2021 - Day One: https://youtu.be/savfkRJk-5M

Topics:

• "Road Paved With Good Intentions"- from "People Places and Things" narrated by Justice Barnes
• Impacts of Homelessness and Poverty presented by Dr. Stephen Gaetz
• Foundation in restorative Justice Approaches presented by Dr. Brenda Morrison
• FOUNDATION IN YOUTH PROGRAMS : Justice and Treatment Partnerships Targeting Young Persons presented by Miriam Henry and Mike Brooks

TREATMENT STRATEGIES AND TOPICS OF GENERAL INTERESTS SERIES

• Optimal and Sub-Optimal States of Mental Health presented by Dr. Kiran Patel
• Adopting Trauma Informed Approaches in and out of the Courtroom presented by Lisa Callahan, Robin Cuff and Justice Barnes
• The Opioid Crisis – Implications for the Criminal Justice System, Law Enforcement and Treatment Moderated by Mary Pagani and Presented by Haley Hrymak, Allie Hunter, and Dr. Ali Damji

Impacts of Homelessness and Poverty                                                    

9:15 am – 9:55 am (40 minutes)       

Homelessness and poverty are common features of populations impacted by the intersection of Justice and Treatment. The criminogenic and other deleterious impacts of these circumstances and some strategies aimed at reducing these impacts are discussed.

Speaker: Professor Stephen Gaetz

Restorative Justice Approaches                                                               

9:55 am – 10:35 am (40minutes)

What is a Restorative Justice approach? Experienced practitioners discuss the rationale behind Restorative Justice programs, some program examples, limitations, advantages, challenges, successes, and other outcomes.

Speaker: Dr. Brenda Morrison

Justice and Treatment Partnerships targeting young Persons 

10.35 am-11:15 am (40 minutes)

Youth Community Court and Community Justice Centers are examples of Justice and Treatment partnerships targeting youth. An experienced practitioner discusses the how, the why and the impacts of these programs

Speakers: Miriam Henry, Mike Brooks

Optimal and sub optimal states of Mental Health

11:20 am – 12:20 pm (60 minutes)

Some of the intricacies of mental health are discussed. The pandemic has revealed the importance of optimal mental health. A suboptimal mental health can have deleterious impact on a personal and societal level and is often a precursor for criminal and other anti-social behavior.

Speaker: Dr Kiran Patel

The Opioid crisis – implications for the Criminal Justice System, Law Enforcement and Treatment

2:45 pm – 3:45 pm (60 minutes)

Substance abuse, addiction and the Opioid Crisis will be described. Impacts of the Opioid Crisis on the Criminal Justice System and Law Enforcement are discussed. Treatment strategies for addressing the opioid crises are discussed and explained.

Moderator: Mary Pagani

Speakers: Haley Hrymak, Allie Hunter, Dr Ali Damji

Adopting a trauma informed approach in and out of the Courtroom

1:20 pm – 2:30 pm (70 minutes)

Learn about trauma, why understanding its impacts is important and some strategies to achieve optimal outcomes in and out of the courtroom.

Speakers: Lisa Callahan, Robin Cuff, Justice Barnes

2021 - Day 2  https://youtu.be/LO7wmSJHuFo

Topics:

• Keynote presented by Jeremy Akerstream
• Timely, High Quality and Appropriate Treatment moderated by Judie Birns and presented by Jennifer Lysay, Kemi Jacobs, Nicole Hermansen, Aspasia Papatheodorou
• Treatment Services for the Incarcerated Population moderated by Lorne Sabsay and presented by Tanya Connors, Sharie Thompson-Rudder
• Monitoring and Evaluation moderated by Arla Liska and presented by Michael Weinrath, Irene Hoffart, Hannah Scot
• Harm Reduction and the Drug Treatment Court Practitioner presented by Alejandra Garcia and David Lucas

Keynote TBA: Foundation in Drug Treatment Courts

9.00a.m – 9.30a.m

Jeremy Akerstream

Timely, High Quality and Appropriate Treatment

9:30 am – 10:45 am (75 minutes)

Justice and Treatment Partnerships seek to employ a continuum of effective treatment strategies aimed at eradicating or reducing the deleterious impacts of the precursors to human suffering and criminal behavior. In many instances this requires the utilization of multidisciplinary and multisystemic collaborative approaches. Experienced practitioners will describe various treatment and case management strategies employed in different types of Justice and Treatment partnerships.

Moderator: Judie Birns

Speakers: Jennifer Lysay, Kemi Jacobs, Nicole Hermansen, Aspasia

Papatheodorou

Treatment services for the incarcerated population

11:00 am – 12:15pm (75 minutes)

Strategies for addressing deleterious impacts of issues such as trauma, addiction, mental illness, criminal behavior etc. during and post incarceration are discussed.

Moderator: Lorne Sabsay

Speakers: Tanya Connors, Sharie Thompson-Rudder

Monitoring and Evaluation

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm (90 minutes)

Anecdotal stores of success are rewarding but insufficient to optimize program outcomes. An effective program monitoring and evaluation process enables Justice and Treatment partnerships to identify limitations, needs, challenges and success. Experts will explain how monitoring and evaluation can be utilized to optimize program success.

Moderator: Arla Liska

Speakers: Michael Weinrath, Irene Hoffart, Hannah Scot

Harm Reduction and the Drug Treatment Court Practitioner

2:45 pm –3:45pm (60 minutes)

Drug Treatment Courts are one of the most researched Justice and Treatment Partnerships in North America. Research has produced several clearly identified Practice Standards. Variations in how these Practice Standards are implemented is often influenced by differences in treatment philosophies, the most common is the abstinence and harm reduction dichotomy. In contrast to abstinence, the introduction of harm reduction into the Drug Treatment Court discourse is a relatively new phenomenon for most Drug Treatment Courts in North America. Experienced practitioners explain how harm reduction principles can be applied in a Drug Treatment Court. Some concepts discussed

Speakers: Alejandra Garcia, David Lucas

Day 3 https://youtu.be/rfR7MMbTvLo

Day Three Topics:

• Introduction to Trauma in the Indigenous Community: A Personal Story presented by Justice Andre Chamberlain
• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome – Cause, Impacts and Treatment Strategies presented by Judge Mary Kate Harvie and Tannis Toothill
• Comprehensive Case Management, Services and Supports for Participants moderated by Elisa Rubini and presented by Grace Froese, Rudy Rivera, Valerie Cochrane
• Building Cultural Competency in Treatment/Therapeutic Courts presented by Terrance Walton
• Indigenous Courts, The Why, The How, and The Impacts presented by Justice Andre Chamberlain, Judge Karen Crowshoe and Ronda Dalshaug
• Where Justice and Treatment Intersect – Common Themes and Practices moderated by Justice Kofi Barnes and a discussion panel with Judge Donna Groves, Chief Judge Pamela Williams, Justice Heather Perkins McVey, Judge M Hinds, Justice H. Pringle, Judge James Bahen, Justice Marjoh Agro, Judge Michelle Doyle

Introduction to trauma in the indigenous community: a personal story

9:00 am – 9:30 am (30 minutes)

Speaker: Justice André Chamberlain

Comprehensive Case Management, Services and Supports for Participants

11:00 am – 12:00pm (60 minutes)

Persons who fall within the Justice and Treatment space typically have a myriad of deleterious conditions which act as precursors to anti-social and criminal behavior. In many instances, this circumstance, necessitates the utilization of multidisciplinary and multisystemic collaborative approaches. Therefore, effective case management strategies and supports for program participants is indispensable. Experienced practitioners will describe components of these case management and support strategies in their type of Justice and Treatment partnership.

Moderator: Elisa Rubini

Speakers: Grace Froese, Rudy Rivera, Valerie Cochrane

Building Cultural Competency in Treatment/Therapeutic Courts

1:00 pm – 1:40 pm (40 minutes)

An important component of ensuring equal access for all eligible persons, is to ensure that the program’s participant composition and program delivery, reflects the demographics of the community it serves. An experienced practitioner explains the importance of cultural competency in optimising successful outcomes and identifies some strategies to build such competencies

Speaker: Terrence Walton 

Indigenous Courts, the why, the how and the impacts

1:40 pm –2:40pm (60 minutes)

Indigenous courts consider the unique systemic and individual factors that contribute to an Indigenous person’s criminal behaviour. These courts seek to address the root causes of criminal behavior and adopt practices, processes and produce outcomes informed by Indigenous understandings of justice. Expert practitioners discuss the rationale, practices, and outcomes of Indigenous courts.

Speaker: Justice André Chamberlain, Judge Karen Crowshoe, Ronda Dalshaug

Where Justice and Treatment Intersect – Common Themes and Practices

2:50pm-4:50pm 120 minutes

A judicial panel discusses some common themes and best practice standards common to programs which seek to eradicate or reduce the harm caused by the deleterious impacts from places where justice and treatment intersect.

Moderator: Justice Kofi Barnes

Speakers: Judge Donna Groves, Chief Judge Pamela Williams, Justice Heather Perkins McVey, Judge M Hinds, Justice H. Pringle, Judge James Bahen, Justice Marjoh Agro, Judge Michelle Doyle