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Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity 9 Forum
Influencing Alcohol Policy: Affecting Change through Research, Media and Advocacy
(February 27, 2012, 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.; February 28, 2012, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.)
Novotel Hotel - North York (5100 Yonge Street/3 Park Home Ave.), Toronto, Ontario

Information about this forum:

• Keynote Speaker: Ann Dowsett Johnston, An award-winning journalist
• Event Website - details of agenda, speakers, venue, fees

 

Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity 8 Forum
Alcohol Policy: Movement in Ontario
The Crucial Need for Policy in Addressing Alcohol Problems
(March 7, 2011, 6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.; March 8, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.)
Novotel Hotel - North York (5100 Yonge Street/3 Park Home Ave.), Toronto, Ontario

Information about this forum:

• Keynote Speaker: Dr. Gerald Thomas, Senior Research and Policy Analyst, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
• Event website - details of agenda, speakers, venue, fees
• Agenda - keynote speaker, presenters, panelists
• Presentations, select videos, and USB key documents
• ANOC8 summary [PDF]

 

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]

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: some files are large and may take several minutes to download

• Dr. Thomas Babor - How Alcohol Policies Reduce Harm: New Research and Recommendations [PDF, 305kb]

• Dr. Norman Giesbrecht and Nancy Langdon - Reducing the Burden from Alcohol in Ontario – Challenges to an Effective Policy Response [PDF, 48kb]

• Penny Nelligan - Healthy Public Policy: Ministry of Health Promotion [PDF, 449kb]

• Victoria van Gilst - Challenges and Successes: Working Towards a Comprehensive Alcohol Strategy [PDF, 1.1MB]

• Dr. Maristela G. Monteiro - Alcohol and Public Health in the Americas: Report from the Pan American Health Organization [PDF, 1.1MB]

• Susan Shepherd - Challenges and Successes working with Licenced Establishments [PDF, 117kb]

• Denise DePape - Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity Forum #7 (Time to Act!) [PDF, 701kb]

• Andrew Murie - Provincial Liquor Boards: Meeting the Best Interest of Canadians [PDF, 82kb]

NOTE: some files are large and may take several minutes to download

• Alcohol and Public Health in the Americas: A Case for Action [PDF, 1.3MB] — Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization. 2007

• Alcohol Policy: Getting Alcohol on the Agenda and Higher Priority for Effective Interventions [PDF] — Briefing Note, Alcohol Policy Network. January 2005

• Protecting Ontario's Alcohol and Public Health Policies in Negotiations on the Proposed Canada-EU Treaty [PDF] — Backgrounder, Jim Grieshaber-Otto for OPHA Alcohol Workgroup. February 2010

• What Does It Take to Make a Healthy Province? A benchmark study of jurisdictions in Canada and around the world with the highest levels of health and the best health behaviours [PDF, 1.3MB] — ICES Investigative Report, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. November 2009

• IAS Fact Sheet: Alcohol Policies [PDF] — Institute of Alcohol Studies. July 2005

• Recommendation to accept the Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity report for information [PDF] — Report to Niagara Region Public Health Social Services Committee. December 9, 2005

• Evidence and Best Practices for Policy Intervention [PDF] — OPHA Alcohol Workgroup Teleconference Proceedings. October 10, 2008

• Alcohol, Gender, Culture, and Harms in the Americas [PDF] — PAHO Multicentric Study Final Report. Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization. 2007

• Report on the WHO Regional Technical Consultation on a Global Strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol [PDF] — Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization. May 2009

• Public Health Approach to Alcohol Policy: an updated report from the Provincial Health Officer [PDF, 1.4MB] — P.R.W. Kendall, Office of the Provincial Health Officer, British Columbia. December 2008

• Rating the Provinces and Territories: The 2009 Report — A Comprehensive Review of the Provincial and Territorial Impaired Driving Laws [PDF] — MADD Canada. November 2009

• The Toronto Drug Strategy: A comprehensive approach to alcohol and other drugs [PDF, 1.3MB] — Toronto Public Health, City of Toronto. December 2005

• The Toronto Drug Strategy: Status Report 2008 [PDF] — Toronto Public Health, City of Toronto. March 2008

• Handbook for Action to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harm [PDF] — WHO Regional Office of Europe. 2009

 

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 2 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.