Ottawa Board of Health

Agenda

Meeting #:

7

Date:

Monday, November 06, 2023 at 5:00 P.m. - 6:00 P.m.

Location:

Champlain Room, 110 Laurier Avenue West, and by electronic participation

Members:

• Chair Catherine Kitts, 
• Vice-Chair Tammy DeGiovanni, 
• Member Elyse Banham, 
• Member Brent Bauer, 
• Member Danielle Brown-Shreves, 
• Member Marty Carr, 
• Member Sabrina Chung, 
• Member Laura Dudas, 
• Member Glen Gower, 
• Member Theresa Kavanagh, 
• and Member Rawlson King 

Diane Blais, Board Secretary
[phone], ext. 21544
[e-mail]

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1.

Notices and meeting information for meeting participants and the public

Please see the attached document for public notices and meeting information, including: availability of simultaneous interpretation and accessibility accommodations; in camera meeting procedures; processes and timelines for written and oral submissions; personal information disclaimer for correspondents and public speakers; notices regarding minutes; and remote participation details.

2.

Roll Call

3.

Regrets

4.

Declarations of Interest

5.

Confirmation of Minutes

• Confirmation of minutes of the meeting of September 18, 2023.

6.

Communications 

Seven communication items have been received (held on file with the Board of Health Secretary).

7.

Motion to Introduce Reports

• BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Chair of the Board of Health Verbal Report, the Medical Officer of Health Verbal Report, and the reports titled: Ottawa Public Health Update on Ottawa’s Overdose Response Strategy; Update on Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Ottawa Public Health; Nutritious Food Basket 2023 and Food Insecurity Report; Ontario Public Health Standards - 2023 Risk Management Report; and Attendance at the Association of Local Public Health Agencies’ (alPHa) Fall Symposium, be received and considered; 

  AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Rules of Procedure be suspended to receive and table the report titled “2024 Draft Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board of Health”.

7.1

Chair of the Board of Health Verbal Report

File ACS2023-OPH-BOH-0012 – City-wide

• That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit receive this verbal report for information.

7.2

Medical Officer of Health Verbal Report

File ACS2023-OPH-MOH-0008 – City-wide

• That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit receive this verbal report for information.

7.3

2024 Draft Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board of Health

File ACS2023-OPH-PCS-0007 – City-wide

• ​​That, at its meeting of November 06, 2023, the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit:

  1. ​Receive and table the 2024 Draft Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board of Health; and 
  2. ​Direct staff to forward the 2024 Draft Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board of Health to Ottawa City Council on November 08,2023 as part of the City Council’s tabling of the City of Ottawa 2024 Draft Operating and Capital budget.

7.4

Ottawa Public Health Update on Ottawa’s Overdose Response Strategy

File ACS2023-OPH-HPP-0005 – City-wide

• That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit: 

  1. Receive, for information:
     1. An update on the strategic work by community partners and Ottawa Public Health on overdose prevention and response across the lifespan and next steps; and
     2. Ottawa Public Health’s collaborative efforts to inform system and service planning through the Ottawa Mental Health, Addictions and Substance Use Health (MHASUH) community dashboard and improve timely surveillance of the drug toxicity crisis through the overdose reporting tool; and
  2. Request that the Chair of the Board of Health write a letter to the Ontario Minister of Health and the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services (MCCSS) recommending that they: 
     1. Increase sustainable funding for the Healthy Babies, Healthy Children program to support perinatal mental health, substance use health and Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECHMH), including the prevention of adverse childhood events;
     2. Advance the Regional Coroner’s report recommendations that align with Public Health Ontario’s Evidence Brief to expand drug checking services in Ontario towards safer drug supply;
     3. Explore innovative options to expand availability and access to health, mental health, addictions and substance use health services, including harm reduction services, such as supervised consumption services, across geographical areas to ensure that urban, suburban and rural residents have access to these services;
     4. Increase sustainable funding for harm reduction service providers to scale up community outreach services to address concerns of neighbouring communities, including peer-based programs, to support both resident and client engagement, connection to services, and harm reduction supply retrieval programming;
     5. Advance the Regional Coroner’s report recommendations to update Provincial regulations and sustainable funding for safer inhalation services available throughout the year, to work towards reducing deaths caused by inhalation of substances;
     6. Implement the Canadian Centre on Substance use and Addiction (CCSA) call to action for grief and trauma support for people who use drugs, their family members and loved ones, harm reduction workers, and community members affected by substance use, to support people negatively impacted by the drug toxicity crisis through increased sustainable funding;
     7. Support Ontario Health to prioritize the collection and use of sociodemographic data (SDD) to better inform equitable system and service planning; and
     8. Increase sustainable funding for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Mental Health Teams, Inuit Family Health Teams, and the Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition Indigenous Mental Well-Being Strategy to enhance mental health and substance use health supports and services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, including the development of new Indigenous Family Healing Lodge(s); and
  3. Direct the Medical Officer of Health to share this report and data with the City’s Community and Social Services Department to inform their Community Safety and Well-Being Plan, which includes the following priority areas identified through consultation: Mental Well-Being; Housing; Financial Security and Poverty Reduction; Gender-Based Violence and Violence Against Women; Discrimination, Marginalization and Racism; and Integrated and Simpler Systems.
• Amendment:

  WHEREAS the Mental Health, Addictions and Substance Use Health Dashboard infographics distributed to Members of the Board of Health and posted on Ottawa.ca and OttawaPublicHealth.ca with the report titled Ottawa Public Health Update on Ottawa’s Overdose Response Strategy as supporting document 3 (English) and 4 (French) inadvertently contained the following errors:

  • The data point with respect to hate crimes stated “Hate crimes based on race or ethnicity were amongst the most reported crimes between 2020 and 2022” when it should have stated “Between 2020 and 2022, the number one reported hate crime was because of race or ethnicity”, affecting the meaning of the statement; 
  • The data point on the percentage of racialized people in Ottawa who don’t have a primary care provider has been updated for accuracy (from ~23% to ~ 21%); and 
  • The data point on the percentage of people who are either neutral or would not hire someone with a substance use disorder has also been updated for accuracy (from ~48% to ~50%); 

  AND WHEREAS updated Mental Health, Addictions and Substance Use Health Dashboard infographics infographics – in English and French – have been circulated to Members of the Board of Health ahead of tonight’s meeting, with an explanation of these corrections; 

  THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit approve the report, as amended by the revised and updated Mental Health, Addictions and Substance Use Health Dashboard infographics infographics, and authorize the Board of Health Secretary to post the revised and updated Mental Health, Addictions and Substance Use Health Dashboard infographics infographics – in English and French - on Ottawa.ca and OttawaPublicHealth.ca as supplementary supporting documents to the report.

• BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health approve that the meeting time be extended past 7:00 p.m. pursuant to Subsection 8(1)(c) of the Procedural By-law.

7.5

Update on Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Ottawa Public Health

File ACS2023-OPH-EDI-0001 – City-wide

• ​That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit receive, for information, an update on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Ottawa Public Health and an overview of the health unit’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategy, as outlined in this report.

7.6

Nutritious Food Basket 2023 and Food Insecurity Report

File ACS2023-OPH-HPP-0003 – City-wide

• That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit receive, for information:

  1. The 2023 Nutritious Food Basket survey results and income scenarios; and 
  2. An overview of the work being done to address food insecurity and poverty in Ottawa. 

7.7

Ontario Public Health Standards - 2023 Risk Management Report

File ACS2023-OPH-KPQ-0005 – City-wide

• That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit receive this report for information.

7.8

Attendance at the Association of Local Public Health Agencies’ (alPHa) Fall Symposium

File ACS2023-OPH-BOH-0013 – City-wide

• That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit approve the participation of Chair Kitts, Vice-Chair DeGiovanni and Member Bauer at the Association of Local Public Health Agencies’ (alPHa) Fall Symposium, to be held November 24, 2023.

8.

Information Previously Distributed

8.1

Strengthening Bridges between Health and Housing Systems

File ACS2023-OPH-HPP-0004 – City-wide

8.2

Update on Ottawa Public Health’s Work on the Climate Change and Health Vulnerability Assessment for Extreme Heat to Improve Community Resilience

File ACS2023-OPH-HPS-0003 – City-wide

8.3

Ottawa Public Health Research Projects: 2018 to 2022

File ACS2023-OPH-PHM-0001 – City-wide

9.

Motion to Adopt Reports

• BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Chair of the Board of Health Verbal Report, the Medical Officer of Health Verbal Report, and the reports titled: Ottawa Public Health Update on Ottawa’s Overdose Response Strategy; Update on Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Ottawa Public Health; Nutritious Food Basket 2023 and Food Insecurity Report; Ontario Public Health Standards - 2023 Risk Management Report; and Attendance at the Association of Local Public Health Agencies’ (alPHa) Fall Symposium, be received and adopted; 

  AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the report titled “2024 Draft Operating Budget for the Ottawa Board of Health” be tabled, for consideration at the Board of Health meeting of 4 December, 2023.

10.

Motions Requiring Suspension of the Rules of Procedure

11.

Notices of Motions (For Consideration at Subsequent Meeting)

12.

Confirmation By-law

• BE IT RESOLVED THAT Confirmation By-law no. 2023-6, a by-law of the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit to confirm the proceedings of the Ottawa Board of Health at its meeting of November 6, 2023, be read and passed.

13.

Inquiries

14.

Adjournment

15.

Next Meeting

Monday, December 4, 2023 - 5:00 PM