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Local Projects Listing for Regional Manager (A) - Marcia Gibson, Ottawa Office
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Concurrent Disorders Coordinated Training Strategy
Marcia is currently chairing the Concurrent Disorders Coordinated Training Task Group in Champlain. The Task Group will be
developing a 3 to 5 year coordinated training strategy that will inform and guide addiction and mental health providers in
joint, coordinated and planned approaches to pro-actively respond to the continuum of concurrent disorders training priorities
and needs in the Champlain LHIN area.. For more information, contact Marcia.
Concurrent Disorders and Housing
Marcia is currently leading ‘Under One Roof’, a one-day workshop for housing providers and support workers who serve or may
serve tenants living with concurrent mental health and substance use problems. This workshop focuses on facts and myths, barriers
to stable housing, policies and practices that can improve housing stability, addressing problematic behaviour and community
resources. Contact Marcia for more information.
Substance Use Prevention for Somali Youth
Marcia is currently working with community partners on a 3-year project funded by Health Canada’s Drug Strategy Community
Initiatives Fund. The goals of this project are to provide culturally appropriate substance use education and prevention efforts
that are geared to Somali children, youth and families in Ottawa; and to develop and share with community partners a model
for effective collaboration.. For more information, please contact Marcia.
Contact Marcia Gibson
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