Events
Advancing Public Policy Discourse
Since its inception, the MacEachen Institute has been a hub for discussing the day's most pressing policy issues. In addition to the popular Policy Matters series, which ran from 2017 to 2021, the MacEachen Institute has sought to bring together experts from diverse backgrounds and sectors.
2023 Events
This event originally took place on Oct. 10, 2023.
View a full recording of the event here.
Time and Place: Understanding and Meeting the Changing Needs for Mental Health in Our Communities
The pandemic and ongoing opioid crisis have highlighted the need to approach mental health and addictions care as an essential part of overall health and wellness. However, there are many barriers that prevent vulnerable populations from accessing trauma-informed and culturally relevant care. Under-resourced community organizations cannot keep up with the demand for affordable services, and private care is limited to those with the means to pay for it. As governments across Canada work to address these gaps, understanding how social and structural determinants of health affect access to mental health and addictions care is key.
On World Mental Health Day, this panel will discuss challenges and opportunities in advancing mental health and addictions care in Nova Scotia. Addressing these challenges requires an “all hands on deck” approach, but circumstances are dictating our response. How can we be more agile and creative in helping those with the least access and the greatest need?
2023
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June 2, 2023 After Popular Attention Washes Away: Check-In Post Fiona
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2022
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2021
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2020
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Tuesday October 20, 2020 Coastal Risk Governance: Lessons From COVID-19 |
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Wednesday October 14, 2020 U.S. Presidential Election 2020: What's at Stake for Canada? |
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Thursday October 1, 2020 First Wave: Atlantic Canada's Chief Medical Officers Discuss Lessons From COVID-19 |
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020 The Challenges for Tourism in Atlantic Canada |
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Thursday, May 14, 2020 Inside/Out: How Covid-19 is shifting our sense of places and spaces |
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020 The Impact on Atlantic Canadian Fisheries |
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020 Housing on the Brink |
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Leadership in a Crisis |
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 Addressing COVID-19 Globally and Locally |
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Thursday, February 27, 2020 Transformative Politics of the Wild |
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Monday, February 3, 2020 Making it Count: Assessing the impact of the Decade for People of African Descent on policy in NS |
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Monday, January 27, 2020 Strategies for Dismantling Racial Fragility within Public Institutions |
2019
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2017
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Policy Matters Speaker Series 2017(Full Videos) |
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sheri Fink spoke at the November 27, 2017 event: The Ethics of Evacuation (Full Video)
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March 24, 2017 Policy Forum on Youth Outmigration in Atlantic Canada |
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February 16, 2017 Presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
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