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Harm Reduction Coalition Meeting Minutes Monday Oct 20, 2014

Meeting Date: Monday October 20, 2014 at ASYR (Addiction Service York Region)

Cair!: Rada "ard#a$% R&baiyat 'ari

Regret!: aran *i$ayanatan, Ste+ania "onanno, ean Ca&dry, oanne M&ndy-re!ent: A.e/ Ceng, "rent Mac'innon, S&!an ynn Dob!on, *ib&ti Mera, A!.ey eggett, A!.ey ico..!, Arti ayaa&.,Ann Rakay, R&baiyat 'ari, Debora 3addington, i 5reen#ood, Sante.. Rickett!, Rada "ard#a$

Min&te aker: i 5reen#ood

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pic Discussion Action Timelines

Reviewed Minutes ofSeptember 15 meeting

Noted fact that workloads for chairs amended to reflect 1 or morehours per month

Minutes approved !"rentpointed out that we work

on consensus # so it wasconsensus approval$

Review of revisedworkplan

The revised workplan was put forward% Reflects need to get clearon terms of reference before moving forward% Also includesupcoming collaborative pro&ect with 'ork ( which will providedirection for future% )utreach will be dela*ed until later in*ear+new *ear% Discussed intent to strive to see ,arm Reduction

properl* understood and a shared vision and practice% Also-uestion of how .risk reduction/ approach fits in # 0olice use thislanguage and police are important pla*er in ,arm Reducitone-uation%

Accept revised workplan!oncensus$!2ill need some.wordsmithing3 withregard to terms such as.mental health3

Timelines are onworkplan

(pdate on 'ork(niversit*ollaboration!Rubai*at 4arim$

'ork ( students are sending out Surve* through Surve* Monke*and all members need to respond within week as the* will compileand anal*e results soon after% 0urpose to determine goals andmissions of members in relation to ,arm Reduction to help us planhow to move forward% Discussion of whether students doing.environmental scan3 or &ust .literature review3 of relevant local

material on ,R% 6t was noted there were some good sources oflocal information including info from 4rasman entre7 0hoto

8oice pro&ect on homelessness ,idden in 0lain Sight% anadian,arm Reduction website has great deal of information% "rent

Add clearl* to.deliverables/ in contractin the 0ro&ect harter thatwe want permission todisseminate resultingdocumentation to a wider

audience while attributingcredit%

,ave surve* tocomplete in Nov2e meet to hearstudentsanal*sis7 etc Nov9:

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shared about S,)(T document% Discussed how do we get thevoices of those with .lived e;perience3 included and how

.consent/ can be long process% Also want to ensure that thecoalition can use the results afterwards

Making Connections2orkshop # Radha an

Rubai*at leadingworks

hop

Radha and Rubai*at shared that the* will be co There was usefuldiscussion but no conclusive decisions on amended wording% The

clear statement for our mandate was? .To promote ,armReduction principles and advocate for accessible harm reduction

based services to priority populations as identified by HCYRin York Region.

Amending7 clarif*ing and

working on Terms of

Reference will continue%

Members re-uested to

consider and send an*

thoughts or ideas in relation

to goals and ob&ectives for

our Terms of Reference that

we will continue to discuss at

future meetings%

!e"t Meeting Date

#t York $niversity to

%ear presentation by

Students doing Surveyand researc%

&ed !ov '(

&ed !ov '(< ne;t meeting will take place in room @9 of the,NS building at 'ork (niversit*% The presentation b* thestudents will begin around 11?@5 but please tr* to come at 11?B

and meet the students% A light lunch will be provided b* 'ork(niversit* as the meeting spans the noon hour% The ,NS

building is number B1 on the map and we suggest *ou park in theArboretum 0arking =arage number C on the map%

ncourage all members toattend%

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