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Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity 7 Forum
Alcohol Policy: Time to Act!
Current Research, Policy, and Practical Applications to Address Alcohol-related Harm
(March 2, 2010; 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
North York Memorial Community Hall (5100 Yonge Street/3 Park Home Ave.), Toronto, Ontario

Information about this forum:

• Agenda [PDF]
• Speaker Biographies [PDF]
• Directions and Recommended Hotel [PDF]
• Online Evaluation Form will remain open for two weeks after the forum.

Dr. Thomas Babor, University of Connecticut School of Medicine and lead author and principle investigator of the landmark book “Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity – Research and Public Policy” and the just-released Second Edition.

 

NOTE: these are in "View Only" format; some files are large and may take several minutes to download

• Dr. Norman Giesbrecht and Nancy Langdon - Reducing the Burden from Alcohol in Ontario – Challenges to an Effective Policy Response [PPS, 61kb]

• Dr. Thomas Babor - How Alcohol Policies Reduce Harm: New Research and Recommendations [PPS, 730kb]

• Victoria van Gilst - Challenges and Successes: Working Towards a Comprehensive Alcohol Strategy [PPS, 7.2MB]

• Susan Shepherd - Challenges and Successes working with Licenced Establishments [PPS, 78kb]

• Denise DePape - Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity Forum #7 (Time to Act!) [PPS, 3.4MB]

• Andrew Murie - Provincial Liquor Boards: Meeting the Best Interest of Canadians [PPS, 730kb]

• Dr. Maristela G. Monteiro - Alcohol and Public Health in the Americas [PPS, 7.5MB]

• Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity 6 Forum (March 5, 2009)
• Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity 5 Forum (March 27, 2008)
• Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity 4 Forum (March 22, 2007)
• Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity 3 Forum (March 3, 2006)
• Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity 2 Forum (March 11, 2005)
• Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity 1 Forum (February 27, 2004)

 

Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity 6 Forum
Alcohol Across the Life Span: Current Research and Practical Applications for Alcohol-Related Harm
(March 5, 2009; 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
North York (Toronto), Ontario

• Information about this Forum's topic, speaker list [PDF]
• Agenda [PDF]
• Directions [PDF] and Recommended Hotel [PDF]

Quick Notes/Links from the Forum:

• To email Daina Mueller your ideas, click here
• OIPRC Discussion Forum
• OIPRC Report: Alcohol-Related Injuries: an Evidence-Based Synthesis Document [PDF]
• Alcohol Policy Network's activites mapped to Ontario Public Health Standards [PDF]

NOTE: these are in "View Only" format; some files are large and may take several minutes to download

• Dr. Louis Gliksman - Alcohol Trends in Ontario [PPS, 510kb]

• Pegeen Walsh and Daina Mueller - The New Ontario Public Health Standards [PPS, 2.1MB]

• Dr. Phil Groff - Alcohol and Injuries: Research into practical applications [PPS, 2.0MB]

• Dr. Robert Mann - Impaired Driving and Motor Vehicle Collisions [PPS, 221kb]

• Dr. Norman Giesbrecht - Alcohol and Chronic Disease: Research into practical applications [PPS, 1.0MB]

 

Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity 5 Forum
Adapting National and Provincial Alcohol Strategies for Local Impact
(March 27, 2008; 8:30 a.m - 3:30 p.m.)
Ottawa, Ontario

• Information about this Forum's topic
• Speakers' Bios [PDF, 37kb]
• Agenda [PDF, 44kb]
• Ontario Alcohol and Drug Strategy - Background Materials:
  

  • Alcohol, Other Drugs and Related Harms in Ontario: a scan of the environment [PDF, 335kb]

  • Why do we need an Ontario Drug Strategy? [PDF, 152kb]

  • A Proposed Drug Strategy Framework for Ontario [PDF, 106kb]

• Forum Presentations - NOTE: these are in "View Only" format; some files are very large and may take some time to download
  

  • Dr. Norman Giesbrecht and Anca Ialomiteanu - Alcohol in Ontario: Consumption and High-Risk Drinking, Harm and Policy Implications [PPS, 932kb]

    • Summary and Implications - slide 84

  • Carolyn Franklin - Update: National Alcohol Strategy [PPS, 1.3MB]

  • Barbara Miles and Samantha Cukier - Changing the Culture of Alcohol Use in Nova Scotia: An Alcohol Strategy to Prevent and Reduce the Burden of Alcohol-Related Harm in Nova Scotia [PPS, 1.9MB]

    • Self-help — My Choice workbook link

  • Reggie Caverson - Developing an Ontario Drug Strategy: Progress, Challenges, and Implications [PPS, 184kb]

  • ARAPO Recognition Award - Individual: Filomena Ferraro; Organization: Substance Abuse Action Committee (SAAC) of the Grey Bruce Health Unit

  • John Garcia - Lessons from Tobacco Control: Relevance to Alcohol Control? [PPS, 5.9MB]

  • Nancy Langdon - Opening and Closing Remarks: Points for Discussion [PPS, 325kb]

 

Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity 4 Forum:
Alcohol and Chronic Disease Prevention: Making the Link
(March 22, 2007; 9:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m.)

• Presentation Descriptions and Speakers' Bios [PDF, 60kb]
• Agenda [PDF, 49kb]
• Directions, area hotels, and parking costs
• Downloadable map to location, showing parking lots [PDF, 20kb]
• Research Paper: Alcohol and Chronic Disease: an Ontario Perspective [PDF, 861kb]
• Forum Presentations - NOTE: these are in "View Only" format; some files are very large and may take some time to download
  

  • Dr. Norman Giesbrecht - Alcohol as a Risk Factor for Chronic Disease - Policies and Local Action

  • Deb Keen - Highlights of the Ontario Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance Report and the Cancer 20/20 Report [PPS, 988kb]

  • Janet McAllister - Alcohol and Cancer - Evidence and Recommendations: a report by CAMH [PPS, 133kb]

  • ARAPO Recognition Award - Acceptance speech from the award winner, Mina Bozzi [WMV, 1.2MB]

  • Marianne Kobus-Matthews - Low-Risk Drinking Guidelines: Awareness, Adaptation, and Adoption of the LRDGs to Reduce Chronic Disease [PPS, 1.3MB]

  • Pam Benson - FOCUS Media Campaign on Alcohol Risk and Chronic Disease [PPS, 5.5MB]

  • Diane Buhler - Check it out!/Á voir: a program to assess young women's knowledge and interest in the impact of alcohol and other factors on breast health [PPS, 1.8MB]

 

Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity 3 Forum
Emerging Evidence on the Links Between Alcohol Promotion and Risky Drinking
(March 3, 2006)

• Speakers' Bios
• Agenda [PDF, 47kb]
• Forum Presentations - NOTE: these are in "View Only" format; some files are very large and may take some time to download
  

  • Dr. David Jernigan - Risky Drinking and Youth: The role of alcohol promotion - Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth

  • Dr. Marvin Krank - It Starts Here: Advertising and adolescents [6.6MB] - University of British Columbia

  • Michelle Swenarchuk, LLB - Alcohol Advertising and the Law in Canada and in International Trade [100kb]

  • Joe Rock - Youth & Alcohol, Messages & Media (YAMM) Campaign: From theory to practice [935kb] - Alcohol Policy Network

  • Rebecca Fortin - Recent Initiatives of ARAPO [596kb] - Association to Reduce Alcohol Promotion in Ontario

  • Patricia Hadju - Peer Leadership: Recognizing and supporting the inherent strength of a community [8.4MB] - Thunder Bay District Health Unit

  • Stephen Gard - Welcome to Bartown [5.8MB] - Windsor FOCUS Community

Alcohol - No Ordinary Commodity II Forum
Is Ontario Playing "Spin the Bottle" with Public Health and Safety?
(March 11, 2005; 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)

Related files:

• Agenda [PDF, 377kb]
• Powerpoint Presentations:
  • "One Year Later: What Progress?" [2,182kb] - Opening Remarks: Dr. Robert Mann and Pat Sanagan
  • "What is the importance of alcohol control from an international perspective?" [154kb] - Forum #1: Dr. Robin Room
  • "What current trends in alcohol retailing and marketing in North American jurisdictions are problematic or potentially problematic, and why?" - Panel Forum #2:
  • "An economic analysis of changes in alcohol retailing in Alberta and implications for Ontario" [296kb] - Prof. Greg Flanagan
  • "The effects of alcohol advertising on alcohol consumption" [134kb] - Dr. Henry Saffer
  • "Proposed changes in alcohol retailing in Ontario: An estimate of social and health costs of several scenarios" - Dr. Jürgen Rehm, Senior Scientist, CAMH
  • "Given a scenario where alcohol is made more accessible in the province of Ontario, what would be the impact on your sector?" - Forum #3:
  • Health Promotion [3,751kb] - Pat Sanagan
  • Addiction Treatment - Dennis Long, Executive Director, Breakaway
  • Impaired Driving [67kb] - Andrew Murie
  • General public, and public opinion [102kb] - Dr. Norman Giesbrecht
  • "What are key recommendations to the Government about changes in the access and marketing of alcohol in Ontario?" - Forum #4: Facilitated Discussion lead by Denise DePape

Alcohol - No Ordinary Commodity Forum
(February 27, 2004; 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.)

Related files in PDF format:

• Agenda [PDF, 454kb]
• Speakers' Bios
• Powerpoint Presentations in PDF format:
  • Juergen Rehm - Preventing Alcohol Problems: International Best Practices [360kb]
  • Andy Murie - Impaired Driving Prevention: an update, MADD Canada [463kb]
  • Patricia Begin - What's Happening at the Federal Level? [422kb]
  • David Jernigan - International Trends in Alcohol Marketing & Promotion [2,493kb]
  • Jim Grieshaber-Otto - A Canadian Perspective on Alcohol & International Trade Policy [2,848kb]
  • Denise DePape and Bob Mann - OPHA Alcohol Policy Paper [103kb]
• Background Materials:
  • Alcohol and the Global Burden of Disease: Epidemiology and Policy Implications [PDF, 139kb], Juergen Rehm, CAMH
  • Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity - A summary of the WHO report [PDF]
  • Promoting Healthy Communities: A Framework for Alcohol Policy and Public Health in Ontario [PDF], OPHA
  • Retail Alcohol Monopolies and Regulation: Preserving the Public Interest, CAMH
  • Trade Treaties, Alcohol, and Public Health, Jim Grieshaber-Otto and David Jernigan
  • Alcohol Marketing & Young People [PDF], WHO
  • The Case for a 0.05% Criminal Code BAC Limit [PDF]
  • The Case for a Provincial 0.00% BAC Limit for All Drivers Under the Age of 21 [PDF], E. Chamberlain and R. Solomon
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention - " effects of introducing or lowering legal per se blood alcohol limits for driving: an international review" [PDF, 125kb], Robert E. Mann, et al.