Street Psychiatry Annual Meeting (SPAM)

Opening remarks by Dr. Simon Hatcher and Dr. Oyedeji Ayonrinde at the Street Psychiatry Annual Meeting (SPAM) in Ottawa, Ontario on May 16, 2023.

Due to audiovisual issues at the event, the slides and the audio for this session do not match. We apologize for the inconvenience.

"What is Street Psychiatry?" Session at the Street Psychiatry Annual Meeting on May 16, 2023 in Ottawa, ON.

Featured Presentations:

- "Providing care to unhoused people in Toronto: Service delivery structures and clinical pearls" by Drs. Michaela Beder and Deborah Pink, Inner City Health Associates

- "Psychiatry without walls: Can you meet me where I am at?" by Dr. Oyedeji Ayonrinde, Queen’s University and Providence Care

Due to audiovisual issues at the event, portions of this video feature a black screen for the presentation slides. We apologize for the inconvenience.

To learn more about the presenters, visit:

- Inner City Health Associates (Toronto, ON): https://www.icha-toronto.ca/

- Providence Care (Kingston, ON): https://providencecare.ca/

"Do We Need a Housing First 2.0?" session at the Street Psychiatry Annual Meeting (SPAM) on May 16, 2023 in Ottawa, ON. During this session Dr. Tim Aubry from the University of Ottawa presents "Housing First as a mental health and addictions intervention: Current state of knowledge and future directions for research".

To learn more, visit: https://www.homelesshub.ca/solutions/housing-accommodation-and-supports/housing-first.

"Including People with Lived Experience in Developing Care/Services" Session at the Street Psychiatry Annual Meeting on May 16, 2023 in Ottawa, ON.

Featured Presentations:

- "Justice oriented peer support from peers" by the KT6 Crew from the Peterborough Aids Resource Network (PARN)

- "Engagements with life: Guiding principles from a community engaged research program" by Nicole Santos Dunn from the University of Toronto.

- "Embedding the lived experience voice in advocacy and strategic planning: Highlighting the work of Belong Ottawa" by Nicole Edgar from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Belong Ottawa (Management Board)

Due to audiovisual issues at the event, portions of this video feature a black screen for the presentation slides. We apologize for the inconvenience.

To learn more, visit:

- Peterborough Aids Resource Network (PARN): https://parn.ca/

- Engagements with Life: https://www.engagementswithlife.com/

- Critical Health and Social Action Lab: https://www.chsalab.com/

- Belong Ottawa: https://belongottawa.ca/

The "De-Escalation on the Streets and in Unstable Housing Conditions" workshop at the Street Psychiatry Annual Meeting (SPAM) on May 16, 2023 in Ottawa, ON. This session is facilitated by Dr. Oyedeji Ayonrinde from Queen's University and Providence Care and Dr. Simon Hatcher from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Ottawa Inner City Health.

Due to technical difficulties at the event, the slides from this session do not match the audio. The speakers can be seen in the small box next to the slides. We apologize for the inconvenience.

To learn more:

- Hatching Ideas Lab: https://hatchingideaslab.com/

- Providence Care: https://providencecare.ca/

The "Climate Change, Mental Health, and Homelessness" session at the Street Psychiatry Annual Meeting (SPAM) on May 16, 2023 in Ottawa, ON. This session features the following presentation:

- "Out of the cold: Advocacy actions around warming centres in Toronto" by Dr. Margaret Hulbert and Dr. Talveer Mandur from the University of Toronto.

The "Staff Wellness" session from the Street Psychiatry Annual Meeting (SPAM) on May 17, 2023 in Ottawa, ON.

Due to technical difficulties at our event, in some portions of this video, the slides do not match the audio. The speakers can be seen in the small box next to the slides. We apologize for the inconvenience.

This session features the following presentations:

- "Supporting our people in burnout" by Bobby Jamison from Soul Space

- "Burning the burned" by Tracey Gaydosh from Frontline Baddies

- "Supporting staff wellness" by Dean Dewar from Center 454 at Belong Ottawa.

To learn more, please visit:

- Soul Space: https://www.soulspaceottawa.ca/

- Frontline Baddies: https://www.frontlinebaddies.com/

- Belong Ottawa: https://belongottawa.ca/

The "Trauma-Informed Care" Session of the Street Psychiatry Annual Meeting (SPAM) on May 17, 2023 in Ottawa, ON.

This session features the following presenters:

- "What is trauma-informed care?", Simon Hatcher, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Ottawa Inner City Health

- "Trauma-informed interventions to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in vulnerably housed populations", Brooklyn Ward, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

- Building trust in impossible places: Insights from a qualitative street medicine study", Liz Frye, Street Medicine Institute

To learn more:

- Hatching Ideas Lab: https://hatchingideaslab.com/

- Ottawa Inner City Health: https://ottawainnercityhealth.ca/

- Street Medicine Institute: https://www.streetmedicine.org/

The Harm Reduction session at the Street Psychiatry Annual Meeting (SPAM) on May 17, 2023 in Ottawa, ON.

This session features presentations by:

- “Do no harm in harm reduction” – KT6 Crew, Peterborough Aids Resource Network (PARN)

- Harm reduction: Radicalized empathy, Aileen Tran, Frontline Baddies

To learn more, visit:

- Peterborough Aids Resource Network (PARN): https://parn.ca/

- Frontline Baddies: https://www.frontlinebaddies.com/

The "Managing Death on the Streets/in Unstable Housing" session at the Street Psychiatry Annual Meeting (SPAM) on May 17, 2023 in Ottawa, ON.

* Content Warning: The content discussed during this session makes reference to death, substance use, overdose, and grief/loss which some folks may find upsetting or distressing. We encourage you to seek support as you need it.*

This session features the following presentation:

- "Grief and the time of the opioid crisis: The homeless context" by Amanda Ahmed, Kim Van Herk, Sophie Butler, and Tabitha Morris from Ottawa Inner City Health.

To learn more about Ottawa Inner City Health, visit: https://ottawainnercityhealth.ca/