This webinar offers insights from a participatory, qualitative research project concentrating on four intersecting communities often engaged in peer research: mental health service user communities, communities of people who use drugs, trans and non-binary communities and racialized communities. 

Date and time: Thursday, January 25, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. EST. 
Co-presented by: The Empowerment Council and Provincial System Support Program

Presenters

Merrick Pilling (he/him) is an assistant professor in the School of Disability Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University. He is the author of Queer & Trans Madness: Struggles for Social Justice and co-editor of Interrogating Psychiatric Narratives of Madness: Documented Lives.

Lori Ross (she/her) is an associate professor in the Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, and an interdisciplinary scholar in 2SLGBTQ+ health.

Moderator

Lucy Costa (she/her) is the deputy executive director of the Empowerment Council, an organization dedicated to representing service users' scholarship, voice and rights.

Join ONE or BOTH of these Ontario Common Assessment of Need (OCAN) webinar sessions, presented by Ontario Health, the OCAN Community of Interest and Evidence Exchange Network (EENet).

The first session is a two-hour interactive webinar for OCAN trainers and/or managers-directors. 

The second session is a three-hour interactive webinar for OCAN trainers and/or staff completing OCANs.

This five-week, online, facilitated course will provide a basic understanding of gambling and problem gambling, including definitions, gambling concepts, understanding addiction, risk factors and harms, cognitive distortions, screening, assessment and relapse prevention. It is intended for addiction and mental health service providers who may be in a position to support someone with issues related to problem gambling. Learn more.

This five-week, online, facilitated course provides an overview and introductory knowledge on important topics related to problem technology use with a focus on problem gaming and problem social media use. The course topics will include general overviews, risks, assessments, treatment options, and current issues.  It is intended for addiction and mental health service providers who may be in a position to support someone with issues related to problem technology use. Learn more.

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We’re making a few updates to EENet Connect and want to tell you about it! Based on feedback received over the past few years, we are now updating the look and feel of EENet Connect.

So what does this mean? You will notice minor updates to the platform over the next few weeks. These will help members navigate and use the platform more smoothly.

If you have questions about how this change could impact you or any particular groups or communities of practice you belong to, don't hesitate to get in touch with Rupi, the EENet Connect administrator, at eenetconnect@camh.ca.