Northeast Region

NIPPN: Minutes for June 26, 2017 Teleconference Meeting

Attendance: Northeast Region Nipissing District Algoma District Sudbury District Temiskaming District Cochrane District Pat Cliche v Kelly Murray v S. McKinnon v Janet Smale v Chris Daigneault-Hache R Todd Fullerton v Jenna Dickson v Theresa Murray R Scott Hlady V Nicole Sykes R Richard Dubeau vacation Serena Verboom R Fran Laframboise vacation Tawnia Healy v Northwest Region Thunder Bay HU Northwest HU Trauma Hospital MOT/OPP Rachel McKay v Britt Komish v Kerry Posselwhite A Tom Marinis vacation Judi Marton R Shonath Kajorinne A Ken Mantey A Ken Ayres V Laura Prodanyk V

MINUTES Agenda Items Discussion of agenda items Action/Follow-up Committee Business Meeting Called to Order @ 9:03 hrs Introductions made: Welcome to new members: Laura Prodanyk (Thunder Bay and Britt Komish at Northwest) Approval of February 7, 2017 Minutes: Motion: It was moved by Todd Fullerton ,seconded by Kelly Murray that the minutes of February 7, 2017 be approved. Approval of the Agenda Addition Under New Business: OIPRC Needs Assessment Survey Motion: It was moved by Tawnia Healy, seconded by Ken Ayres that the agenda be approved with addition Business Arising from February IP Modules from Algoma and North Bay

1 | P a g e 7, 2017 Minutes North Bay: all new staff will be asked to complete the modules following their orientation. The five modules are long so they can be completed at the staff’s available time. Algoma: Reported that presently the IP Modules are implemented on the orientation checklist for all new staff. This will be reviewed once they review the new Ontario Public Health Standards. For this Forum we were in ON IP FORUM IN TORONTO MAY 2, 2017 competition with another group Following our final meeting there was an attendance of who did book their conference approximately 75-80 people and the results of the after we had scheduled ours, evaluation were favourable. If another forum was to be however we felt we had great scheduled the topics would be broader in scope. presenters It was reported that some liked the narrow focus on one topic such as road safety. Thank you to Todd for presenting on the topic of Vision Zero for a rural area in its infancy stages and for doing an excellent job especially for being in place for less than a year.

BERLIN CONCUSSION STATEMENT & 5 KEY MESSAGES FROM THE BERLIN STATEMENT Both the documents have been shared and would encourage members to log into the parachutecanada.org website to visit the concussion harmonization project.

CANADIAN FALLS CURRICULUM IN NORTH BAY Presently we have a “proposed” date for the falls curriculum here in North Bay. September 27 & 28 and we . are working out the details with Claude.

2 | P a g e 3. NEW BUSINESS July 5 National Injury Prevention Day Parachute is launching this new annual recognition day to help build awareness of the devastating impact of injury. Across Canada on this day we are shining a light on largely predictable and preventable injuries. Parachute is asking communities to show their support and light up distinctive landmarks Parachute “green” on July 5th. Such as CN Tower in Toronto and the 3-D Toronto sign, Calgary Tower, Peace Bridge in Fort Erie, the High Level Bridge in Edmonton and City Hall in North Bay.

VISION ZERO SUMMIT SAVE THE DATE for October 16-17, 2017 for yet another Parachute Summit in Toronto. Details will follow

UPDATE ON NORTHERN ONTARIO VISION ZERO SAULT STE MARIE Reviewing various resources from other areas such as Parachute, Toronto, Edmonton. One road block with the City Planners – need to obtain permission from the Mayor’s office to continue around future planning, GIS mapping etc. In partnership with the Officer of Health will connect with the Office of the Mayor.

THUNDER BAY At this point they are just investigating the feasibility

NORTH BAY North Bay has an established dedicated committee and have completed their Guidance Document – Terms of Reference which we shared with Sault Ste Marie and Thunder Bay. We do stress to those starting out to first

3 | P a g e obtain permission from your Mayor to proceed as a committee to develop a Vision Zero Strategy as unlike large Urban areas we are not part of the City structure ( we are on the onside looking in without that connection to their budget) So watch for a feature on the Vision Zero story in the Parachute Vision Zero newsletter that comes out as North Bay will be the story in the next newsletter.

LEGISLATION TO KEEP KIDS SAFE ON LOCAL ROADS SAFER SCHOOL ZONES ACT The Safer School Zones Act gives municipalities more tools to fight speeding and dangerous driving in their communities including: *Automated speed enforcement technology which help catch speeders *The ability to create zones with reduced speed limits to decrease the frequency and severity of pedestrian-vehicle collisions in urban areas *A streamlined process for municipalities to participate in Recommended that I ask Pam or Ontario’s effective Red Light Camera program without the our new CEO if letters of support need for lengthy regulatory approval for the OIPRC should also be written and if yes who should OIPRC NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY they be directed to. Has been sent out and requires completion by June 30th. Asking that all members please complete this needs assessment survey as a report will be completed as to the importance of programs of OIPRC.

4. REPORTS OIPPN

4 | P a g e Provincial committee continues with two working groups the Concussion in MVC has developed an awareness resource that is being delivered by Ist Responders to those suspected with an concussion in minor collisions. This is a pilot project in various parts of the province till October. The other working group is the Distracted Driving – they are working on the project of myths on this topic. Both groups met in Toronto on May 3rd and will meet in Orillia June 28 face to face and via teleconference. Ontario Government Site for Cycling www.ontario.ca/page/cycling- TRAUMA HOSPITALS - deferred ontario

Quote heard at this Symposium Traffic crimes cost society more MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION report by Todd devastate to more Ontario families and inflict more physical insult  Road Safety Awards were held in Toronto June than all other crimes combined! 14/15 and the two awards were present to Northeast groups: Manitoulin Radio and Temiskaming Bus Buddies.

 Todd recently attended a Vulnerable Road User Symposium in Toronto – over 160 were in attendance. Some of the presentations were: Community Safer School Zones, Cycling Presentations.

 Seat belt challenge is being re-vamped and may take a hiatus and may not be seen until fall of 2018.

5 | P a g e  Todd feels that a wrap document will be available at a later date

ENFORCEMENT

North Bay City Police – Constable K. Ayres

 Stated that for the Vision Zero strategy and the issue around heat maps their Corporate Communication Coordinator showed a system that she has developed. For example with the city it show the top 20 intersections and when you highlight a intersection it provides you with information such as incident count, how many people involved, costs, the age of those involved and gender and the number of injuries.

 In 2017, there have been 648 collisions (205 have been full officer report)

 In the top 20 intersections the age of the drivers involved are 22-29

 1,084 tickets have been issued this year most for speeding

Driver habits are not changing

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ALGOMA submitted by Kelly Murray

Child Health

APH is continuing with car seat clinics 2x a month in partnership with child care Algoma. Clinics are busy and often filled. A clinic will be held at the summer Kidz Summer Safety Festival.

At the end of the month and in the fall a PHN will be participating in recertification to be a train the trainer for car seat technicians with CPSAC.

Our Healthy Babies Healthy Children and Infant Child Development programs continue to support home safety for children 0-6 with our creating safer homes program.

Road Safety

Share the Road Campaign in Wawa. Posters and brochures were delivered to the 3 car dealerships in Wawa

Sault Ste. Marie

Throughout the week of June 5th-9th, Grade 10 and 11

7 | P a g e students from 5 local high schools were given the opportunity to experience the Sweet Life Road Show and discover how to avoid the mistakes that make driving the number one cause of death and injury to Ontario teens. Anne Marie Hayes, President of Teens Learn to Drive and Founder of the Sweet Life Road Show and her teams from Toronto attended Sault Ste. Marie to present the program to local youth in collaboration with community partners. In total, 783 students attended the program, a number which has almost tripled in size from the previous prevention strategies including the P.A.R.T.Y. Program (Preventing Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth) in Sault Ste. Marie.

The Sweet Life Road Show is a modern approach to delivering health messaging in order to decrease road- related injuries and death, substance misuse and risk- related trauma in youth. This hands-on learning experience uses technology, peer theatre, and fun activities to help youth understand how to deal with complex situations including:

• Drowsy Driving • Seatbelts and Airbags

• Pedestrian Visibility • Sharing the Road with Transports

• Distracted Driving • How to speak

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• Alcohol Impaired Driving • Northern Issues (ATV, snow machines, wildlife, etc.)

• Drug Impaired Driving

• After the crash (encouraging passengers to phone 911 at the onset of the collision, staying with their friends and providing the proper identity and health related messaging to emergency services, and learning how to place their friends in the recovery position)

Without the support of the community partners, the program would not have been possible. Algoma Public Health and Sault Area Hospital staff primarily organized the event and partnered with the Ministry of Transportation, Sault Ste. Marie Fire Services, Sault Ste. Marie Police Services, Ontario Provincial Police, Sault Ste. Marie Emergency Medical Services, Safe Communities Partnership, Arthur Funeral Home, Algoma District School Board, Huron Superior Catholic District School Board, March of Dimes, Young Drivers of Canada, Johnson Township Fire Services, Township of St. Joseph Fire Services, and Algoma Family Services.

Local media attended the events and provided coverage on Sootoday and CTV News outlets.

9 | P a g e The program was primarily funded by the Ministry of Transportation and CAA. In-kind financial supports for staffing and resources were offered by community partners. The Rotary Club of Sault Ste. Marie was extremely generous to provide additional funding to support a parent education component presented by Anne Marie Hayes on June 7th at Korah Collegiate. A total of 28 parents attended the session which was considered a success by the presenter, Anne Marie Hayes. Community partners also attended the event to provide additional education and support.

It’s real information from people who know what they are talking about. Not just someone telling you not to do something…

Grade 10 Student

This was spectacular!

Grade 10 Student

It was a pleasure working with the Sault Ste. Marie community. We’ve done more than 100 events in dozens of cities and we’ve never had such outstanding support. In each location we had fire fighters, paramedics, nurses and countless volunteers. Some came after night shifts. They were organized, professional and well-informed

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Anne Marie Hayes, President of Teens Learn to Drive and Founder of the Sweet Life Road Show

Concussions

On June 3rd a PHN participated in Safe Kids Day in Wawa. She had a booth on sun safety and concussion awareness. She made a Jell-O brain to show how fragile the brain is. There were just fewer than 200 kids and 140 adults.

North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit- by Tawnia Healy

Injury Prevention Awareness

 Supporting local National Injury Prevention Day activities Road Safety

 Supporting development of Vision Zero in North Bay

 Bike Rodeos have been held in partnership with Discovery Routes and OPP in schools across the district this Spring

11 | P a g e  Walking School Bus Pilot Project in two North Bay schools have recently ended – evaluation to follow Intentional Injuries

 Working with our epidemiologist to analyze suicide and self-harm data for our region – presenting data to the DNSSAB-led Nipissing District Housing and Homelessness Partnership

 Offering suicide alertness training to NBPSDHU staff and working with community partners to increase accessibility of safeTALK within the general community and high risk groups across the district

Porcupine Health Unit: submitted by Christine Daigneault-Hache

 Bike Rodeos completed throughout the District

 SOYF strategy continues to be implemented

 Timmins Drug Strategy has sent out media releases on opioid abuse as well as binge drinking

 SafeTALK (suicide prevention) sessions delivered in Cochrane and in Timmins Timiskaming Health Unit: Janet Smale Bike Rodeos: 6 total 2 in Kirkland Lake 4 in New

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 Sacred Heart school in Kirkland Lake - May 23, 12 students

 Central in Kirkland Lake - May 23 - 21 students

 New Liskeard Public School - May 24, 38 students

 Ste Croix school in Haileybury May 25, 24 students

 Ride Don’t Hide event in Kirkland Lake June 25… 5 attended from Timiskaming Health Unit

 Stepping Stones daycare - July 5, 30 students

Timiskaming District Road Safety Coalition

 The Timiskaming District Road Safety Coalition is working on a Distracted Driving Campaign and Young Riders Day upcoming in the next few months

Seniors Fall Prevention Initiative

 First North East Stay On Your Feet (NE SOYF) Community Exercise and Fall Prevention (CEFP)

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 NE SOYF Medication Management working group meeting

 Planned and hosted Senior Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon and workshop for Rising Stars troupes (24 seniors) including presentations from 3 community partners and gifts.

 Assembled and distributed packages to USCO Zone 41 Clubs at their May meeting including invite to contact us for more info

 Working on developing focus groups to learn more from seniors exercise providers to determine how to improve seniors exercise programs – hope to implement focus groups soon

 Planned and hosted 3 Spring Fling Seniors Safety events (Kirkland Lake - 110, New Liskeard - 160, Englehart - 65) including a variety of booths promoting seniors services and presenters

 Attend info session on New Horizons for Seniors grant and completed application including 5 letters of support/partnership for funds to expand network of senior volunteers and implement Safety Superheros program – intergenerational safety program between seniors and gr. 2 students

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Northwest Health Unit submitted by Britt Komish

 Safe Kids Week

o Several communities throughout region did initiatives around active transportation, hiking, biking and discussed what kids can do to be safe on the roads and in their communities

o The Health Unit also did social media posts for Safe Kids Week

 Bike Rodeos

o Were held in several communities in the region in partnership with the OPP

o Bike safety resources were given out and presentations were done on how to make sure bike helmets fit correctly

 Falls Prevention

o In Ignace, Seniors in Motion group has started with a theme of Move to Improve which tackles falls prevention thru exercise and presentations on preventing falls

o We promote and maintain a falls prevention extranet site that community partners can add to and access for current information as

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 P.A.R.T.Y. Program

o Occurred in Atikokan and Dryden high schools with great success

 Car Seat Inspections

o A car seat clinic was held in Fort Frances and was well attended

o Car seat inspections continue to occur in communities on a as needed basis with a push for clinic dates in the fall with the change of season and road conditions

 Harm Reduction

o Several safe needle disposal presentation were made throughout the region

 Family Safe Night

o Sioux Lookout attended a health fair for the community partnering with organizations who deliver safety services. Many injury prevention topics were presented on such as, bike safety, helmet safety and car seat safety

 Soccer Nets

o After an environmental scan, some metal soccer nets were found in the region with no anchoring devices found and we are

16 | P a g e currently planning an awareness campaign to highlight the hidden dangers of unanchored soccer nets in the region

Thunder Bay Health Unit Report

 Reviewing driving under the influence of alcohol and ride services in Thunder Bay

 Distracted driving/ distracted parenting campaign planning for September

 SAVE (snowmobile, ATV, vessel, education) committee completed some presentations to high schools on ATV/boating safety and will continue attendance at health fairs over summer

 Recovery Day planning under way for September. Theme this year is say no to stigma, celebrates recovery from substance misuse and addiction with guest speakers, music and family friendly entertainment.

 Alcohol working group finalizing work plan for 2017-2020. Thunder Bay Drug Strategy held community consultation on the new draft strategy including points from work plan.

 Drug Awareness committee work plan finalized.

17 | P a g e Overall drug strategy to be presented to city council in September.

 Falls prevention in Thunder Bay, paper in progress

 Planning under way for varsity athlete alcohol harm reduction education sessions for Autumn, expanding to 7 sessions with Lakehead University.

 Youth suicide prevention research to be presented in September to Thunder Bay Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force

 The schools program continues to deliver an interactive program called Brain Day to grade 4-6 students which was adapted from Parachute. We are also now handing out Concussion Dos/Donts and a helmet safety fact sheet produced by our health unit

 Two Can Bike Cycling facilitators on our schools team and we help to deliver Bike Rodeos to grade 4 students. We are providing a pre-bike rodeo presentations to those teachers that request it. This covers the importance of wearing a helmet, when it expires and how to properly fit your helmet.

18 | P a g e ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 hrs.

Dates of Next Meeting September 14, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. 1.888.531.3134 17617 January 16, 2018 at 10:30 a.m.

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