Stimulus 2023
Drugs, Policy and Practice in Canada
Strives to be the most accessible and safe drug policy and harm reduction conference to attend.
October 5-7, 2023
Shaw Conference Centre, Ottawa
Stimulus acknowledges that our conference will take place in Ottawa, built on un-ceded and un-surrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe territory. The Peoples of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation have lived on this territory for millennia. Their culture and presence have nurtured and continue to nurture this Land.
October 5-7, 2023
Shaw Conference Centre, Ottawa
Stimulus acknowledges that our conference will take place in Ottawa, built on un-ceded and un-surrendered Algonquin Anishinaabe territory. The Peoples of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation have lived on this territory for millennia. Their culture and presence have nurtured and continue to nurture this Land.
Stimulus 2023 is not a
regular conference!
A two-and-a-half day event hosting over 1,500 people whose expertise includes substance use experts, nurses, social workers, physicians, corrections staff, frontline workers, people involved in sex work, researchers, and other key stakeholders from across Canada, the Stimulus Conference is unlike any other.
Our experts are people with the lived experience of using criminalized drugs.
Our experts are harm reductionists.
Together they are involved in the planning, implementing and evaluating this conference to make it the most accessible, interactive and safe event possible.
We can’t wait to see you there!
Registration
Early Bird Rates in effect until June 15
Regular Admission: $720
Unwaged, Volunteers & Service Provider Organizations Registration: $540.00
Youth (25 + under) and (full-time) Students: $300
Registration will open on Simon Fraser University page. There you will click the Sign Up button to register for the conference.
Call for Activities, Presentations and Ideas
(This is our Call for Abstracts)
The deadline for applications was May 15, 2023. If you have negotiated a later deadline and need the link again, please contact Shay directly.
Stimulus 2023: Drugs, Policy and Practice in Canada is in Ottawa, Ontario, October 5-7, 2023. We welcome content and participation from a range of people and experiences. When putting together your Stimulus Idea please think about the diversity of the people involved. Consider its interactivity with conference goers and the level of collaboration with people from other parts of the country.
Stimulus welcomes people who use drugs (PWUD) to lead in all areas of the conference and provides opportunities for a wide range of harm reductionists, PWUD, prescribers, community members and other stakeholders to meaningfully interact in a unique space which might not otherwise exist. People who use drugs are always experimenting, and our conference is the same. While we will be including oral presentations, we are very welcoming to unique or new forms of activities to advance the drug advocacy movement and intend to support new ways of engagement however possible.
We strongly encourage people from communities impacted by the War on Drugs to lead and participate in Stimulus. You are allowed to submit more than one application, however it is most likely that only one will be selected in order to make space for a broad range of perspectives and speakers.
If these Activities, Presentations and Ideas are selected for Stimulus you will have an opportunity for updates or revisions.
Satellite Events
In addition to the conference we expect over 25 satellite events. Satellite events are held by other organizations or collaborations and are scheduled in conjunction to the Stimulus 2023 conference.
These satellites can be workshops, art installations, advocacy actions, meetings, tours, or any activities that want to take advantage of many of us in the same space. If you are interested in hosting a satellite please email the Stimulus staff.
Scholarships
Deadline is past.
The scholarship program was created to support the attendance of people who use/d drugs who are heavily impacted by the War on Drugs, and likely not able to attend for financial reasons. This Committee’s primary goal is to award the first 100 scholarships specifically to people who use/d drugs in so-called Canada. Fundraising, donations and registrations will determine the final number of recipients. Please get creative and tell us any cost cutting measures you can think of and explore options of funding, as partial scholarships can be available.
Do you have any experience responding to overdoses, naloxone training or an interest in participating in training/skills development (eg wound care)? Be sure to tell us about it in the form. We want to include people that are interested in and/or able to save lives at a conference focused on harm reduction and drug use.
Sponsorship Opportunities
For each level of sponsorship you are eligible for the following perks.
Friend
$5,000
What’s Included
1 conference registration
Sponsor’s name on the conference website with a hyperlink to your website
Listed in the conference program
Ally
$10,000
What’s Included
2 conference registrations
1 display booth
1 complimentary delegate bag insert
Sponsor’s name on the conference website with a hyperlink to your website
Listed in the conference program
Advocate
$15,000
What’s Included
3 conference registrations
2 display booths
Complimentary delegate bag insert
Sponsor’s name on the conference webpage with a hyperlink to your website
Sponsor’s logo in the conference program
Social Media Mentions : 1/ month on each platform prior to conference
Harm Reduction Love
$25,000
What’s Included
3 conference registrations
2 display booths
2 complimentary delegate bag inserts
Sponsor’s name on the conference webpage with a hyperlink to your website
Sponsor’s logo in the conference program
Social Media Mentions : 1/ month on each platform prior to conference
A Day 1 and Day 2 Podium mention
I love someone who uses drugs
$50,000
What’s Included
3 conference registrations
2 display booths
2 complimentary delegate bag inserts
Sponsor’s name on the conference webpage with a hyperlink to your website
Social Media Mentions: 1/ month on each platform prior to conference and daily during the conference
A Day 1 and Day 2 Podium mention
Half-page ad in the conference program
Champion of Change (5)
$75,000
What’s Included
Each sponsorship of this level will support one of the 5 refreshment breaks
4 conference registrations
2 display booths
2 complimentary delegate bag inserts
Collaboration with Stimulus on the 5 refreshment breaks menus
One 8.5 × 11 inches branding sponsor branding for each refreshment break table on site
Sponsor’s name on the conference webpage with a hyperlink to your website
Social Media Mentions: 1/ month on each platform prior to conference and daily during the conference
A Day 1 and Day 2 Podium mention
Full-page ad in program booklet
Stimulus Star (3)
$100,000
What’s Included
Each sponsorship of this level will support one of the 3 lunches.
5 conference registrations
4 buffet stand up banner branding opportunities for the lunch
3 display booths
2 complimentary delegate bag inserts
Sponsor’s name on the conference webpage with a hyperlink to your website
Social Media Mentions: 1/ month on each platform prior to conference and daily during the conference
A Day 1 and Day 2 Podium mention
Logo on the delegate bag
Banner located in the plenary room (Sponsor to provide)
Full-page color ad in the conference program
Conference Scholarship Fund
Contributions may be made to the scholarship fund in the amount of the donor’s choosing. They can be allocated to a specific population of people and/or people from a specific region of Canada. Donors to this fund will be recognized in the conference program and on our website.
Custom/Create Your Own Sponsorship
Stimulus 2023 reserves the right to not accept donations and in-kind gifts. For more information or to create your own package, please contact Naja Kassir at [email protected].
Conference Schedule
Our schedule will be posted once finalized, check back often!
Special Thanks to our Sponsors
Coming Soon!