2020 Conference Call for Presentations
Do you have a presentation with bold ideas, new research, or transformative practices to showcase?
Addictions and Mental Health Ontario is welcoming submissions to the 8th Annual Addictions and Mental Health Conference! Taking place on May 24-26, 2020 at the Hilton Toronto (145 Richmond Street West), we’ll be welcoming 400+ people from across the province for a full 3 days of learning and networking.
The 2020 conference will incorporate six (6) different streams as outlined below:
- Governance and Leadership
- Inclusion, Diversity & Equity
- Wellness, Prevention & Health Promotion
- Evaluation & Quality Improvement
- Navigation, Care Pathways and Supports
- Concurrent Disorders
We welcome and encourage all AMHO members as well as speakers in the academic community, public health, consultants and others providing services in the addictions and mental health sector to share evidence informed practices, innovative and practical ideas and programs, research or other relevant content.
Applications due FEBRUARY 4, 2020.
2019 Conference & Presentations
THANK YOU for making our seventh conference the biggest one yet!
The annual sector gathering attracted over 450 people, and offered 42 sessions over 7 streams, facilitated by 142 speakers.
David Granirer kicked things off at the Opening Reception on Sunday night with an uplifting keynote bringing laughs and teaching us how to reduce stress. In the opening plenary on Monday morning, Tanya Talaga shared powerful stories from Indigenous communities across Canada and explored ways society can be more inclusive and equitable. And Dr. Brian Goldman closed the Conference by teaching us the difference between kindness and empathy.
Thank you to all of our attendees, sponsors, presenters, keynote speakers and exhibitors for making this our most successful event to date!
2019 Conference Presentations by Stream
AMHO’s Conference had 42 concurrent sessions and 7 streams. Below are the presentations AMHO has received and has permission to post, organized by stream.
Is your presentation missing? Please e-mail us if you would like us to post yours.
See the full Conference program here.
Leadership Forum
The Game Changer – Authentic Engagement Through Values in Action
Governance & Leadership
GL1 – From Filling the Void to Capacity-Building – A Values-Centred Integration for Addictions and Mental Health
GL2 – Group Supervision Model Development
GL3 – Replacing the Failed War on Drugs with Decriminalization & Harm Reduction
GL4 – Optimization of the Staged Screening Process – A Collaborative and Community Approach
GL5 – Leading Together – Measuring Collaboration at Ontario’s Youth Wellness Hubs
GL6 – Become a Data Explorer – Understanding Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harms Using Data Visualization
Health Promotion & Wellness
HP2 – Cannabis Legalization – Opportunities for a Better Way
HP3 – Stigma – Hidden in Plain Sight
HP4 – Developing a Life Promotion Strategy for the North – Building a Suicide-Safer Network Together
HP6 – Optimizing HIV Prevention & Treatment for People with Substance Use & Mental Health Challenges
Innovative Programming 1
IP1-1 – Using Therapist Guided Internet-Based CBT to Treat Concurrent Disorders
IP1-2 – The Family Navigation Project – An Innovation in Supporting Youth with Mental Health and/or Addictions Concerns
IP1-3a – Older Adults with Alcohol-Related Problems – Best Practice Guidelines
IPI-3b – The Power of Drop-Ins for Marginalized Women with Addiction & Mental Health Needs
IP1-5a – The Path to Recovery is in Your Hands – Adapting & Assessing a Self-Management Online Platform for Young Adults
IP1-5b – Talk4Healing – Talk, Text, Chat
IP1-6a – A High Tech, High Touch Approach to Mental Health Care
IP1-6b – A Mental Health & Addiction Navigation Mobile App
Innovative Programming 2
IP2-1a – Creating Community & Hospital Partnerships
IP2-1b – Transitional Case Management – Extending Service Provision
IP2-2 – Opening the Documentation DORR to Client Recovery
IP2-3 – Mental Health Engagement & Response Team (MHEART) – Why Crisis Response should be Multi-Sectoral & Flexible
IP2-4a – Pharmacogenomics is Changing the Lives of Individuals with Mental Health Conditions – Real Life Case Studies
IP2-4b – The Versatility & Flexibility of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
IP2-5 – Moving to Full Day Intake – Benefits for Staff & Clients
IP2-6 – Busting a Fire & Changing a Life – The Impact of Wilderness Therapy
Peer & Family Support
PS1 – Influencing Multi-Faceted System Change – Championing the Authentic Person-Directed Transformation
PS2 – Cheers to Peers
PS3 – Creating, Managing & Supporting Spaces for Young Adult Experts & Peers
PS4 – Clients as Partners – Starting a Client Advisory Council
PS5 – Creativity, Collaboration & Collective Care – Sustainability in Arts-Based Peer Work
Quality Improvement
QI1 – Fast Trekking Through the Model for Improvement to Solve Common Mental Health & Addictions Problems
QI2a – Using QI to Decrease Client Drop-out Rates
QI2b – No Wait? Yes Way! – Redesigning Case Management
QI3a – Ensuring Quality in Data – Lessons from the DATIS Experience
QI3b – From Silos to Synergy
QI4 – Going 4 Gold – Setting a Quality Standard for Youth in Ontario
QI5 – Creating a Culture of Data Use to Drive Quality Improvement & Innovation
QI6 – Benefits & Burdens – Peer Fidelity Assessment in Early Psychosis Intervention
Supportive Housing Strategies and Solutions
SH1 – Ending Homelessness – Mental Health & Addictions Supportive Housing
SH2 – Increasing Housing Stability through Education, Tenant & Landlord Engagement & Support
SH3a – Developing Partnerships to Improve System Capacity & Create a Seamless Path for Accessing Housing Supports
SH3b – Sustainable Momentum – When Copying & Borrowing Other People’s Work Transform Lives
SH4 – From Intake to Stability & Engagement – Collaborative Actionable Solutions in Supportive Housing
SH5 – Innovative Strategies for Intersectoral Collaboration between Health Care, Mental Health & Supportive Housing
SH6 – Developing a Supportive Housing Growth Plan for Toronto
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Thank you to our generous sponsors!
