INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUB-COMMITTEEAGENDA 821 JUNE 2010 SOUS-COMITÉ DE LA TECHNOLOGIE DE L’INFORMATIONORDRE DU JOUR 8LE 21 JUIN 2010


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CONSEIL DE SANTÉ D’OTTAWA

Ottawa Board of Health
AGENDA 18
Monday, September 20, 2021, 3:00 PM**
This Meeting will be held through electronic participation in accordance with Section 238 of the Municipal Act, 2001 as amended by the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2020
Persons wishing to provide comments on any of the items contained herein should refer to the process detailed and attached to this agenda as Annex A.
Contact for the Ottawa Board of Health:
Diane Blais, Board of Health Secretary
613-580-2424 ext. 21544
[email protected]

Board Members:
Chair: K. Egli
Vice-Chair: T. DeGiovanni
Members: E. Banham, J. Cloutier, E. El-Chantiry, G. Gower, T. Kavanagh, L. Leikin, S. Menard, S. Pinel, P. Tilley

Simultaneous interpretation in both official languages is available for any specific agenda item by calling the Board of Health contact at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.

Accessible formats and communication supports are available upon request.

 

ROLL CALL

 

REGRETS

 

DECLARATIONS OF PECUNIARY INTEREST (INCLUDING THOSE ORIGINALLY ARISING FROM PRIOR MEETINGS)

 

 

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

Confirmation of minutes of the meeting of June 21, 2021.

 

 

COMMUNICATIONS

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

 

MOTION TO INTRODUCE REPORTS

 

1

CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH VERBAL REPORT

 

 

ACS2021-OPH-BOH-0007

 

 

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

 

2

MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH VERBAL REPORT

 

 

ACS2021-OPH-MOH-0004

 

 

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

 

3

RECONCILI-ACTION AT OTTAWA PUBLIC HEALTH: A TIME TO REFLECT, RE-FRESH AND REINFORCE COMMITMENT

 

 

ACS2021-OPH-CCE-0001

 

 

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

1.        Receive, for information, this update on Ottawa Public Health’s Reconcili-ACTION Plan; and 

2.        Approve proposed revisions and recommended priority actions relating to the Reconcili-ACTION Plan, as outlined in this report and detailed in Document 1.

 

4

OTTAWA PUBLIC HEALTH’S 2019-2022 STRATEGIC PLAN: STRATEGIC PRIORITY RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE HEALTH

 

 

ACS2021-OPH-HPP-0001

 

 

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

1.         Receive, for information, an update on Ottawa Public Health’s (OPH) work on mental health and substance use health and key OPH actions for 2021-2022 to improve the existing concerns and the impacts of the pandemic across the lifespan and work with partners to measure and improve overall mental health, substance use health, and well-being, as outlined in this report;

2.         Approve the guiding principles for a public health approach to substance use health, as outlined in this report;

3.         Direct the Medical Officer of Health to share this report and data with the City’s Emergency and Protective 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;

4.         Direct the Medical Officer of Health to share this report and data with Ontario Health to inform their mental health and substance use health pandemic recovery plan and request that Ontario Health address pressing mental health and substance use health needs in Ottawa by:

a.   Implementing a dashboard that provides monitoring and reporting on mental health and substance use health services, with consideration to wait times for evidence-based mental health and substance use services and crisis responses, with special consideration given to the collection of disaggregated data on ethnicity, race, age, and geographical location;

b.   Working with the Ministry of Health, improving access to and quality of mental health care for immigrants, racialized populations and low-income communities by ensuring better access to health and social services including family physician availability, such as within Ontario Health Teams;

c.   Enhancing capacity to address eating disorders amongst children and youth in Ottawa by increasing availability of specialized treatment services in hospital and in the community, including enhanced eating disorders training for clinicians in hospital and community, and increased availability of medical consultations to support community service providers;

d.   Increasing capacity and availability of specialized intensive mental health services in the community for children, youth, adults and older adults, for example, with the expansion of the Ottawa Bridges Program for the youth population;

e.   Increasing capacity of emergency departments and hospitals to identify and support people with substance use disorders through the development of specialized addictions medicine teams and enhanced substance use services and supports;

f.    Increasing access to culturally appropriate services by improving diversity of service providers and increasing access to cultural competency and anti-racism training for clinicians. For example, expanding availability of culturally appropriate local mental health services such as those offered by the Ottawa Newcomer Health Centre, Britannia Woods Community House, and Somali Centre for Family Service;

g.   Increasing access to 24/7 mobile mental health crisis response capacity, including an Indigenous-led response for First Nations, Inuit, and Metis people in Ottawa, and an Indigenous-specific Assertive Community Treatment [ACT] team.

5.        Direct the Chair of the Board of Health to write a letter to the Ontario Minister of Health recommending:

a.   In collaboration with the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services, identifying next steps to address the increased incidence of post-partum depression and challenges to children’s development as Public Health Ontario reports on their evaluation of the impact of reduced home visiting programs for new parents and families with young children during the pandemic;

b.   Collaborating with other ministries to develop a comprehensive Health-In-All-Policies approach, as recommended in the Auditor General’s 2017 annual report. An example of taking a health lens to policy development is to review the provincial housing and homelessness programs to better meet the housing, mental health and substance use health needs of Ontario residents;

c.   Evaluating the impact of increasing alcohol availability using a comprehensive approach to assess health, social, and financial impacts, as it is the most used substance and is known to cause harms to individuals, families and society;

d.   Taking further action to address the overdose crisis through health promotion and substance use prevention strategies, overdose prevention strategies and harm reduction services, pursuant to evidence outlined in this report.

6.        Direct the Chair of the Board of Health to write to the Federal Minister of Health to request that the Government of Canada:

a.   Integrate stronger population health outcomes into Canada’s National Housing Strategy outcomes measures to assess the strategy’s impact and effectiveness on improving mental health and substance use health outcomes;

b.   Limit alcohol promotion and marketing, especially to youth, by applying existing policies for tobacco and cannabis marketing as guides, to reduce harms caused by alcohol;

c.   Declare the drug overdose crisis to be a national public health emergency and develop a coordinated Canada-wide plan and associated funding to address overdoses, with input and leadership from people with living experience, to support the immediate scale up of prevention, harm reduction and treatment services, including expansion of safer pharmaceutical alternatives to the unregulated toxic drug supply based on evaluation of initiatives underway; and

d.   Permit the simple possession of drugs for personal use under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act based on meaningful engagement with key stakeholders including people with living experience during each stage of planning, implementation, and evaluation.

 

5

UPDATE ON OTTAWA PUBLIC HEALTH WORK TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS THROUGH COVID-19 AND BEYOND

 

 

ACS2021-OPH-HPS-0003

 

 

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

1.        Receive, for information, an overview of Ottawa Public Health’s work in supporting local schools and school boards since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and learnings in identifying and addressing the needs of school communities; and,

2.        Receive, for information, Ottawa Public Health’s plans to provide enhanced settings-based assessments for the 2021/22 school year that inform interventions to promote the health and wellbeing of students, staff and families in Ottawa with regards to COVID-19 and beyond. 

 

6

OTTAWA PUBLIC HEALTH POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY PLANNING

 

 

ACS2021-OPH-KPQ-0005

 

 

That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit approve Ottawa Public Health’s post-pandemic Recovery Plan, as outlined in this report.

 

7

OTTAWA PUBLIC HEALTH’S STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2019-2022 – UPDATE FROM QUARTER TWO OF 2021

 

 

ACS2021-OPH-KPQ-0004

 

 

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

 

8

OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL (OAG) 2021 INTERIM AUDIT WORK PLAN AND PROPOSED AUDIT OF THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE

 

ACS2021-OPH-MOH-0005

 

That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit support the Auditor General of the City of Ottawa’s City-wide operational audit of the pandemic response, based on a limited scope, as described in this report.

 

9

2021 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET Q2 – BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE CITY OF OTTAWA HEALTH UNIT STATUS REPORT

 

 

ACS2020-OPH-PCS-0005

 

 

That the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit receive the 2021 Q2 operating and capital budget status reports for information.

 

IN CAMERA ITEMS*

BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit resolve In Camera pursuant to Section 13(1)(b) of the Procedure By-law 2011-1 to consider personal matters about an identifiable individual, including staff with respect to the performance appraisal of the Medical Officer of Health.

 

10.

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH - – IN CAMERA – PERSONAL MATTERS ABOUT AN IDENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUAL. REPORTING OUT DATE: NOT TO BE REPORTED OUT

 

ACS2021-OPH-BOH-0008

 

Issued separately

 

MOTION TO ADOPT REPORTS

 

MOTIONS REQUIRING SUSPENSION OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE

 

NOTICES OF MOTION (FOR CONSIDERATION AT SUBSEQUENT MEETING)

 

CONFIRMATION BY-LAW

 

INQUIRIES

 

ADJOURNMENT

NEXT MEETING

Regular Meeting

Monday, November 1, 2021 - 5:00 PM -

NOTICE

In Camera Items are not subject to public discussion or audience. Any person has a right to request an independent investigation of the propriety of dealing with matters in a closed session. A form requesting such a review may be obtained, without charge, from the City’s website or in person from the Chair of this meeting. Requests are kept confidential pending any report by the Meetings Investigator and are conducted without charge to the Requestor.

 

Note: Please note that any written or verbal submissions (including your name but excluding personal contact information) will form part of the public record and be made available to the Board of Health and the public.


Annex A – Remote Participation Details

Members of the Board of Health and Required Staff

Prior to the meeting, the Board Secretary will provide details on how to join the virtual meeting.

Other City Staff, Media and General Public

Staff not participating in the meeting, the media and the general public may view the meeting via the Ottawa Public Health YouTube channel: 

https://www.youtube.com/c/ottawahealthsante/live

Public Submissions

Members of the public may provide submissions for this meeting, as follows:

Written comments (encouraged): Members of the public may submit written comments by email to the Board Secretary (email address below). Both written and oral comments are given equal consideration by the Board.

The deadline for written comments is 11:00 AM on Monday, September 20.

Written submissions received by the above deadline will be shared with Members of the Board of Health in advance of the meeting.

Oral comments: Members of the public may register to speak on agenda items during the virtual meeting by calling or emailing the Board Secretary. They must include their name, telephone number and email address as well as identify the Agenda item on which they wish to speak. Registration is required so that the Board Secretary may provide details on how to join the virtual meeting.

The deadline to register to speak is 9:00 AM on Monday, September 20.

** For those making oral submissions, simultaneous interpretation
in both official languages and/or sign language interpretation are available
for any specific agenda item by request to the Board of Health Secretary
at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. **

Diane Blais, Board of Health Secretary
613-580-2424 ext. 21544
[email protected]

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