Please Note: This agenda is subject to change and is not final at this time.

Agenda

Time Location Tuesday,
November 15, 2022		 Wednesday,
November 16, 2022		 Thursday,
November 17, 2022
8:00 - 9:00
R e g i s t r a t i o n   a n d   B r e a k f a s t
9:00 - 10:15 Ballroom 9:00 - 10:00
Welcoming Ceremony

Leslie Spillett

10:00 - 10:15
Opening Remarks		 High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery that Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society

Dr. Carl Hart
90 Minute Keynote		 Drug Policy Reform and Decriminalization

Sandra Ka Hon Chu & Garth Mullins
10:15 - 10:45
N e t w o r k i n g    B r e a k
10:45-12:00 Ballroom Being a Shit Disturber is an Act of Love

Dr. Marcia Anderson 		Harm Reduction in Medicine

Dr. Barry Lavallee 		Panel: Improving Access to Services for 2SLBGTQI+* Relatives

Helina & Levi Foy;
Bryce Byron;
Charlie Eau
La VerendryePanel: Improving Access to Harm Reduction Services for Youth

Jamie Pfau;
Bren Dixon;
Cheryl Prince;
Erica McNabb
GatewayPodcast 101

Garth Mullins
12:00 - 1:00
S p i r i t   D i s h   C e r e m o n y   &   L u n c h
1:00-2:15 Ballroom Panel: Community Responses to Drug Poisonings & Overdoses

Levy Foy;
Jonny Mexico & Dawn Lavand;
Veda Koncan, Chase Gammon & Wanda Scott		 Panel: Community Based Responses to STBBIs

Sage Guiboche;
Chelsea Young;
Courtney Almas;
Heather Courchene;
Ella Rockar		 We Take Care of Each Other

Vikki Reynolds
La Verendrye Panel: Culture as Intervention in Substance Use, Making Ceremony Inclusive for PWUD

Dana Connolly;
Tasha Spillett;
Cecil Sveinson		 Emerging Evidence on Prescribing a Safe Supply

Gillian Kolla
Gateway Gigii-Bapiimin: The Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on The Health and Wellbeing of Indigenous People Living with HIV

Melissa Morris & Ann Favel 		Panel: What’s happening with HIV in Manitoba

Kimberly Templeton;
Jared Star
2:15 - 2:45
N e t w o r k i n g     B r e a k
2:45 - 4:00 Ballroom Panel: Parents Who Use Drugs Have a Right to Parent Their Children

Melissa Sveinson & Candace Newmann;
Dr. Heather Watson;
Helene San Pedro-Estrada		 Panel: Everyone Deserves a Safe Supply of Substances

Garth Mullins;
Dr. Andrea Sereda & Cassidy Morris;
Franky		 2:45 - 3:45
Honouring our relatives that have died of drug poisoning/ overdose

Arlene Kolb

3:45 - 4:00
Evaluation
La Verendrye Panel: Indigenous Harm Reduction

Jason Klainchar & Donald Knezacek;
Jordy Ironstar;
Tahl East		 Disrupting Harms and Strengthening Sex Workers’ Rights

Sex Workers of Winnipeg Action Coalition
Gateway Healing Inner Voices: A peer-led Indigenous film collaborative

Martin Morberg		 CanHepC Prairie Roadmap

Saydi Harlton
4:00 - 4:15
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