• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Drug Policy and Law
  • Harm Reduction
  • Activism

Drugreporter

News and Films from the Frontline of the War on Drugs

  • News
  • Café
  • Videos
  • About Us
  • EN
    • HU
    • RU

The HR17 Sessions

May 25, 2017 | Author: István Gábor Takács

Tweet

Watch 7 full sessions filmed at the 25th Harm Reduction International Conference!

The Drugreporter team produced a summary movie of the 25th Harm Reduction International Conference, held between 14-17 May 2017 in Montréal, Canada, but we also live streamed the key plenaries and sessions. Now you can watch these sessions broken down to individual speaker videos. We have embedded the playlists of each session, you can browse them here:

OPENING CEREMONY
Chaired by Rick Lines and Lisa Massicotte, Opening prayer: Sedalia Kawennotas Fazio, Jane Philpott, Minister of Health of Canada, Lucie Charlebois, Minister for Rehabilitation, Youth Protection, Public Health and Healthy Living, Quebec, Anie Samson, Montreal Executive Committee Vice-Chairperson and Representative of the Mayor of Montréal, Monique Tula, Harm Reduction Coalition, USA, Jérome Benedetti, AQPSUD, Quebec, Jordan Westfall, CAPUD, Canada, Presentation of International Rolleston Award, National Rolleston Award and Carol and Travis Jenkins Award.

GLOBAL PRIORITIES FOR ACTION SESSION
Chair: Judy Chang. Speakers: Katie Stone (UK), Patricia Haddad (Lebanon), Olga Belyaeva (Lithuania), Deborah Peterson Small (USA).

HARM REDUCTION IN POLITICALLY CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS SESSION
Chair: Jay Levy. Speakers: Foizia Bouzzitoun (Morocco) , Péter Sárosi (Hungary) Goro Koto (Japan), Emma Roberts (USA).

COMMUNITY NEEDS; COMMUNITY RESPONSES PANEL
Chair: Monique Tula. Speakers: Maira Gabriel Redes da Maré (Brazil), Trevor Stratton (Canada), Haryati Jonet (Malaysia), Adam Bourne (Australia)

USER ACTIVISM & RESISTANCE SESSION
Chair: Péter Sárosi. Speakers: Sut Nau (Myanmar), Alexandra de Kiewit (Canada), Mat Southwell (UK), Igor Gordon (Lithuania)

LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON CIVIL SOCIETY: ACTIVISTS RESPOND TO THE CHALLENGE
Moderator: Karyn Kaplan. Speakers: Shen Tingting, Xu Peng (China), Péter Sárosi (Hungary) Mohammad Karamouzian (Iran), Ma. Inez Feria (Philippines), Mikhail Golichenko (Russia), Supatra Nacapiew (Thailand), Judy Chang (INPUD)

CLOSING CEREMONY
Chaired by Rick Lines. Stephen Lewis (Canada), Kerrigan Beaver (Canada), Alexandra de Kiewit (Canada)
Lisa Massicotte (Canada), Presentation of Brooklyn McNeil Rae of Hope Award, HR17 Conference Film by Drugreporter, Closing prayer: Sedalia Kawennotas Fazio.

Filed Under: Articles, Video Database Topics: Activism, Harm Reduction, International Harm Reduction Conferences, Needle and syringe programs, New Psychoactive Substances, Opiate Substitution, Overdose Prevention, Regulation and Control, US Drug Policy

Access to this article is free - but to produce articles and videos is not. Drugreporter is a non-profit website that needs your support to provide you with high quality contents.

Become a supporter and make a donation of 5 $ today!

Related articles:

Police Demolished “Illegal” Drug Consumption Room in Helsinki

May 25, 2023 - Péter Sárosi

Mariupol. The city that was killed

May 16, 2023 - Igor Kuzmenko

LIFE UNDER OCCUPATION – Part V. We kept watching

May 4, 2023 - Igor Kuzmenko

Related videos:

Mariupol. The city that was killed

May 16, 2023 - Igor Kuzmenko

STRENGTH IN SOLIDARITY – The HR23 Summary Video

April 19, 2023 - István Gábor Takács

The HR23 Film Festival Programme

April 16, 2023 - István Gábor Takács

You can browse our topics here:

Activism COVID-19 Criminalisation Dose of Science Drug Consumption Rooms Drug Policy and Law European Drug Policy Harm Reduction Hepatitis HIV/AIDS Marijuana Policies Medical Marijuana Needle and syringe programs New Psychoactive Substances Opiate Substitution Overdose Prevention Psychedelic Medicines Regulation and Control Russian Drug Policy Sex Work United Nations Drug Policy US Drug Policy

Primary Sidebar

BECOME A SUPPORTER OF DRUGREPORTER! INVEST THE PRICE OF A COFFEE MONTHLY AND MAKE SURE DRUGREPORTER KEEPS RUNNING!

Subscribe to the Newsletter!

"*" indicates required fields

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Search

Drugreporter Video Database

Hundreds of videos on drug policy, harm reduction and human rights for streaming and download, also on a world map!

DRUGREPORTER NEWS

Monthly drug policy news from around the world

Drugreporter café

In our new online video show, we regularly discuss new developments in the world of drug policy with professionals, activists and decision makers. You can also listen to the Drugreporter Café in Podcast format on Spotify or Apple Podcasts!

COVID-19 Harm Reduction Update

On this info page Drugreporter provides regular updates about resources and news on how harm reduction service providers respond to the COVID-19 Epidemic.

Drugreporter Video Advocacy Network

Browse videos produced by members of our Drugreporter Video Advocacy Network, from all around the world!

DRUG USERS NEWS

Russian language videos on drug policy, harm reduction and human rights.

Our award winning animated documentary movie is based on the original audio recording of Kostya Proletarsky, a drug user and HIV activist who died as a result of mistreatment and torture at a Russian prison. Festival appearances, news and resources are available here!

Footer

Rights Reporter Foundation
Hungary, 1032 Budapest
San Marco Street 70.
Email: rightsreporter@rightsreporter.net

Search

Our other websites:

The Rights Reporter Foundation

The Autocracy Analyst

Room for Change Campaign

Room in the 8th District Campaign

A Day in the Life movie website

Drugreporter