Shame Resilience and Decolonization Workshop

Description: This interactive 3-hour workshop tackles the topic of decolonization from the lens of an individual, organization and society. This highly interactive workshop will explore ways to engage safely in discussion and share tools for engaging in this topic.  Presenter: Alia Ali, Principal Consultant Empathy Catalyst Consulting Audience: This is an interactive virtual workshop intended for non-clinical workers supporting people living with HIV. This includes: HIV Mental Health workers in ASOs and clinical environments and front line support workers serving HIV positive or at-risk clients.

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Imposter Syndrome: How It Affects Your Workplace and Marginalized Bodies

Description: Imposter Syndrome affects more than 70% of people and the opportunity cost is monumental for any organization. Imposter Syndrome also affects people of colour and women in far greater numbers and in different ways. Join this workshop, on International Women’s Day and learn about the different types of Imposter Syndrome; how you can take tangible steps to tackle it and take a deeper dive on the specific impact it has on women of colour in particular. Presenter: Alia Ali, Principal Consultant Empathy Catalyst Consulting Audience: This is a interactive virtual workshop intended for non-clinical workers supporting people living with HIV.

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Resisting Burnout with Collective Care Solidarity & Believed-In Hope

Description: In this community gathering/workshop, activist and therapist Vikki Reynolds (PhD RCC), will facilitate a discussion on: Ideas of Collective Care Self care being essential, but essentially not enough Collective care and building solidarity teams Believed-in hope as an ethical stance Vikki leads her workshops as community gatherings.   Each participant should log in from their own device and should be prepared to have their camera and microphones on. Please note that this workshop is being offered twice, registration is required as limited spots are available. Presenters: Vikki Reynolds (PhD RCC)  www.vikkireynolds.ca  Audience: This virtual session is intended for clinical and

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MAID: The ongoing impact on service providers

Description: Helping clients at the end of their life can bring up complex emotions. Join us for a session with Dr. Jeff Myers, Professor and the current Bresver Family Chair in End-of-Life Care and Medical Assistance in Dying at University of Toronto’s Department of Family and Community Medicine within the Temerty Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Myers has been practicing palliative medicine for the past 25 years and will guide a discussion covering the following points: Understand the process of MAID Navigating potential spiritual conflict Processing the emotional impact Presenters: Dr. Jeff Myers Audience:This is a virtual session for people in

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Anecdotes and analysis in providing remote psychotherapy services: HIV Mental Health Network Quarterly Meeting

Description: Glenn Walsh (they/them), a registered psychotherapist and a member of NunatuKavut (Southern Labrador) with Inuit and European ancestry will share some of their experience providing remote psychotherapy services to members of NunatuKavut, wherever they reside, often in remote and isolated communities. Some of the challenges Glenn has experienced include: Unreliable technical connections Lack of first responder services or services that were not immediately available Lack of specialized services to which they could refer complex cases Reliance on funding for continuation of services (as it relates to appropriately closing with clients) Client fear of confidentiality breaches in small communities Dual relationships This

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HIV Psychiatry ECHO

Join this case-based education series with HIV psychiatrists, community experts, and other HIV mental health experts. Dates:  September 22, 2023 September 29, 2023 October 6, 2023 October 13, 2023 October 20, 2023 October 27, 2023 November 3, 2023 November 10, 2023 November 17, 2023 This program is ideally suited for caseworkers serving people living with HIV that may have mental health needs. We strongly encourage ASO workers to register. If you are an Executive Director of an ASO, please consider recommending a frontline employee for this educational opportunity. Themes include: 1. Perspectives in Psychiatry 2. The Mental Status Exam 3.

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Social Prescribing: Exploring a community-led approach to improve health

Social Prescribing: Exploring a community-led approach to improve health When: June 20, 2023 at 9:30a.m. – 11a.m. EST Join Yordanos Woldemariam and Sonia Hsiung from the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing at the Canadian Red Cross for a webinar that explores ways volunteer and community groups work alongside medical professionals to help improve the lives of clients. The session includes a panel of community workers discussing what Social Prescribing looks like in community. Learning Objectives: Define what social prescribing is Understand the impacts on physical and mental health and health systems Discuss what social prescribing can look like in practice Audience:  This is

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The Future of the HIV Mental Health Network: HIV Mental Health Network Quarterly Meeting

Description We would love for you all to review the following questions in advance of the meeting, as we will be seeking your input to help us determine our direction moving forward: What are your need priorities for the network? What percentage of our meetings would you like to be devoted to supporting one another as peers? What would you like the peer supports to look like? What percentage of our meetings would you like to be devoted to ongoing education? What educational opportunities would you be most interested in? What needs can this network realistically meet to support you

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HIV Psychiatry ECHO (Virtual)

Are you interested in joining a community of practice for caseworkers and clinicians in mental health and HIV? Are you interested in gaining more knowledge about mental health disorders, and skills in mental health navigation? Do you have clients or case examples you’d like to consult a mental health team about? Join this case-based education series with HIV psychiatrists, community experts, and other HIV mental health experts. Who should join? This program is ideally suited for caseworkers serving people living with HIV that may have mental health needs. We strongly encourage ASO workers to register. If you are an Executive

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