Western Canada Addiction Forum

For folks who attended the Forum, we wanted to send a quick reminder about our evaluation survey! We appreciate your continued support and look forward to receiving your feedback and comments regarding the forum. Kindly find below the link to complete our online forum evaluation survey. This will take a few minutes of your time and will help us in the planning of future events.

A big thank you to everyone who participated, presented, and organized the 6th annual Western Canada Addiction Forum! It was fantastic to see so many people actively engaged and interested in addiction medicine. Please consider recommending us or writing us a review here on Facebook. We look forward to seeing you all again next year!

Thanks for coming, Last Door Recovery Society!

Pharmacist, physician, toxicologist Dr. David Juurlink just gave a fantastic talk about Drug-to-Drug Interactions. He has noted that he has many open source journal articles available, and here is one he has written titled "Drug interactions with warfarin: what clinicians need to know". Sourced from CMAJ.

Today is our last half day of the Forum. The last two days have been inspiring, educational, and many people have said that it has "filled their cup" and reminded them why they continue to work in the field of addictions/substance use. First up this morning we have another talk from our keynote speaker Dr. David Juurlink on non medical use of prescription drugs other than opioids. Next, we have pharmacist Mr. Bryce Wong, Dr. Jeff Harries from South Okanagan, Dr. Jag Khalsa speaking more on cannabis, and then wrapping up the Forum with a debate about Harm Reduction vs. Abstinence and everything in between with Dr. Rob Tanguay, Mr. Marshall Smith, Dr. Charissa Patricelli, and Dr. Annabel Mead. Remember, you can follow along with live tweets all morning over on Twitter @wcaforum !

Today is our last half day of the Forum. The last two days have been inspiring, educational, and many people have said that it has "filled their cup" and reminded them why they continue to work in the field of addictions/substance use. First up this morning we have another talk from our keynote speaker Dr. David Juurlink on non medical use of prescription drugs other than opioids. Next, we have pharmacist Mr. Bryce Wong, Dr. Jeff Harries from South Okanagan, Dr. Jag Khalsa speaking more on cannabis, and then wrapping up the Forum with a debate about Harm Reduction vs. Abstinence and everything in between with Dr. Rob Tanguay, Mr. Marshall Smith, Dr. Charissa Patricelli, and Dr. Annabel Mead. Remember, you can follow along with live tweets all morning over on Twitter @wcaforum !

Guy Felicella Consulting just received a standing ovation from a full conference room (200+)people, and moved folks to tears. Guy, thank you for sharing your story with us and giving us the call to action to connect, care, build relationships. "Healthcare should be CareHealth. If you care first, health will come later." #WCAF2019

We are moving into our second day of the conference after a fantastic day yesterday! Our line-up today is full of leaders in the addiction medicine field, including our keynotes Dr. David Juurlink talking about lesser known opioids and Omar Manejwala, M.D. speaking about a futurists perspective on addiction. Throughout the day we will also be hearing from Guy Felicella Consulting, Dr. Annabel Mead, Dr. S. Monty Ghosh, Dr. Rob Tanguay, Dr. Bohdan Nosyk, Mr. Nigel Trevethan, Dr. Venu Karapareddy, and Charissa Patricelli. We also have a full exhibitors room with AbbVie, C Three Foundation, EHN Canada, Gilead Sciences, Homewood Health Centre, InnerVisions Recovery Society, iRecover Treatment Centres and more!

We are moving into our second day of the conference after a fantastic day yesterday! Our line-up today is full of leaders in the addiction medicine field, including our keynotes Dr. David Juurlink talking about lesser known opioids and Omar Manejwala, M.D. speaking about a futurists perspective on addiction. Throughout the day we will also be hearing from Guy Felicella Consulting, Dr. Annabel Mead, Dr. S. Monty Ghosh, Dr. Rob Tanguay, Dr. Bohdan Nosyk, Mr. Nigel Trevethan, Dr. Venu Karapareddy, and Charissa Patricelli. We also have a full exhibitors room with AbbVie, C Three Foundation, EHN Canada, Gilead Sciences, Homewood Health Centre, InnerVisions Recovery Society, iRecover Treatment Centres and more!

Thank you for coming, Jane Thornthwaite!

Up next is Marshall Smith from British Columbia Centre on Substance Use! He'll be speaking about Strategies to Strengthen Recovery in BC: The Path Forward and Next Steps. #WCAF2019

Started off #WCAF2019 with Dr. Jag Khalsa, Mr. Marshall Smith, Sgt. Conor King, Dr. Kenneth Tupper, Dr. Venu Karapareddy, and Dr. Omar Manejwala we are headed into an evening session of #medTalks with Ms. Sheri Denham, Dr. Joel Bordman, Dr. Michael Frost, and Dr. Leslie Lappalainen. We truly have such an amazing amount of expertise with our speakers. We found out today that almost a 1/3 of attendees also have 20+ years experience in the field of addictions! Did you have a favourite presentation today?

We are so lucky to have such an esteemed speaker with us. Thank you Dr. Khalsa for sharing your 50+ years of experience in the addiction medicine field. He will be presenting twice today on cannabis, which he has been studying since the 60's! #WCAF2019

We would like to welcome everyone who has travelled to Kelowna for #WCAF2019! We look forward to seeing you tomorrow morning in the Okanagan Room of the Delta Hotels by Marriott Grand Okanagan Resort. Comment down below if you'll be joining us this weekend!

Up next is Marshall Smith from British Columbia Centre on Substance Use! He'll be speaking about Strategies to Strengthen Recovery in BC: The Path Forward and Next Steps. #WCAF2019

We are so lucky to have such an esteemed speaker with us. Thank you Dr. Khalsa for sharing your 50+ years of experience in the addiction medicine field. He will be presenting twice today on cannabis, which he has been studying since the 60's! #WCAF2019

We would like to welcome everyone who has travelled to Kelowna for #WCAF2019! We look forward to seeing you tomorrow morning in the Okanagan Room of the Delta Hotels by Marriott Grand Okanagan Resort. Comment down below if you'll be joining us this weekend!