2024 OMSSA Forum

Strengthening Our Foundation: The Current and Future State of Community Safety and Well-Being

OMSSA hosted more than 170 people from across Ontario for our 2024 Virtual Forum held on September 24th and 25th. 

Thank you to all of those who presented, moderated, attended, engaged, and helped make the Forum a success. Our event provided the opportunity for all human services staff to focus on common community safety and well-being (CSWB) themes.

Attendees heard from human services, partner service providers, health and public health, and academics at the local level to see what successes have emerged from the early years of CSWB planning and how they are resourcing, measuring, and evaluating the impact of this work. We also considered how CSWB work intersects and supports existing plans and projects.

Thank You to Our Planning Committee

• (Co-Chair) Nalisha Sankreacha, OMSSA
• (Co-Chair) Tod Duncan, OMSSA
• Doug Ball, OMSSA
• Meagan Baranyk, City of Timmins
• Alexis Cook, County of Bruce
• Sandy Dupuis, Regional Municipality of Niagara
• Ian Hanney, County of Lambton
• Christie Herrington, OMSSA
• Rachelle Ihekwoaba, City of Hamilton
• Rob Kirsic, OMSSA
• Grace Mater, City of Hamilton
• Ruth Nordegraaf, City of Kingston
• Dorothy Olver, City of Peterborough
• Daniel Sirivar, Regional Municipality of Peel