EQUIP Health Care Webinar: Supporting Equity-Oriented Health Care Responses to Gender-Based Violence and Substance Use for Direct Care Providers
Date and time:
March 18th, 2026 from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
Location:
Zoom – Sign up coming soon!
During this webinar , we will:
Offer strategies to support organizational change that promote the wellbeing of people experiencing gender-based violence and substance use, as well as the wellbeing of service providers.
Share evidence-informed tools and resources on the intersections of gender-based violence, trauma, mental health, and substance use.
Support shared understanding of how these intersecting experiences shape health, safety, and access to care.
Provide practical, trauma- and violence-informed approaches to supporting substance use health and reducing stigma.
EQUIP Health Care Webinar: Supporting Equity-Oriented Health Care Responses to Gender-Based Violence and Substance Use for Health Care Educators
Date and time:
March 10th, 2026 from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
Location:
Zoom – Sign up coming soon!
During this webinar , we will:
Offer strategies to support organizational change that promote the wellbeing of people experiencing gender-based violence and substance use, as well as the wellbeing of service providers.
Share evidence-informed tools and resources on the intersections of gender-based violence, trauma, mental health, and substance use.
Support shared understanding of how these intersecting experiences shape health, safety, and access to care.
Provide practical, trauma- and violence-informed approaches to supporting substance use health and reducing stigma.
EQUIP Health Care Webinar: Supporting Equity-Oriented Health Care Responses to Gender-Based Violence and Substance Use in the Emergency Services Sector
Date and time:
March 4th, 2026 from 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PT
Location:
Zoom – Sign up coming soon!
During this webinar , we will:
Offer strategies to support organizational change that promote the wellbeing of people experiencing gender-based violence and substance use, as well as the wellbeing of service providers.
Share evidence-informed tools and resources on the intersections of gender-based violence, trauma, mental health, and substance use.
Support shared understanding of how these intersecting experiences shape health, safety, and access to care.
Provide practical, trauma- and violence-informed approaches to supporting substance use health and reducing stigma.
Public Health Ontario Webinar: Substance Use and Gender-Based Violence: Strategies and Resources
Date and time:
January 14th, 2026 from 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM ET
Location:
Zoom
Every day, public health nurses and other professionals provide care to people experiencing gender-based violence (GBV) and using substances in ways that affect their health. This presentation will invite participants to deepen their knowledge about the intersections between GBV and substance use, and to make their practice more effective. A range of informational resources and tools will be shared to support trauma- and violence-informed, destigmatizing approaches to promoting substance use health in the context of GBV.
Educators Showcase: Bringing an Equity Lens to Teaching About Mental Wellness/Health, Substance Use Health, and Suicidality
Dates:
October 3rd & 12th, 2023
Location:
Zoom
At the Educators Showcase, EQUIP provided an opportunity for health and mental health educators to discuss strategies and approaches to teaching about mental health, substance use health, and suicidality through a health equity lens.
The Educators Showcase was held twice in October 2023, to maximize opportunities for educators to participate, as part of the Knowledge Mobilization to Promote Mental Health and Substance Use Health of Those Most Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic Project.
EQUIP Pathways Showcase: Promoting Equity and Substance Use Health
Date and time:
June 27, 2022 at 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM PDT
Location:
Zoom
At the EQUIP Pathways Showcase, we presented the EQUIP Equity Action Kit developed through the Pathways Project. Pathways is a 2-year knowledge mobilization project to increase capacity to reduce stigma and discrimination in health care and social services.
The Action Kit includes strategies and resources for reducing substance use stigma and implementing equity-oriented, culturally safe and trauma-and-violence informed care.
EQUIP Emergency Care Showcase
Date and time:
June 29, 2022 at 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM PDT
Location:
Zoom
At the EQUIP Emergency Showcase, we presented our findings from EQUIP Emergency and the EQUIP Equity Action Kit developed in collaboration with the EQUIP Pathways Project. EQUIP Emergency is a 5 year project looking at promoting health equity for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canadian Emergency Departments. The Action Kit includes strategies and resources for reducing substance use stigma and implementing equity-oriented, culturally safe and trauma-and-violence informed care.
