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Wednesday
Removal of all test posts and turning on of social media noon Wayne laptop I'll make sure all automated Twitter feeds are working. From this point on , all posts will be live, posted to Twitter.
Arrival and poss. meeting the AOHC tream 3 p.m. All Let's meet in lobby of hotel
Registration 4 p.m. Wayne Canon T2i, iPhone Will just grab some reportage shots for blog
Team Dinner 6:30 p.m. All Scouting restaurant
Reception 9 p.m. All Variety of cameras One hour) Reportage candids
Thursday
Registration 7 a.m. Wayne
Exhibits and Posters on 5th floor 8 am. Kim G10 Pictures and quick interviews
Breakfast 7:30 a.m. All
Open Plenary 8:30 a.m. Wayne OPENING PLENARY The Curtain Rises: Act I: The Players
Allison - Ted Salci interview, how he feels about CHC in his town Greetings from Niagara Falls Mayor Ted Salci
Colour Coding coverage Welcoming remarks from Joan Lesmond, President, AOHC
Wayne - Photos of Curtain Rises, Six Stories DRAMATIC PRESENTATION: Six people, six stories
Kim - Interview with Joan Lesmond COLOUR CODING: A SORRY STATE
Celebrated film-maker, Mitch Miyagawa, maps out our Canadian story of racism, colour coding and exclusion and the
apologies that have not made the past go away
Snapshot: Speak white, eh?!.

A2 - RECORD IN FULL Everything boards need to know about
the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
A4 - How to win advocacy campaigns for positive social change
We should do an interview with Russ Ford regarding advocating for
a CHC.
A6 Engaging and supporting ethno-cultural communities in health equity work
Lunch
Allison - Barrie award winner
Wayne - Hamilton award winner
Kim - Interviews with Dr. Michael Rachlis about CHC expansion
Inteview with Wellesly Institute's Bob Gardner about CHC expansion
10 a.m. - noon Wayne S100 This workshop offers an overview of the new Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), as well as the
implications for health providers as new standards covering customer service, buildings, transportation, employment,
information and communications are introduced. This workshop will provide practical advice and discussion opportunities on
how to prepare and implement compli- ance with the many changes required under the new Act.
10 a.m. - noon Allison LAMP Community Health Centre: Russ Ford, Executive Director, LAMP
Building successful advocacy campaigns without enjoying the benefits of political, financial or social power forms the theme of
this workshop. Participants will explore a range of case studies and will also learn about an advocacy frame- work that can be
applied in any community situation where a campaign for positive social change is required. Presenters will also provide an
overview of resources and literature that can be used when planning winning advo- cacy strategies.
10 a.m. - noon. Kim Jointly presented by Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre, Kitchener and Pinecrest Queensway
Community Health Centre, Ottawa.
Empirical studies and experience have shown that engaging and empowering ethno-cultural communities is one of the most
effective tools in achieving access and equity for these communities. For many organizations today, the question is how to
engage ethno-cultural communities / get engaged with them in the health equity work. This interactive workshop will present
three working models that have successfully addressed this question by building on com- munity strengths and wisdom.
Participants will learn about culturally-competent engagement strategies for volunteer leaders as well as appropriate anti-
oppressive and culturally- competent workplace practices needed to ensure a safe and respectful work environment and
experience for everyone. The second half of the workshop will focus on engaging and supporting ethno-cultural youth and will
also provide practical tools that may be used to initiate similar programs at your CHC. Come and listen to ethno-cultural
volunteer leaders who are determined to push the boundaries to increase health equity and equitable access for their communities.
12:00 - 1:15 All Award ceremony and live music from the James Anthony Blues Society
Note:! most of the awards will be preceded by a mini slide show and script which explains the
achievements that are being honoured. The scripts and slide show should be available early next
week.! 
 
Conference Theme award:! Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre

Second Stage of Medicare Award to Gary Machan, from the Barrie Community Health Centre for his
work with the Canadian Index of Well being

Plenary II 1:15-2:30 Allison and PLENARY II Act II: Stigma: marked, labelled, disappeared
I'm Still Here - Allison Wayne Iʼm Still here... Pulling Back the Veil on Stigma
Wanda Thomas Bernard - Wayne Dalhousie University’s Wanda Thomas Bernard explores the importance of understanding, and being conscious of, stigma
and how it impacts on the lives of the stigmatized.
B 14 Root causes: poverty and racism and the impact on 2:45-4:45 Allison Denise Brooks, Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre; Floydeen Charles-Fridal, Black Health
health Alliance; Alexander Lovell, Research Associate; Simone Atungo, Community Development and Integration,
Mount Sinai Hospital
The Inner City Health Strategy Working Group is an initiative of Hamilton Urban Core that brings together commun- ity
agencies, advocates, researchers and representatives across four communities of common interest. The Strategy is focused on the
impact of poverty, racism and the racialization of poverty on health and well-being. The pernicious effects of poverty represent a
significant health barrier. Critical as it is as a determinant of worse health outcomes, poverty alone does not explain – and,
indeed, denies – the lived reality of the tens of thousands who are also affected by racism. The workshop will help to advance
understanding of the “inner city” context and the interplay between racism, poverty and health. It will engage participants in a
discus- sion of the findings and implications of a recent Inner City Health Strategy Working Group study that examined the
impact and lived experience of racism and poverty on the health of individuals in four inner city settings: Hamilton’s downtown
urban core and the communities of Malvern, Parkdale, and Rexdale in the City of Toronto.

Session
B15 Un/Settling: creating space for hope, safety and belonging
with LGBTQ newcomer women through expressive arts therapy
B20 The successes of the South Asian Diabetes Prevention
Program – Flemingdon Health Centre
Centre Tour
Streeters
Ask two key questions of delegates and put together clips
Awards Banquet
Allison: Interview with Ken Medema
Kim: All French interviews - Marcel Castonguay, Francois
Boisleau
Wayne, Allison award winner interviews
The Inner City Health Strategy Working Group is an initiative of Hamilton Urban Core that brings together commun- ity
agencies, advocates, researchers and representatives across four communities of common interest. The Strategy is focused on the
impact of poverty, racism and the racialization of poverty on health and well-being. The pernicious effects of poverty represent a
significant health barrier. Critical as it is as a determinant of worse health outcomes, poverty alone does not explain – and,
indeed, denies – the lived reality of the tens of thousands who are also affected by racism. The workshop will help to advance
understanding of the “inner city” context and the interplay between racism, poverty and health. It will engage participants in a
Time Person(s) Equipment Notession of the findings and implications of a recent Inner City Health Strategy Working Group study that examined the
discus-
impact and lived experience of racism and poverty on the health of individuals in four inner city settings: Hamilton’s downtown
urban core and the communities of Malvern, Parkdale, and Rexdale in the City of Toronto.
2:45-4:45 Wayne Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services: Roxanna Vahed, Community Health Worker/
Stepping Up Project Coordinator
This workshop will introduce participants to an expressive arts-based program for newcomer, immigrant and refugee lesbian,
bisexual, queer, questioning women – inclusive of cisgender, transgender and transsexual women, as well as women with trans
experience in Toronto. This program, part of the Stepping Up project, has engaged serviceproviders and community members in
identifying anti- oppressive, inclusive practices for implementing arts-based programming to address the needs of LGBTQ
women (including isolation, experiences of violence, migration and exclusion).
A key focus of the workshop will be Access Alliance’s comprehensive care pathway approach that combines individual support,
community development and com- munity health programming often conducted in partner- ship with other community-based
agencies. The workshop will share selected key research findings that have emerged from the program. Participants will leave
with a greater understanding of key considerations for developing and implementing programs for LGBTQ newcomer,
immigrant and refugee women.
2:45-4:45 Kim Flemingdon Health Centre: Heba Sadek, Manager, Health Promotion and Neil Stephens, Project Coordinator
Learn the details of a successful program that prevents diabetes in the South Asian community and ensures equitable access to
diabetes prevention services. The project is mounted in collaboration with Social Services Network and is funded by Toronto
Central LHIN. Some features of the program to be explored include mass screening for pre-diabetes; language specific and
culturally relevant workshops; referrals to locally available services and resources; and a strong commitment to overcome
transpor- tation barriers that keep community members from accessing the diabetes prevention services they need. The workshop
will shed light on the potential of this program to serve as a framework for implementing targeted, com- munity-based,
prevention-focused programs through equity and diversity lenses.
4:45-6:00 Kim TOUR: Learn all about the newly-opened Niagara Falls Community Health Centre and the 20-year-old Centre de santé
communautaire Hamilton/Niagara which is located in Welland, about 15 kilometres from the falls. Along the way, you’ll hear the
history and health equity challenges of the changing neighbourhoods.
4:45-6:00 Allison, Work the floor during the networking session
Barb and
Wayne
6:30-9:00 Enjoy a magical evening with multi- talented, singer-songwriter Ken Medema. Blind from birth, Ken uses his heart to listen to
the stories of people in his audience; then, using his amazing improvisational gifts, he sings their story back.
Joe Leonard Award:!!Marcel Castonguay!for his efforts promoting Francophone planning entities. ! The
award will be introduced by Ontario’s Commissioner of French language services Francois Boisleau,
• Marcel’s centre has a communication manager with good connections to Francophone media in
Ontario
Early leader award:! Windsor!Family Health Team! 
Model of care/ Primary Care award:!Grand Bend Community Health Centre Diabetes Education and
Management Program 
Model of care/ health promotion: ! “Healthy Living for Life initiatives” South Riverdale Community
Health Centre for their Healthy Living for Life initiative
• This program won for its health promotion efforts in the Chinese Community. If there’s time it
might be good to do an interview in Chinese.
Model of care capacity building award to Carlington Community Health Centre for their for
coordinating the!Carlington Community Development Framework 
Model of care service integration award:!Sandy Hill Community Health Centre and the Youth
Services Bureau!for creation of a health clinic for Ottawa’s street-involved youth! 
Model of care/ Illness Prevention:!!Country Roads Community Health Centre, Lanark Health and
Community Services, Merrickville District Community Health and Services Centrefor Proactive
Pandemic Planning 

Dance 9:30 All Just some candid shots here. Time for post.
Wayne will grab some shots, others post-production and editing
Friday
Breakfast 7:30 All
Plenary III 8:30 Wayne Act III: Paedagogy of the Privileged
With the help of Dr. Margaret (Peggy) McIntosh, distinguished author of ‘Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack’ and Professor
at the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women (Massachusetts), participants will examine privilege and unearned merit
and how they get in the way of breaking down
the barriers that stand in the way of making progress on health equity. She is joined by Notisha Massaquoi, the Executive
Director of Women’s Health in Women’s Hands.
Life in a wheelchair: Look me in the eye Unearned privilege: Iʼm OK
Fran Odette, Program Manager and Penny Schincariol, Accessibility Consultant, Springtide Resources Inc.
C30 RECORD IN FULL 10:30-12:30 Wayne S100 (formerly Education Wife Assault)
This workshop focuses on how to get ready for the new Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. It will highlight
Getting ready for the new Accessibility for Ontarians with
lessons learned from the Women with Disabilities and Deaf Women’s Program of Springtide Resources which, for the past four
Disability Act years, has designed and delivered accessibility audits to woman abuse services. Through the audits, agencies can begin to
identify strat- egies to implement Customer Service Standards and Information and Communication Standards. Using case
May need Danielle's help here as we're overbooked. studies, workshop participants will identify structural and organizational barriers that impact on access to services for people
with disabilities/Deaf people. They will also be invited to share their own best practices that break down barriers to access.
 Fran Odette, Program Manager and Penny Schincariol, Accessibility Consultant, Springtide Resources Inc.
C30 RECORD IN FULL 10:30-12:30 Wayne S100 (formerly Education Wife Assault)
Session Getting ready for the new Accessibility for Ontarians with Time Person(s) Equipment This workshop focuses on how to get ready for the new Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. It will highlight
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lessons learned from the Women with Disabilities and Deaf Women’s Program of Springtide Resources which, for the past four
Disability Act years, has designed and delivered accessibility audits to woman abuse services. Through the audits, agencies can begin to
identify strat- egies to implement Customer Service Standards and Information and Communication Standards. Using case
May need Danielle's help here as we're overbooked. studies, workshop participants will identify structural and organizational barriers that impact on access to services for people
with disabilities/Deaf people. They will also be invited to share their own best practices that break down barriers to access.
C31 Drugs, homelessness and health: homeless youth speak out 10:30-12:30 Kim Lorraine Barnaby, Health Promoter, Central Toronto CHC; Val Fuhrmann and Matt Johnson, Peer researchers
about harm reduction Learn about a community-based research study which investigated a harm reduction needs assessment targeting high-risk,
substance-using, homeless/street-involved youth in the GTA. The study used a mixed-method design (sur- veys, interviews,
focus groups and art-making) and a peer researcher approach. Its goals were to investigate youth’s risky substance use practices
and health status; to identify the gaps, barriers and needs in harm reduction, addiction, health and social services; and, based on
the youth’s voices, make recommendations for improvements in youth-specific programs and services, and policy reform.
C32 Liberated communities: bringing anti-racism back 10:30-12:30 Allison Rose-Ann Bailey, Health Promoter; Roma Beckles, Social Worker/ Therapist; Shawn Douglas, Community
Health Worker, TAIBU CHC
How does racism manifest itself in the everyday lives of racialised youth living in Malvern, a racially and culturally diverse
community in the North-East section of Toronto? Presenters will make the case that structural racism in general and anti-black
racism in particular undergirds health inequities and serves as a primary pathway through which other health determinants are
experienced. Workshop participants will gain an understanding of racism’s impact on the physical and emotional health of youth.
It will outline TAIBU’s response – the development of two youth-inspired initiatives developed using an anti-racism/anti-
oppression lens. “Liberated Minds” is designed to equip young Black men with the understand- ing, skills and self confidence to
circumvent barriers created by racism and “Bringing Sexy Back: A Sexual Health Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships” uses
theatre to influence the sexual practices of racialised urban youth.
C35 RECORD IN FULL 10:30-12:30 Barb f200 Douglas Stewart, Consultant
Anti-Oppression 101 What is anti-oppression? What is anti-discrimination? What is diversity and inclusion? What is anti-racism? What is cultural
competency? Are you trying to wrap your head around these terms? Then this is a workshop for you.
There is a variety of frameworks being used by different organizations. Defined as a set of assumptions, concepts, values, and
practices that constitutes a way of operating, a framework determines the kind of analysis and approach that can be used by an
organization to address issues of discrimination and/or oppression.
This workshop is an opportunity to enhance the discussion and provide participants with a tangible understanding of the
differences and interconnections of these terms and the frameworks in which they are embedded.
C36 Building on What We Know: developing a strategy to support 10:30-12:30 Wayne Ken Hoffman, Community Health Consultant, Associate, Wellesley Institute
collective learning and innovation in health equity across the CHC CHCs arguably have more expertise in dealing with health equity issues than any other part of the health system. Collectively,
sector they possess a huge amount of experience in this area. This experience tends, however, to remain at the level of the individual
centres; it rarely gets more broadly disseminated or integrated into “best practices” that can prompt change across the CHC
system.
How can CHCs make better use of their collective experi- ence in dealing with equity issues? One challenge is in how to
translate this experience into knowledge that can be used to strengthen the work across the system. Another is how to foster a
“learning culture” in CHCs that values knowledge and supports innovation.
This workshop will be a participatory discussion that will address the following questions: a) What are the opportun- ities for
creating a learning agenda for CHCs wth a focus on health equity? What could this look like? How could it benefit the collective
practice of CHCs? b) What are the main challenges in supporting the development of a learning agenda for CHCs? c) What are
some examples of structures/approaches that could support collective learn- ing? d) How could this process be moved forward?
Lunch 12:30-1:45 Allison The Honourable David C. Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario,
Need to confirm we can do interview with Onley will deliver the keynote address.
Plenary IV 2:00-3:30 All Act IV: So What??
Where to from here? Taking leadership in Health Equity in Ontario
The Wellesley Institute’s Bob Gardner, who has prepared a health equity plan for the Toronto Central LHIN, leads a
discussion on how to take leadership on health equity.
REFLECTIONS ON THE CONFERENCE
Our program concludes with insights and learnings from Wanda Thomas Bernard and Uzma Shakir, Atkinson Charitable
Foundation fellow and advisory board member for the Colour of Poverty.
UNVEILING THE CHARTER: AOHC President, Joan Lesmond, presents the results of our two day effort to create a
health equity charter.
Post production 3:30 - 6 p.m. All Final post
Team Dinner 6:30 - 8:00 All Scouting location