, isolation, and health
disparities. Participants will have an opportunity to workshop their own ideas and build links and networks
with each other through discussion, creativity, and innovation.
A8: Privacy and Consent in Health Links– Implied vs
Informed – the differences and what to do about it: Sharing client information across organizations in
long-term primary care settings
Rodney Burns, Chief Information Officer AOHC, Theme: Innovations, Skill Building and Demonstration
Workshop ♣
The Health Links is placing primary care providers right at the centre of the system to help remove
barriers to care. Successful implementation will involve the disclosure and sharing of PHI among the various
practitioners. Consent will be a critical component of delivering care through the Health Links, and PHIPA
2004 has very explicit consent requirements for health information custodian. This workshop will explore key
considerations of consent, the various options, and how they may be applied in the Health
Links.
A10: The Challenges & Successes of Operating a Dental
Suite: Practical lessons from 3 CHCs
Ron Shore, Kerry-Lynne Wilkie, Cathy Danbrook, Theme: Innovations, Skill Building or Demonstration
Workshop ♦
Thirty-six AOHC members now deliver oral health services. The Healthy Smiles Ontario program in 2010 helped
launch new oral health programs in 23 CHCs. These operate in a variety of different partnership arrangements
with Public Health Units and others. Hear from three CHCs about their experiences of the challenges,
barriers, and requirements to successfully meet the oral health care needs of low income clients.
A11: Father Engagement: Forming strategies to
reach dads
Brian Russell, Theme Innovations, Think Tank ♦
More fathers than ever before are participating in the important aspects of children's lives, including in
healthcare settings. When fathers are effectively engaged by service providers they are more likely to remain
involved in the ongoing care of their children. Fathers themselves need support as there is an increase in
mental health issues, family stress, and environmental pressures. The Father Engagement think tank will give
an overview of issues facing fathers, the role of a dad today, and why it is important to intentionally
include fathers in our practice. Small group discussions will address barriers to reaching fathers, sharing
programs, and services that are presently available and brainstorming strategies that can be easily
implemented in different settings.
A12: Providing Healthcare for Non-status Refugees and
Immigrants: Service innovations and partnerships
Sideeka Narayan and Cliff Ledwos, Theme: Systems Transformation, Think Tank ♣♥
Non-status/non-insured people face multiple systemic barriers that pose salient risk to their health. There
is urgent need for institutional solutions to provide healthcare for non-status/non-insured people. Drawing
on Access Alliance’s newly opened Non-Insured Walk-in Clinic (NIWIC), this learning session will discuss the
service innovations, successes and challenges in running this unique clinic. We will then engage
participants in a discussion to identify solutions to some of the challenges faced by the NIWIC clinic,
explore partnership opportunities with other CHCs, and more broadly discuss how the CHC sector could play a
larger role in meeting healthcare needs of non-status/non-insured groups.
A13: How to Develop a Population Needs Based Planning
Approach for Migrant Workers in Ontario:The role of CHCs and FHTs
Donald Cole, MD, Janet Mclaughlin et Michelle Tew, Theme: Innovation, Think Tank ♦
This session will focus on innovations that can improve access to care for migrant farm workers. A vulnerable
population, migrant farm workers, or temporary foreign agricultural workers, face considerable barriers to
accessing health care, such as poor access to transportation, work schedules, language and cultural barriers,
and fear of loss of employment. Their health is further at risk due to particular social determinants of
health, such as lower socio-economic status, low levels of education, high illiteracy, and precarious living
and working conditions. Based on over a decade of research and clinical activity with migrant workers,
clinicians and researchers with the Migrant Worker Health Project will provide a presentation on the primary
health risks and barriers to care faced by migrant workers. Following this, the team will guide participants
in a focused discussion of ways to improve care and access to health services for this unique population.
A14: Getting Ready for Ontario's Next Poverty Reduction
Strategy: How can AOHC members mobilize in our communities?
Jacquie Maund, Theme: Innovations, Think Tank ♦
AOHC members see first-hand the impact of poverty on health. Ontario's first Poverty Reduction Strategy
(2008-2013) has had some successes but there is much more work to do. In 2013 the Ontario government will be
developing the next 5 year Poverty Reduction Strategy. How can CHCs, AHACs, and other members get involved?
Brainstorm, learn, and share successful community mobilization and advocacy tools to add the voices of your
colleagues and clients to the movement to end poverty in Ontario.
A43: Research
Showcase
Arron Service, Ph.D. Panel Chair, Theme: Innovations ♦
Interest and capacity in research is growing within the sector, with several CHCs and AHACs having in-house
research capacity, dedicated staff time and active research agendas. There is now also greater potential for
research funding and partnerships. External researchers are increasingly approaching the centres to
participate in research. There is a growing impetus for advancing research within the sector that would allow
CHCs and AHACs to better understand their clients’ health needs, improve service quality and demonstrate the
impact of CHCs and AHACs. Attendees will have an opportunity to hear from researchers, both internal and
external to the sector, about the work they are doing with CHCs and AHACs and participate in a discussion.
Plan to attend this session if you are interested in hearing about new and emerging research in the
sector.
B15-A: Hearing the Stories, Changing the
Story
Genevieve Obarski, Theme: Systems Transformation, Expert Lecture ♣♥
The Change Foundation will present new information from key elements of its current strategic plan: Hearing
the stories, changing the story. Elements align around a belief that system integration will improve by
focusing on care transition. Updates will be presented on listening to health system users and applying that
to system improvement: 1) Community level snapshot survey of how adults living with long-term health
conditions, and their caregivers, are experiencing healthcare transitions in Northumberland. 2)
Northumberland PATH project- patients, caregivers, and providers working in co-design to improve transitions
based on listening to lived experiences of health. 3) Panorama-panel of Ontario residents exchanging views,
experiences, and advice to improve healthcare.
B15-B: Building Healthy Communities:Respecting
Traditional Values, the bridge between Western Practices and Traditional Healing
Angela Recollet, Executive Director at Shkagamik-Kwe Health Centre, Theme: Systems Transformation, Expert
Lecture ♦
This lecture will provide participants with an overview of effective bridging of western and traditional
practices. It will outline Shkagamik-Kwe Health Centre's process in which we thread cultural safe practice in
health service delivery. We will showcase our successful efforts to build an interprofessional team that
embraces these practices and highlight our unique program initiatives such as Wild Food Bank, Medicine Camps,
and Medicine Making workshops. We will share what cultural competencies and culturally safe practices mean
and the process of implementation of these practices. The presentation will also talk about relationships not
only with each other but with all "our relations" and provide what this refers to in the wholistic form.
B16-A: Challenges and Opportunities of Being a Health Link – Don
Valley Greenwood Health Link
Seonag Macrae , Executive Director, Wood Green Community Services and Lynne Raskin, Executive Director
South Riverdale CHC, Theme, System Transformations, Expert Lecture ♥♦
The
Don Valley Greenwood Health Link is one of 9 Health Links in the Toronto Central LHIN (TCLHIN). In this
session, we will discuss: the challenges and opportunities of being a Health Link in a large, diverse urban
setting; the advantages of being the smallest Health Link in the TCLHIN; our success to date building on
existing relationships between partners by deepening our understanding of the capacity and strengths of each
partner; early initiatives we have introduced through simply listening to each other's unique challenges and
working differently together to find solutions that don't require large investments of new resources; what
others should think about as they prepare to engage in their Health Link; and other key learnings to
date.
B16-B: Challenges and
Opportunities of Being an Health Link--Kingston Health Link
Hersh Sedev, Executive Director Kingston Community Health Centre, Theme: Systems Transformation,
Expert Lecture ♦
KCHC is going to share its experience of being part of two very different Health Links. The Kingston
Health Link includes a population of 137,000 with 104 primary care providers from 13 different
organization including 5 FHTs, 1CHC, CCAC, 3 Hospitals, 1 FHG, 1 FHO as well as the Public Health Unit.
Some of the challenges include building a shared definition of people-cented care and differentiating
and building systems for case management as well as care coordination across the many partners. At this stage
considerable efforts are going into developing and negotiating clear roles and responsibilities for all of
the organizations. Processes are being designed to build on the strengths of each organization for integrated
and effective coordination. The Napanee and Tyendinga Health Link includes a population of
25,000; a handful of independent sole practitioners, 2 FHO/FHG, one hospital and a Wellness Centre in
Tyendianga Territory. It is in the beginning stages and offers different challenges.
The presentation will cover the ongoing lessons learned from both experiences, quick consensus and areas
where more negotiation is needed.
B17: Health Links as Systems Transformation?
Jocelyne Maxwell, Executive Director, Temiskaming Centre de Santé Communautaire, Think Tank ♥♦
What does it truly mean to be person-centred and what is happening around the tables that demonstrates
system transformation toward a person-centred approach? How do we push the envelope further and use
Health Links as a powerful lever for Health System Transformation? This session is a dialogue with wicked
questions that will challenge participants to think from a systems view and to explore opportunities to move
closer to our vision of health and wellbeing. Can the current Health Links be a profound path to
systems transformation?
B18-A: A Safe Place to Land: Developing
Resiliency in "the Bull Shit Free Zone"
Jenilee Cook,Theme: Systems Transformation, Expert Lecture ♦
"Challenging the Perception of those Looking in.” How residents in an adult, rent geared to income apartment
building in small-town Ontario, written off as hopeless, created a sense of Community with the guidance of
Outreach Team members of the WACHC. "Community capacity building is contingent on the ability of community
members to collaborate in a meaningful way." The Fyfe initiative is a collaboration between Oxford County
Social Service and the WACHC. This 52 unit, rent geared to income building has undergone significant
demographic change resulting in broad resident diversity. Through conversation, attendees will hear the
approaches WACHC staff used to: gain resident trust and acceptance; create an environment where "neighbours"
could share their concerns, hopes, and dreams for their community; redirect residents to take the lead in
implementing ideas, and create a safe haven. A resident will participate in the discussion of outcomes,
lessons learned to date, and recommended next steps.
B18-B: In from the Margins: Why we need to ramp
up harm reduction in the new context of addiction
Ron Shore, Theme: Systems Transformation, Expert Lecture ♦
Enormous changes have occurred and are occurring in the landscape of addiction. The public health crisis
assciated with oxycontin has resulted in a seismic shift in the profile of addiction across the province. .
Opioid overdose has become the 3rd leading accidental cause of death in Ontario, resulting in community
mobilization to roll out take-home naloxone/overdose prevention programs across Ontario. The Ministry
of Health has responded by funding significant new opioid programs across each LHIN. How can centres respond
and lead within this emergent context of health and harm related to addictions and mental health? Every
centre needs a harm reduction strategy and an addictions-informed model of practice. What does this look
like?
B19: Collaborating Across Sectors to Develop a Dental
Program in Community Health Settings
Coletta McGrath and Jenny Stranges; Carla Ribeiro and Maria Tsikrikis, Theme: Systems Transformation,
Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop ♥♠
Learn how the Quest CHC Dental Program in St. Catharines developed from community collaboration, local
partnerships, and the Community Advisory Committee. Hear about their successes and challenges with this
public/not for profit/private partnering approach to funding dental services within the CHC setting. Then
learn about an intersectoral partnership between Parkdale CHC in Toronto and George Brown Community College
where two very different organizations have successfully collaborated to provide oral health services in the
community.
B20: Envisioning Better Health and Better Care:
From image to implementation
Dr. Farah Shroff, Theme: Systems Transformation, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop ♦
In this participatory session we will collectively visualize healthy people in healthy ecosystems. From this
vision of wellness we will discuss the social determinants of health and health advocacy. We will examine
health status issues with an emphasis on chronic conditions, seniors, and the 5%. We will illustrate that
health for all is possible with examples of societies where the roots of health are nurtured. We'll focus on
innovations, interdisciplinary teams, shared governance models, and system integration. Rooting our
presentation in case studies from around the world we will provide an overview for the triple aim: better
health and better care for better cost. Using discussion, art, visualization, and other creative means, we
will engage participants in imagining healthier populations and transformed health systems and how to get
there.
B21: Canadian Index of Wellbeing:A lever and a
place to stand
Gary Machan, Theme: System Transformation, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop ♦
This workshop will provide an overview of the work of the Barrie Community Health Center in applying the
Canadian Index of Wellbeing to address the determinants of health. In so doing, it will highlight some of the
work of the Resilience Collaborative aimed at influencing policy at the community level, as well as share
some of the more recent efforts to integrate the CIW into the DNA of the Barrie Community Health Center.
Finally, it will present participants with a full menu of strategic applications that they might incorporate
into their own work, i.e. wholistic intake tools and community mapping.
B22: Governing Through Change:The role of
boards In health system transformation
Floydeen Charles-Fridal, Theme: Systems Change, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop ♣♥
We will: break down barriers at the individual, organizational, community, and systematic level; move away
from fragmented silos to effective systems; build capacity by developing networks, partnerships, alliances,
and coalitions, and embed a health equity approach into all system transformation initiatives. Focusing on
the role of Boards in the changing health environment we will examine strategies for effective Board to Board
engagement and look at best practices with a particular focus on systems and policy decisions that impact
clients and operations. We will also look at the requisite critical thinking skills necessary for Board
members, as well as the importance of establishing, maintaining, and utilizing circles of influence,
particularly relating to addressing issues of health equity and the social determinants of health.
B23: Using QI Tools to Help Staff Work to their Full Scope
of Practice
Kathleen Foley, Theme Systems Transformation, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop ♦
QI tools are not only helpful in improving the quality of our work, but also in changing the roles and
responsibilities of multidisciplinary team members. The use of these tools by multidisciplinary teams can
result in all staff members beginning to work to their full scope of practice. In this workshop we will
discuss the tools, provide examples of how the scope of practice can be influenced, and provide
demonstrations.
B24: Introducing a Paradigm Shift for Outreach and
Promotions to Better Connect with the Rest of Health System
Zuzia Kukulka and Maila Halenko, Theme: Systems Transformations, Skill Building or Demonstration
Workshop ♦
In this workshop we will compare traditional versus value-driven relationship building approaches to outreach
and promotion. We will then describe core tools of value-driven approach: identifying value for each
stakeholder and pinpointing gaps and connections in the system. In the second half of the workshop
participants will work using case studies, with support from facilitators, to practice applying these
innovative tools and deepen their skills and insights.
B25: Getting the Data you Need for a Successful Health
Link
Dr. Jennifer Rayner, Regional Decision Support Specialist, Western Region and Alison Blair, Director
(acting), Health Analytics Branch, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care ♦
This workshop will explore the complexities of sharing data across Health Links and some of the anticipated
sources and measurement frameworks.
B26: Building Provincial Strategies: Lesbian
gay bisexual trans (LGBT) primary health care
Sarah Hobbs-Blyth and Adam Awad, Members of the AOHC LGBT Advisory Group, Theme: Systems
Transformation, Think Tank ♦
Safe, appropriate and accessible primary health care for LGBT people (including people who are lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, queer, intersex and two-spirited) is an ongoing health equity issue
across the province. At this session, members of the AOHC LGBT Advisory Group will present an overview of the
results from a recent provincial survey of CHCs, CFHTs, AHACs and NPLCs on this issue. Think Tank
participants will then discuss what critical tools (policies, programs, procedures) are needed to support
organizations to promote LGBT health equity, and share knowledge about what best practices and expertise
already exist across the province that should be leveraged.
B27: Towards a Rural Health Strategy:Improving
the quality of equitable, integrated, person-centred health services in rural Ontario
Leah Stephenson and Janet Creery, Theme: Systems Transformation, Think Tank ♦
In the context of strong pressures for hospital-led integration in many parts of rural Ontario and an absence
of an implemented, broadly-endorsed provincial rural health strategy, this session will explore effective
community sector-led approaches to rural health service integration for higher quality, more equitable,
person-centred services that ensure people are linked with the full continuum of care. Drawing on Healthy
Community Collaborations dialogues over the last six months with rural Ontario health service providers,
facilitators will share lessons learned, then engage participants in an exciting exchange of ideas,
strategies, promising and best practices for integrated, equitable, person-centred rural health services in
Ontario. Outcomes will contribute to a Community Health Ontario-developed Rural Health Strategy. The session
will address both Theme One, a people-centred health system, and Theme Two, partnerships that support
community health and well-being.
B28: Toward a Community Health and Well Being
Strategy
Charles Pascal, Theme: Systems Transformation, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop
♦
This workshop will explore how to best develop and implement the transition from a sickness care
approach to a Community Health and Wellbeing system that enables the best outcomes.
Participants will tackle the following questions:
- How do we connect the dots between successful health promotion initiatives and replicate their success system-wide?
- How do we create coherent, coordinated health and wellbeing systems that maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of collaborations and partnerships? What delivery practices have to be modified to bring about the desired changes? What supports do community partners need to be both positive and effective about the change process?
- How do we build public support for this transition making a convincing case that upfront investment in the social determinants of health today is cost effective?
C29-A:
Six Degrees of Separation: Network mapping for effective community
partnerships
Suzanne Schwenger and Robyn Kalda,
Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing, Expert Lecture ♥♠
Network mapping is a methodology
that offers a visual 'picture' of relationships and links within a group or network. Through network mapping,
communities can increase their awareness of the patterns that link to social and economic determinants of
health in their network relationships, identify strengths and gaps, and develop strategic interventions to
enhance the flow of information and the effectiveness of the network to promote health for all. Network
mapping is a particularly useful tool for CHCs working in partnerships and networks to determine the current
strength and diversity of their relationships across key determinants of health, including housing, income
security, and food security. This workshop will identify ways for health promoters across Ontario to develop
and grow healthy and inclusive networks in their work.
C29-B: Measuring Progress in Partnerships and Networks with
Outcome Mapping
Heidi, Schaeffer, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing, Expert Lecture ♥♠
Health Links are being formed to strengthen the circle of care around people, to improve transitions within
the system, and to help ensure that people receive more responsive care. For Health Links to be successful
multiple stakeholders will need to come together and collaborate effectively in continuously evolving
circumstances. The same is true for all effective community development work. The most successful
partnerships and networks will be the ones that are highly connected, committed, and adaptive to change.
Being able to measure progress in partnerships and networks that are working in complex and emergent
environments requires new ways of thinking about outcomes. Come and hear how Outcome Mapping can be used to
plan, monitor, and evaluate actions, interactions, and practices with partners and in networks.
C30-A: Healthy Kids and Childhood Obesity Prevention and
Reduction In Ontario
Kate Mason-Smith, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Promotion, MOHLTC, Theme: Community
Health and Wellbeing, Expert Lecture ♥♠
This workshop will highlight the significance of a multi-sectoral approach to health promotion,
childhood obesity prevention and reduction. The factors that contribute to childhood overweight and obesity
are complex and interrelated. They are a function of biology, food, activity, and environment, beginning
before children are born and continuing throughout their lives. Approximately one in five youth in Ontario is
overweight. 75% of obese children grow up to become obese adults, and chronic diseases associated with adult
obesity cost Ontario an estimated $4.5 billion per year. In 2012, the province set a goal to reduce childhood
obesity by 20% over five years. The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care established the Health Kids Panel
to receive advice from multi-sectoral experts on how to address this issue and meet the targeted
reduction.
C30-B:
Healthy Beginnings: A community based cross-sector evidence-based approach to childhood obesity
prevention
Bill Davidson and Kerry-Lynn
Wilkie, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing, Expert Lecture ♦
Learn how the curriculum from
'OrganWise Guys,' successful American-based program to address childhood obesity (OWG), is being adopted by
education and community partners in Ontario and how evidence-based outcomes can be achieved in a Canadian
site. With the support of a local family foundation a neighbourhood-based CHC becomes a service delivery hub,
coordinating the OWG programs in schools and in the community year-round. Workshop participants will have the
opportunity to learn about and contribute to the organizational, front line, and community perspectives on
implementing a cross-sector model of service coordination and delivery, and discuss the next steps to advance
this work to shape provincial policy.
C31-A: Creating Integrated Collaboration for Community Food
Security:The Guelph Wellington Experience
Kate Vsetula, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing, Expert Lecture ♣♠
This session will explore the multi-year success that the Guelph Wellington Food Round Table has had in
engaging communities in food security enhancement. We will provide an overview of programs that we have moved
forward, as well as a review of how a constellation model of collaboration can lead to a divided leadership
approach and system wide change. Specific topics include a community designed Food Charter endorsed by
municipal government, the development of a community gardens policy framework, partnership with local
universities and other learning establishments, mobilizing resources, and engaging volunteers. This workshop
is ideal for those interested in enhancing food security in their regions.
C31-B: Building a Healthy Community Together, Through
Food: Community partnerships, community engagement, and the successful development of a
neighbourhood food space
Bronwyn Underhill, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing, Expert Lecture ♥♠
This expert lecture will walk participants through the partnership strategies and community engagement
methods used at the Oriole Food Space, a multi-purpose food programming hub in North York (Toronto). The
development of a strong and highly-functioning neighbourhood food network will be discussed. In particular,
we will highlight the way that four distinct partners (Flemingdon Health Centre, North York Harvest Food
Bank, Working Women Community Centre, and the City of Toronto) have worked together using community
engagement strategies to build and animate the Oriole Food Space.
C32: From Silos to Success:The effects of
collaboration with a focus on diabetes
Dr. Sonja Burgel, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop
♦
See the benefits of collaborative group medical visits for yourself! Participants will have an opportunity to
role play, recreating the experience of a diabetes group medical visit. Witness firsthand the increased
efficiency a collaborative group medical visit can offer, and experience how the group atmosphere fosters
self-management skill-building and people-centred care. Learn the steps to initiating a group medical visit
and leave with tools to help get you started. Participants will also learn how diabetes visits can be applied
to other groups to address the top 5% and meet the individual needs of your Centre. We will discuss the
effect on access, efficiency, and disease outcomes along with strategies to evaluate your own success.
C33: Boards of Directors Leading the Way on Health
Equity
Lee McKenna, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop
♥
Boards are the vision-bearers of our member centres, community bellwethers who connect the dots between
what’s happening in the neighbourhoods we serve and our centres. They already know that social
inequities show up in the community’s health and well-being – and that health equity offers real
solutions. In this workshop, boards will get an introduction to the BODY of health equity: the HEAD of
knowledge and information, the HEART of attitude change, and the FEET of capacity and action. With last
year’s AGM commitment to the sector’s Health Equity Charter, here is an opportunity to learn more.
C34: Refugee Health Cuts and
Beyond:Fighting for the uninsured
Faria Kamal, Theme Community Health and Wellbeing, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop
♦
This workshop seeks to engage frontline workers in the struggle for health for all. The workshop will provide
an overview of the cuts to the Interim Federal Health (IFH) Program as a case study, while also outlining
reasons for migration, different categories of migration status, and mechanisms through which people become
uninsured in Canada. How do individual community agencies better serve the needs of this population and how
can frontline workers work on advocacy initiatives to address root causes? The format will be interactive
with discussion questions, brainstorming exercises, and opportunities for attendees to share their experience
to build collective analysis and solutions.
C35: Being an Ally: Learnings from organizing experience of the Put
Food in the Budget Campaign
Melissa Addison-Webster, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing,
Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop ♠♥
This Workshop will provide a brief history of the Put Food in the Budget Campaign, highlighting experiences
of intersectoral collaboration and solidarity between people who have direct experience of living on low
incomes and community-based organizations, including CHC's, faith and labour groups and community members. We
will discuss why we organize with these distinctions in mind, and how it shapes the goals and practices of
advocacy and community organizing. Concrete scenarios will be provided for small groups to work through in
order to help integrate this analysis into the development of effective practices for allies and supporters
in planning, evaluation, outreach, and other components of intersectoral partnerships for social
change.
C36: Seniors Wraparound:
Building on
the strengths of the individual, the family and the community
Chris Pearson, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing, Skill
Building or Demonstration Workshop ♣♠
This workshop will explore the growth of Seniors Wraparound, including participant involvement, project
outcomes, lessons learned, and future plans. Seniors Wraparound is a team based program that assists
individuals to live longer independently. Seniors living in our rural area were often unaware of available
services due to their isolation and the complexity of navigating the health system. This program was enhanced
with the training of ten community members as facilitators as well as key staff members. By reducing the
barriers to health and well-being, the capacity of the seniors was increased. The Wraparound model is guided
by ten key principles that have resulted in reduced hospital admissions, re-admissions and emergency
visits.
C37: Let's Network about Community and Neighbourhood
Networks!
Gillian Kranias and Jen Quinlan, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing, Skill Building or
Demonstration Workshop, Think Tank ♣♠
Let's network about community and neighbourhood networks! By 'neighbourhood networks' we mean grassroots
and/or agency networks (and their subcommittees) that focus on solving local issues in collaborative
ways.This think tank will build collective knowledge around best practices, explore struggles, and brainstorm
solutions to enhance the effectiveness of networks. We will share experiences and impacts with the goal of
creating a community of practice that enables continued learning for action. As CHCs we often work through
collaborative structures with the aim of enhancing neighbourhood wellness and health - let's figure out how
we can build on and enhance this great work!
C38: Strengthening Oral Health Care programs in
Ontario:A Think Tank Session on HSO issues, funding challenges, and advocacy to meet adult
oral health needs
Jacquie Maund, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop,
Think Tank ♦
Building on the previous two oral health learning sessions of the conference, this think tank will kick off
with a summary of key learnings on opportunities and challenges to working better together to strengthen
public oral health care programs for children and adults in Ontario.
C39: Exploring a Provincial Strategy for Aboriginal
Seniors
Dr. Samir Sinha, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing, Think Tank ♦
In his recent report on a Seniors Strategy for Ontario, Dr Samir Sinha recommends that an Aboriginal Seniors
Strategy be developed. This think tank session will explore what the key elements of such a strategy
should be and the process to develop it.
C40: Francophone Strategy: National
perspective
Scott Wolfe, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing, Skill Building or Demonstration
Workshop, Think Tank ♦
At the federal level, the Canadian Association of Community Health Centres is working with Francophone and
bilingual CHC colleagues, and other key partners, to develop a pan-Canadian vision for increasing access to
French-language primary health care. This think tank provides a key opportunity for Ontario community primary
health care organizations and allies to refine and build their vision for French-language PHC at the
provincial level, and to help inform the broader federal strategy.
C41: Bulldozing the Silos and Building
Bridges:How to
embrace the "new" meanings of interdisciplinary care
Jinder Virdee and Michelle Westin, Theme: Community Health and
Wellbeing, Skill Building or Demonstration Workshop ♦
We are continually challenged to meet the growing needs of our communities, while resources remain finite. A
move towards greater collaboration and a creative re-visioning of interdisciplinary care results in increased efficiencies, effectiveness, and healthier communities. While CHCs must
adapt to the evolving political and health system climate while maintaining a client-centred and
interdisciplinary approach, opportunities arise when there is a shift in traditional practices, planning, and
perceptions of roles and responsibilities. Using Black Creek Community Health Centre as a case study, this
workshop illustrates creative strategies and skills to help staff navigate a smoother transition towards a
collaborative and inclusive practice.
C42: Evolution of Information Sharing:
Creating Communities of Knowledge
Marc Gordon and Mark Mycyk, Theme: Community Health and Wellbeing, Skill Building or
Demonstration Workshop
In an information age the power of information is limitless. Such as the evolution of the human species,
where knowledge to hunt, farm and socialize were the cornerstones to our evolution, information sharing is
central to the evolution of our sector. Our growth will be enabled through increasing our shared information,
experiences and partnering to develop communities of knowledge.
This presentation will provide insight in charting a path in this evolution. Participants will learn the
benefits of sharing information and suggested strategies to create communities of knowledge.
N1: Building a
Breastfeeding Culture: Making breastfeeding normal and accessible for all families through peer
support
Michelle Buckner, Networking
Session
Did you know that families who
face health equity issues are the least likely to breastfeed their children? Although breastfeeding is
undeniably the best infant feeding choice for all children, our culture still does not view breastfeeding as
normal and many barriers to accessing services exist. By creating a breastfeeding culture that promotes
client capacity building through peer support, breastfeeding can foster a healthier and vibrant community for
all. Come and explore ideas on connecting with at risk populations, recruiting diverse peer breastfeeding
volunteers, identifying and networking with community partners, and creating a culture that promotes
breastfeeding, a crucial social determinant of health.
N2: Working Better
Together:Across Canada and around the world
Jane Moloney, Networking
Session
Beginning in 1993, CHC leaders
from across Canada identified the need for a Pan-Canadian network to advocate the vision of
community-oriented primary health care and the "CHC model of care." In 1995, the Canadian Alliance of
Community Health Centre Associations (CACHCA) was born and went on to achieve significant goals over the
course of more than two decades. In 2011, CHC leaders came together to identify innovative changes to this
organization to ensure sustainable growth and anticipate future challenges and opportunities. As a result,
CACHCA was transformed into the Canadian Association of Community Health Centres (CACHC), a vibrant
association of Community Health Centre members and their allies from coast to coast to coast. This networking
session provides an opportunity for participants to engage with CACHC and contribute to a strengthened
federal voice championing access to comprehensive, high-quality primary health care for every individual,
family, and community across Canada.
Questions?
email: conference@aohc.org
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