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Jeremy Janz
Mar 20, 2008, 9:47:22 PM3/20/08
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From: Haden, Mark [VC] <Mark....@vch.ca>
Date: Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 7:50 AM
Subject: FW: Speakers, New Flyer, Register by Monday
To: "Haden, Mark [VC]" <Mark....@vch.ca>
The KDO Symposium on "Rethinking Treatment: Recognising and Responding to the Spectrum of Substance Use," March 31-April 1 at the Wosk Centre, is less than two weeks away, and participants from a diversity of backgrounds and regions have already registered. To make sure you have a seat for this informative dialogue, please register if you have not already done so, by Monday, March 24 at www.keepingthedooropen.com
Pre-registration is recommended for both the evening and daytime components of the symposium since seating is limited:
If you have attended KDO events in the past, you will know that the emphasis is on encouraging a productive and informative dialogue among participants. A few presentations are incorporated into the program to stimulate thinking and provide different perspectives on the issue. Presenters include:
Please circulate the attached, up-dated, flyer to anyone who might be interested in this forward-looking symposium. If you can print and post a copy, that would also be appreciated.
If you have questions about any aspect of the symposium, please contact the Symposium Registrar, Dave Peterson, at da...@devonknight.com or phone 604-677-2759.
Sincerely,
GILLIAN MAXWELL
Chairperson
Keeping the Door Open: Dialogues on Drug Use
www.keepingthedooropen
"Keeping the Door Open: Dialogues on Drug Use" organises dialogues on problematic substance use to educate and inform public policy.
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Keeping the Door Open (KDO): Dialogues on Drug Use presents a symposium on:
RETHINKING TREATMENT:
Recognising and Responding to the Spectrum of Substance Use
March 31-April 1, 2008 at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver
Please join us for this seminal event, which starts Monday evening, March 31 and continues with an all-day program on Tuesday, April 1. The evening program is free of charge. The all-day program including lunch is $150. If you are ready to register for the symposium, go to the on line registration form.
Who should attend?
Symposium attendees will include urban and rural community members, people who use drugs, families, policy makers, clinicians, researchers and healthcare and social service providers, as well as political leaders from all levels of government. Media will be invited with the expectation that their coverage will help get the messages of this symposium to a broader audience.
The Issue
Substance use treatment is often misunderstood. A community-wide understanding of substance use treatment is needed so individuals struggling with substance use can lead dignified lives. Until then, there will continue to be untold and unnecessary suffering. This is particularly so for individuals with concurrent health and social issues – substance use, mental illness, HIV/AIDS, Hep C, poverty, and homelessness. A continuum of treatment options is needed. One size does not fit all.
The Rethink
The dialogue event will:
Program - Monday Evening: The symposium will begin with an overview of treatment principles from the macro global level to the micro municipal level. The evening program begins with registration and refreshments at 5:30 pm. The program runs from 6:30 pm to 9:10 pm.
Program - Tuesday Daytime: In this part of the symposium, we will examine the spectrum of substance use and consider ethical and empirical responses that will effectively meet people's needs. We will consider the current array of responses, review lessons learned, dispel myths and explore the principles of effective treatment. Information from the symposium will inform the current process of developing a new national treatment strategy for Canada. The daytime program runs from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm and includes lunch.
Register Now: If you are ready to register for the symposium, proceed to the on line registration form.
Questions: If you have questions about any aspect of the symposium, contact the Symposium Registrar, Dave Peterson, at da...@devonknight.com or phone 604-677-2759.
What is KDO? Keeping the Door Open (KDO): Dialogues on Drug Use is a community coalition based in Vancouver that convenes public dialogues on the range of issues associated with problematic substance use in order to advance the public discussion and inform public policy about this complicated and often heart-wrenching issue. To learn more about KDO, visit: www.keepingthedooropen.com
From: Haden, Mark [VC] <Mark....@vch.ca>
Date: Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 7:50 AM
Subject: FW: Speakers, New Flyer, Register by Monday
To: "Haden, Mark [VC]" <Mark....@vch.ca>
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Subject: Speakers, New Flyer, Register by Monday
REGISTER BY MARCH
24From: Keeping the Door Open [mailto:dlp...@shaw.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 5:54 PM
To: Keeping the Door Open
Subject: Speakers, New Flyer, Register by Monday
The KDO Symposium on "Rethinking Treatment: Recognising and Responding to the Spectrum of Substance Use," March 31-April 1 at the Wosk Centre, is less than two weeks away, and participants from a diversity of backgrounds and regions have already registered. To make sure you have a seat for this informative dialogue, please register if you have not already done so, by Monday, March 24 at www.keepingthedooropen.com
Pre-registration is recommended for both the evening and daytime components of the symposium since seating is limited:
- (Free) Monday, March 31 (5:30 pm refreshments; 6:30-9:10 pm program)
- ($150) Tuesday, April 1 (8:00 am light breakfast; 8:30 am – 4:30 pm program - lunch included)
If you have attended KDO events in the past, you will know that the emphasis is on encouraging a productive and informative dialogue among participants. A few presentations are incorporated into the program to stimulate thinking and provide different perspectives on the issue. Presenters include:
- Daniel Wolfe - Deputy Director of the International Harm Reduction Development (IHRD) Program, Open Society Institute, based in New York City. Wolfe was formerly community scholar at Columbia University's Centre for History and Ethics of Public Health. (He will speak in the evening and daytime sessions of the symposium.
- Dr. Julio Montaner - Director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, and President Elect, International AIDS Society. (He will speak on the evening of Monday, March 31.)
- Dr. Michael Krausz - Professor of Psychiatry with a cross-appointment in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at UBC, and LEEF Chair for Addiction Research at UBC (He will speak on the evening of Monday, March 31.)
Please circulate the attached, up-dated, flyer to anyone who might be interested in this forward-looking symposium. If you can print and post a copy, that would also be appreciated.
If you have questions about any aspect of the symposium, please contact the Symposium Registrar, Dave Peterson, at da...@devonknight.com or phone 604-677-2759.
Sincerely,
GILLIAN MAXWELL
Chairperson
Keeping the Door Open: Dialogues on Drug Use
www.keepingthedooropen
"Keeping the Door Open: Dialogues on Drug Use" organises dialogues on problematic substance use to educate and inform public policy.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Keeping the Door Open (KDO): Dialogues on Drug Use presents a symposium on:
RETHINKING TREATMENT:
Recognising and Responding to the Spectrum of Substance Use
March 31-April 1, 2008 at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver
Please join us for this seminal event, which starts Monday evening, March 31 and continues with an all-day program on Tuesday, April 1. The evening program is free of charge. The all-day program including lunch is $150. If you are ready to register for the symposium, go to the on line registration form.
Who should attend?
Symposium attendees will include urban and rural community members, people who use drugs, families, policy makers, clinicians, researchers and healthcare and social service providers, as well as political leaders from all levels of government. Media will be invited with the expectation that their coverage will help get the messages of this symposium to a broader audience.
The Issue
Substance use treatment is often misunderstood. A community-wide understanding of substance use treatment is needed so individuals struggling with substance use can lead dignified lives. Until then, there will continue to be untold and unnecessary suffering. This is particularly so for individuals with concurrent health and social issues – substance use, mental illness, HIV/AIDS, Hep C, poverty, and homelessness. A continuum of treatment options is needed. One size does not fit all.
The Rethink
The dialogue event will:
- Examine access to substance use treatment as a human rights issue
- Highlight the need for substance use treatment that reflects an understanding of concurrent health and social issues, particularly mental illness
- Present an overview of the continuum of substance use and the compelling need for a continuum of treatment options
- Examine the continuum of treatment as an evolution of the Four Pillars concept – treatment to prevent progression to problematic use; treatment interventions to prevent harm during relapse; treatment in the form of maintenance and substitution; treatment as abstinence therapy
- Address the need for evidence-based regulated standards for treatment
- Suggest a community approach to assessing treatment responsiveness
Program - Monday Evening: The symposium will begin with an overview of treatment principles from the macro global level to the micro municipal level. The evening program begins with registration and refreshments at 5:30 pm. The program runs from 6:30 pm to 9:10 pm.
Program - Tuesday Daytime: In this part of the symposium, we will examine the spectrum of substance use and consider ethical and empirical responses that will effectively meet people's needs. We will consider the current array of responses, review lessons learned, dispel myths and explore the principles of effective treatment. Information from the symposium will inform the current process of developing a new national treatment strategy for Canada. The daytime program runs from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm and includes lunch.
Register Now: If you are ready to register for the symposium, proceed to the on line registration form.
Questions: If you have questions about any aspect of the symposium, contact the Symposium Registrar, Dave Peterson, at da...@devonknight.com or phone 604-677-2759.
What is KDO? Keeping the Door Open (KDO): Dialogues on Drug Use is a community coalition based in Vancouver that convenes public dialogues on the range of issues associated with problematic substance use in order to advance the public discussion and inform public policy about this complicated and often heart-wrenching issue. To learn more about KDO, visit: www.keepingthedooropen.com
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