An essential workshop for those who work in a health care setting, or with
health services on behalf of people who use drugs and/or alcohol.
Presented by Waterloo Region Community Safety & Crime Prevention Council
and Region of Waterloo Public Health.
Bevel Up: Drugs, Users & Outreach Nursing
Grand River Hospital (835 King St. W., Kitchener) and
Cambridge Memorial Hospital ( 700 Coronation Blvd., Cambridge (G))
Facilitated by guests Fiona Gold, RN and James Tigchelaar, RN from The
B.C. Centre for Disease Control’s Street Nurse Program.
Created to share knowledge not found in nursing schools and teaching
hospitals, Bevel Up shows how registered nurses working with the British
Columbia Centre for Disease Control’s Street Nurse Program provide health
care to the people living in the alleys and hotels of Vancouver’s Downtown
Eastside.
Film: Bevel Up (Canada, 2007, 45 min.)
A documentary by award-winning filmmaker Nettie Wild that follows Street
Nurses in their daily routines as they work to prevent sexually
transmitted infections (STI), HIV etc.
Three Exceptional Opportunities! Free!
1. Wed. Sept. 19, 9am - 12pm (Registration Required)
*Grand River Hospital, 1st Floor, E Wing, Room 4.
2. Thurs. Sept. 20, 2pm – 5pm (Registration Required)
*Grand River Hospital, Gold Room - Kaufman Building, 40 Green
Street
3. Thurs. Sept. 20, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cambridge Memorial Hospital, Room 3A, Meeting Room 6 First come, first
seated.
*For Grand River Hospital Registration, email: [log in to unmask]
For more information about Bevel Up, visit: http://www.bevelup.com
Bevel Up is a production of the British Columbia Centre for Disease
Control, with financial support from Health Canada and the BC Nurses
Union. Created in collaboration with Canada Wild Productions Ltd.
For more information about this or upcoming related events contact Michael
Parkinson: [log in to unmask] or see web links below.
Michael Parkinson
Coordinator, Community Engagement
Community Safety & Crime Prevention Council
99 Regina Street South, Main Floor
Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2G6
CANADA
Phone:(519) 575-4757 ext. 5016
Cell: (519) 504-8758
Fax: (519) 883-1672
Email: [log in to unmask]
www.inthemindseye.ca
www.preventingcrime.net
www.neighbourtoneighbour.ca
www.reach-out.ca
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