Special Board of Health Meeting

The media and members of the public are invited to watch the special meeting of the Board of Health to discuss the location of SafePoint Consumption Services.

It will be a YouTube live broadcast: https://youtube.com/live/yOsk6Ql-azY

Event Date
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Meeting Documents

Meeting held via video: https://youtube.com/live/yOsk6Ql-azY

  1. Call to Order
  2. Agenda Approval
  3. Announcement of Conflict of Interest
  4. Current Status of Consumption & Treatment Services Site (K. Blanchette)
  5. New Business
    1. Review of Supplementary Board Materials and Consultation Process to date (E. Nadalin/K. Blanchette)
      1. Forecasted Opioid Deaths in Windsor-Essex County for 2023-2026 Based on Historical Values from 2012-2021
      2. Supervised Injection Services Community Consultations Report (WECHU, 2019) – Full Report and Executive Summary
      3. Consumption & Treatment Services Site Specific Community Consultations (WECHU, 2022) – Full Report and Executive Summary
      4. Consumption & Treatment Services and Supervised Consumption Services Application and Program Requirements – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Document
      5. Consumption & Treatment Services in Ontario – Operational and Evaluation Information
      6. Letters of Support from Community Partner Agencies
  6. Board of Health Discussion and Decision regarding the City's new Notice of Motion
  7. Committee of the Whole (Closed Session in accordance with Section 239 of the Municipal Act) 
  8. Next Meeting: At the Call of the Chair, or February 16, 2023
  9. Adjournment

Letters in support of the proposed CTS operations at 101 Wyandotte Street East are being submitted on behalf of the following agencies:

  • Brentwood Recovery Home – Elizabeth Dulmage, Executive Director
  • Canadian Mental Health Association – Windsor-Essex County Branch – Dr. Sonja Grbevski, Chief Executive Officer
  • Conseil Scolaire Catholique Providence – Joseph Picard, Director of Education
  • The Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association – Pat Papadeas – Acting Chair
  • Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Services (EMS) – Chief Bruce Krauter
  • Family Services Windsor-Essex – Joyce Zuk, Executive Director
  • Legal Assistance of Windsor – Marion Overholt, Executive Director
  • Pozitive Pathways Community Services – Michael Brennan, Executive Director
  • REACT Windsor-Essex – Robert Cameron, Executive Director
  • Windsor Essex Community Health Centre – Rita Taillefer, Executive Director
  • Windsor Police Service – Jason Bellaire, Chief of Police
  • Windsor Regional Hospital – Jonathan Foster, Vice President of Emergency, Trauma, Mental Health, Cancer Services, & Renal

An accessible version of this document will be posted when available.

An FAQ document that provides answers to commonly asked questions about the provincial (CTS) and federal (Supervised Consumption Services) application and program requirements.

An accessible version of this document will be posted when available.

An accessible version of this document will be posted when available.

An accessible version of this document will be posted when available.

Results from a community consultation study conducted by the WECHU, in partnership with the Windsor-Essex Community Opioid & Substance Strategy and the CTS Stakeholder Advisory Committee, in 2021 that yielded community support/acceptance and demonstrated a local need for establishing a CTS at 101 Wyandotte Street East in the City of Windsor.

An accessible version of this document will be posted when available.

Inventory of CTS sites operating in the province including where they are located (e.g., homeless shelter) and if they have mobile units.

An accessible version of this document will be posted when available.