{"id":19556,"date":"2021-06-15T08:59:57","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T12:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/?p=19556"},"modified":"2022-10-04T21:36:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T01:36:03","slug":"media-advisory-leading-canadian-harm-reduction-experts-and-lawmakers-to-speak-at-9th-symposium-on-hiv-law-and-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"news22","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/media-advisory-leading-canadian-harm-reduction-experts-and-lawmakers-to-speak-at-9th-symposium-on-hiv-law-and-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA ADVISORY: LEADING CANADIAN HARM REDUCTION EXPERTS AND LAWMAKERS TO SPEAK AT 9TH SYMPOSIUM ON HIV, LAW, AND HUMAN RIGHTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

LEADING CANADIAN HARM REDUCTION EXPERTS AND\u00a0<\/span><\/b>LAWMAKERS TO SPEAK AT\u00a0<\/span><\/b>9TH<\/span>\u00a0SYMPOSIUM ON HIV, LAW, AND HUMAN RIGHTS<\/span><\/b><\/h1>\n

Media Invited to Join Virtual Sessions on Drug Policy Landscape in Canada<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n

For immediate release\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Aussi disponible en fran\u00e7ais<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Members of the media are invited to attend Hitting the Mark: Ending the HIV pandemic by realizing rights for people who use drugs \u2014 a free, bilingual (English\/French), virtual event\u00a0<\/b>that will examine Canada\u2019s current reality and what needs to be done to achieve global HIV targets and eventually overcome this decades-long public health challenge. Specific and timely topics will include drug decriminalization, expanding the reach of supervised consumption services, and scaling-up safe supply in this country.<\/p>\n

WHAT: <\/span><\/b>The HIV Legal Network\u2019s 9th<\/sup> Symposium on HIV, Law, and Human Rights. <\/span>(See detailed schedule <\/span>here<\/a><\/span>.)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

WHEN:<\/span><\/b> Thursday, June 17, <\/sup>2021 | 12:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. EDT<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

WHERE: <\/span><\/b>Due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, this year\u2019s Symposium will be held virtually. Registration can be done through the HIV Legal Network\u2019s website at <\/span>www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/symposium<\/a><\/span>.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

WHO: <\/span><\/b>(In order of appearance)<\/span><\/p>\n

Richard Elliott (Executive Director, HIV Legal Network<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Patty Hadju (Federal Minister of Health,<\/i> via video address<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (Member of Parliament, sponsor of drug law reform bills<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Don Davies (Member of Parliament, sponsor of drug decriminalization bill<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

El Jones (Educator\/Journalist\/Activist, and member of the Health Canada Expert Task Force on Substance Use<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Caitlin Shane (Drug policy lawyer, Pivot Legal Society<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Joe Cressy (Toronto City Councillor, Chair of Toronto Board of Health<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Sandhia Vadlamudy (Executive Director, <\/i><\/span>Association des intervenants en d\u00e9pendance du Qu\u00e9bec<\/span><\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Sandra Ka Hon Chu (Director of Policy and Advocacy, HIV Legal Network<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Garth Mullins (Host, Crackdown podcast<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Elaine Hyshka (Professor, University of Alberta<\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Corey Ranger (Clinical Nurse Coordinator, AVI Health and Community Services <\/i><\/span>SAFER Pharmaceutical Alternatives<\/span><\/i>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Kim <\/span>Bri\u00e8re-Charest (Outreach Intervention Program Coordinator,<\/i> L\u2019Anonyme<\/i>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Avnish Nanda (Nanda & Company, counsel on case seeking to preserve access to injectable opioid agonist therapy in Alberta)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Shanell Twan (Alberta <\/i><\/span>Addicts Who Educate and Advocate Responsibly, Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs)<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Andrea Sereda (safe supply prescriber, London Intercommunity Health Centre) <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Mark Tyndall (physician advocate behind MySafe project of dispensing machines for safe supply of hydromorphone)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Registration for the event is free and the Symposium will be held securely on Zoom. Interviews with select panelists are available on request.<\/p>\n

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Media Contact:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Janet Butler-McPhee<\/span><\/p>\n

Director of Communications and Advocacy, HIV Legal Network<\/span><\/p>\n

Mobile: 647-295-0861\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Email: jbutler@hivlegalnetwork.ca<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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