The Shift Dryden Gathering

Community Living Dryden-Sioux Lookout

Get ready for a day of connection, growth, and transformation at The Shift Dryden Gathering - a gathering like no other!

Best Western Plus Dryden Hotel & Conference Centre

The Shift Dryden GatheringWelcome to The Shift Dryden Gathering! Join us at the Best Western Plus Dryden Hotel &amp; Conference Centre for a day filled with inspiration, connection, and growth. This in-person event is a unique opportunity to learn from Developmental Services and community leaders on Harm Reduction , network with like-minded individuals, and immerse yourself in a supportive community. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, there's something for everyone at The Shift Dryden Gathering. Don't miss out on this incredible experience! Be watching for the detailed Agenda to be added. Please note that if you are travelling from out of town and require accomodation there are rooms reserved free of charge for this purpose (limited). Please contact Best Western Dryden by midnight of September 22 and reserve a room if needed, indicating that it would be a part of the block being held for Community Living on these dates. Please contact cara-lee.hazlewood@cldsl.ca for more information.

Wednesday October 23

Registration will be open in the evening of Tuesday, October 22nd for those coming in the night before who would like to get a head start on signing in.  Everyone who isn't able to preregister on Tuesday will have the opportunity to register starting at 7am on Wednesday before sitting down to a full breakfast before we jump into the day.

Registration and Breakfast

Welcome - Opening Remarks

Meet our panel of community service providers who are leading by example and removing barriers for people with a SHIFT approach. Listen to a varied group who all have lessons learned from collaboration with compassion. We have combined a group who are able to share perspectives that are both alike and differing, in order to shed light on issues and from all possible angles.

Panel of people just getting to it

Jessica Wilson

As an outreach doctor in Kenora Ontario, Dr. Jonny has seen first-hand the dire results of people living with both addiction and intellectual disability. As a previous Board member of Kenora Association for Community Living, he has a unique lens on this issue and has supported this organization in adopting harm reduction to help save lives. Dr. Jonny is here to answer all your questions.                                                                                                                                                                                                     Join Justin Wood with some real talk about addiction. Taking back power and growing into Love is best taught through shared experiences of people who went through Hell to get it.                                                                                                

Dr.  Jonny Grek and Justin Wood

We are faced with risk every day in our work. Risks for the person we support, risks to ourselves and others, risks to the agency's reputation and resources. A group of frontline and leadership will take us through a thoughtful and pragmatic discussion about defining risk, the dignity of risk and how to not let risk mitigation be only deciding factor in our work.

Risk Risk Risk - Let's Talk

Thursday October 24

Want to hear more from some of our amazing presenters? Let's reflect and share from everything we experienced on day one while enjoying a leisurely breakfast.

Breakfast with the Panelists

Have one-on-one or group conversations  with other conference participants. This experience is focused on removing networking barriers so you can share knowledge and experiences right away.

Brain Dates

Let our expert facilitator Jill Faber help us wrap up these two days with a vision and foundation of collaboration to really make THE SHIFT.

More Collaboration

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Bonus Virtual Session - Peter Marks

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