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OPDI NewToGo Issue #292 - December 23, 2011
1. Concerns About Crime Omnibus Bill Highlighted
This profile of a retired Department of Justice adviser and former Conservative MP shows a disconnect between best practices and future legislation:
Hearings on the Bill are scheduled in the Senate in the New Year.
In a related story, there are concerns about the undocumented costs once these laws are enacted:
There are also suggestions that with harsher compulsory sentencing more cases will go to trial. Furthermore there will be more Charter of Rights and Freedoms challenges by lawyers, especially on behalf of clients with mental health and addiction issues which will further tie up the courts:
2. ONN Webinar: Understanding the New Ontario Not-For-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA)
The Ontario Not-For-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA) is due to be proclaimed in the fall of 2012. Many organizations however, will have great difficulty using the Act and face the risk of it destabilizing the governance mechanisms of their organizations. ONN (Ontario NonProfit Network) has submitted its proposed amendments. Please view this hyperlink:
http://ontariononprofitnetwork.onefireplace.org/Resources/Documents/ONCA%20Amendments.pdf
In the meantime, ONN is holding a webinar on the ONCA to help you better understand the basic features of the Act, and how it will affect your organization, both with and without our proposed amendments. These sessions will provide you with a sufficient overview to begin transition planning.
This webinar series will be hosted by the ONN and presented by ONN Policy Advisor, Lynn Eakin. This information is best suited for Executive Directors, Board Presidents, Treasurers and Secretaries but all are welcome to join. Spaces will be limited. Registration begins January 3.
Dates
January 24 - 12pm-1:30
February 13 - 12pm-1:30
March 12 – 12pm-1:30
Cost
$60 - General
$30 - ONN Supporters (To become an ONN Supporter, visit this link:
http://ontariononprofitnetwork.onefireplace.org/supporter
3. Profiling Peer Support in Mental Health and Addictions
The New York Times does an intense profile of a recovering substance user who provides peer support to others:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/health/20lives.html?_r=1
4. “At Home/Chez Soi” MHCC Project Feature
The Canadian Press did a comprehensive story on the largest homelessness initiative in Canada over the holidays:
5. Copeland Center (WRAP) Issues Position Paper on Seclusion, Restraints, Force and Coercion
This position paper calls for the total elimination of these tactics and suggests a cultural change that uses peer support and WRAP instead:
http://copelandcenter.com/files/2011/09/Final_draft_of_position_paper_October_2011_for_Katie.pdf
6. Ontario Drug Treatment Funding Program Ontario Systems Projects Newsletter
This is the debut of a quarterly newsletter about the 13 funded projects here in Ontario – part of a federally-funded pan-provincial project to document best outcomes in substance use care. We have attached a link to the newsletter:
http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=139298292eb07b4d94f3d7768&id=f5d1f9de1f&e=b946222cf5
For more information about the Drug Treatment Funding Program Ontario Systems Projects, visit http://ontariodtfp.wordpress.com/
Recently, a workshop on evaluation was held by the DTFP. PowerPoint presentations from this workshop are now available (please see the last two presentations on the right hand side of the website menu).
7. Skills for Health Promotion: An Introductory-level Workshop
The Health Communication Unit and Public Health Ontario are pleased to offer the popular Skills for Health Promotion workshop in partnership with Toronto Public Health.
Where: Metro Hall, 200 Wellington Street West, Toronto, M5V 3C7.
When: January 16 and 17, 2012 from 9:00 – 4:00.
To register, please follow this link: http://skillsforhealthpromotiontoronto.eventbrite.com/
Participants can register for one or both days. Cost is free.
8. Presentations from Recent INTAR Conference
Brian McKinnon has shared that most of the slides from the November 3-4 conference (“Challenging our Understanding of Psychosis and Exploring Alternatives for Recovery”) are available here:
http://understandingpsychosisexploringalternatives.wordpress.com/presentations/
If you want to check the reference material for Will Hall’s presentation then download the Harm Reduction Guide to Coming Off Psychiatric Drugs at:
http://willhall.net/comingoffmeds/
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