2024 OMSSA Forum
2024 OMSSA Forum
Strengthening Our Foundation: The Current and Future State of Community Safety and Well-Being
OMSSA hosted more than 170 people from across Ontario for our 2024 Virtual Forum held on September 24th and 25th.
Thank you to all of those who presented, moderated, attended, engaged, and helped make the Forum a success. Our event provided the opportunity for all human services staff to focus on common community safety and well-being (CSWB) themes.
Attendees heard from human services, partner service providers, health and public health, and academics at the local level to see what successes have emerged from the early years of CSWB planning and how they are resourcing, measuring, and evaluating the impact of this work. We also considered how CSWB work intersects and supports existing plans and projects.
Thank You to Our Forum Sponsors
Presentations and Materials
Please note: OMSSA will share speaker presentations and materials once we have permission to do so.
Breakout A - What Comes After the Declaration? How Municipalities Can Address Intimate Partner Violence
- Culleton, Kuzyk & Warmerdam (CKW) Inquest Advocacy Toolkit (Luke's Place)
- Forty-four Percent: A Short History of Intimate Partner Violence (Luke's Place)
Breakout B - The Impact of ACEs: Experiences of Marginalization and Childhood Well-Being
- Mapping Inequities Snapshot Report
- Fostering Resilient Communities Presentation Slides
- The State of Care for Black Children and Youth Presentation
- Pathways to Care website
- Black Health Alliance website
- CDC-Kaiser Permanente adverse childhood experiences (ACE) study
Breakout C - Harm Reduction or Treatment? Navigating the Politics and Science of Substance Use in the Fentanyl Era
- Medical Officer of Health for Ontario report,
- Association of Municipalities of Ontario report
- Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police report
- Harm Reduction and Treatment Glossary
Day 2 Opening Plenary - Measuring, Monitoring, and Evaluating CSWB Outcomes in Urban and Rural Contexts
Breakout F - Planet Youth: Northeastern Ontario's Upstream Approach to Reduce and Prevent Substance Use Among Youth
Thank You to Our Planning Committee
- (Co-Chair) Nalisha Sankreacha, OMSSA
- (Co-Chair) Tod Duncan, OMSSA
- Doug Ball, OMSSA
- Meagan Baranyk, City of Timmins
- Alexis Cook, County of Bruce
- Sandy Dupuis, Regional Municipality of Niagara
- Ian Hanney, County of Lambton
- Christie Herrington, OMSSA
- Rachelle Ihekwoaba, City of Hamilton
- Rob Kirsic, OMSSA
- Grace Mater, City of Hamilton
- Ruth Nordegraaf, City of Kingston
- Dorothy Olver, City of Peterborough
- Daniel Sirivar, Regional Municipality of Peel