April 4th, 2024
11 am to 12:30 pm
Glen 201/204 – TELUS Convention Centre Calgary
Opening Speakers
Evan Romanow, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction, Government of Alberta
11:00 AM to 11:30 AM – Kerry Bales, Senior Program Officer, Provincial Addiction & Mental Health, Alberta Health Services
Refocusing Healthcare and the Alberta Recovery Model
About This Session:
- Overview the Alberta’s Government ‘refocusing’ for the health care system, with enhanced oversight for recovery and wellness promotion in the area of mental health and addiction.
- A new dedicated Mental Health and Addiction service delivery organization will provide provincial services in the field.
- Opening discussion on the establishment of a Centre of Recovery Excellence
Session Description:
Alberta’s Government is ‘refocusing’ the provincial health care system to enhance oversight and service offering for recovery and wellness promotion in the area of mental health and addiction. Discussions will outline details on the approach to enhance recovery-oriented services, including how a new dedicated Mental Health and Addiction service delivery organization will provide services, and a new Centre of Recovery Excellence (CORE) will enhance system planning, research and innovation to improve public policy and the delivery of services to Albertans aligned with the Alberta Recovery Model.
Followed by …
11:30 am to 12:30 pm – The Recovery-Oriented Alberta Model of Care “Centre of Recovery Excellence”
About this session
There is considerable debate on approaches to drug and addiction policy across the country. Evaluating evidence and driving robust research and evaluation is essential for advancing good policy and quality care. There are however gaps in the scientific evidence and limitations on how progress is defined and measured that contribute to this ongoing debate. To address this, Alberta is launching a Centre of Recovery Excellence (CoRE) as a single site of expertise to generate new and expanded evidence on mental health and addiction programs and services.
The centre will add to the knowledge base, as well as act as an evaluation partner for interventions that could improve recovery outcomes for individuals and communities. It will lead research and offer new insights into what works, and how best to guide and support service providers and frontline staff to help clients on their recovery journey.
The Government of Alberta has been implementing a recovery-oriented system of care to help save lives and support Albertans pursuing long-term recovery with addiction or mental health challenges through the health, justice, and social service systems and as part of this, has an ambitious mission for the Centre of Recovery Excellence, which will launch in 2024.
This session will outline the design principles of the centre, discuss the gaps it will address, and how it will add value to the mental health and addiction systems for years to come.
Learning Objectives
• What is the Centre for Recovery Excellence?
• Why is it necessary and what will it do?
• How will it help my community or organization?
