The Recovery Capital Conference

Building on Our Strengths 

About the this year’s Summit 

Leading the change in care for mental health and addiction, the Recovery Capital Conference of Canada will feature leading international researchers, clinicians, and policymakers who will provide evidence-based clinical knowledge gained through decades of care.

Emerging research supports the concept that Recovery-Oriented Systems of Care demonstrate improved mental and physical health, improved quality of life, pro-social behavior, and a dramatic reduction in human and financial cost to the community.

These Canadian Conferences will engage delegates in the collaborative practice of solution-focused care for people and their families, supported by paraprofessionals, peers, and mutual support systems.

National Campaign

Attendees at Recovery Day BC 2018
Attendees at Recovery Day BC 2018

A fundamental shift is occurring in the way we manage addiction and the Recovery advocacy movement is making itself heard in Canada. This movement is alerting governments and policymakers of the millions of people, once suffering silently from addiction, who are now living healthy, drug-free and engaged lives.

Working together we can eliminate silos, and move towards the creation of better comprehensive systems of care for Canadians.

What is Recovery Capital 

Research has shifted from the pathology and short-term addiction treatment modalities to include more focused attention to recovery.  Conference participants will learn those factors that seem to make people with substance use disorders more resilient.

These characteristics have been termed ‘Recovery Capital’, defined by Granfield and Cloud as

 “The breadth and depth of internal and external resources that can be drawn upon to initiate and sustain Recovery from alcohol and other drug problems”.

Recovery Capital is not a fixed value, it diminishes during active addiction and increases during sustained recovery.  Recovery Capital may be grouped in four categories – internal: human and physical; and external: social and cultural.

Recovery Capital interacts with problem severity to shape the intensity and duration of support needed to initiate and sustain recovery.  Re-evaluation of Recovery Capital during the recovery journey may be used to determine the quality and even duration of successful sustained recovery from addiction.

Human and Physical – includes housing, employment, nutrition, education, personal resources, mental, spiritual and emotional health, knowledge, coping, well-being, mindfulness, physical fitness, financial responsibility

Social and Cultural – encompasses community attitudes and recovery supports; policymaker knowledge and policies and resources related to recovery;  active efforts to reduce stigma; visible and diverse recovery role models, accessible sources of sustained recovery supports, recovery peer resources and early intervention; beliefs, sense of personal choice social integration, connection to purpose;  availability of multiple pathways to recovery, community assets, Recovery-focused systems of care.

Learning Outcomes

At the conclusion of the conference, participants should be able to identify and describe the benefits of Recovery Capital.  Compare presented clinical guidelines/best practices with the delegates current practice and identify strengths or gaps.  Connect with other professionals to improve the community.

What does Recovey Capital Measure?

Photo Credit – Broome, Steve & Daddow, Rebecca. (2010).

Continuing Education Units at Recovery Capital Conference

The Recovery Capital Conference will offer Continuing Education Credits, each conference will offer a different amount of CEUs as the duration varies, in past years we were able to offer CEUs from the following organizations:

About the Organizers

The Recovery Capital Conference is organized by Last Door Recovery Society, a non-profit addiction treatment organization that is a registered charity. 

Last Door is collaborating with many partners with teams across Canada to increase awareness of how to foster Recovery Capital in people, families and communities.   A full list of partners will be will updated on the individual conference pages as we progress towards the launch of the conference.