2024 Events
2024 Community Safety and Well-Being Events
Downtown Windsor Community Collaborative Community Park Events
Throughout the summers of 2023 and 2024, Substance Supports in Neighbourhoods Accessed through Police Partnerships (SSNAPP) has been and will continue supporting the Downtown Windsor Community Collaborative (DWCC) Community Park Events. These events bring residents and local service providers together in the downtown core.
SSNAPP is a partnership between the Windsor Police Service (WPS), the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU), and the City of Windsor. SSNAPP aligns with the Windsor Essex Regional Community Safety and Well-Being Plan (the Plan) and supports ongoing efforts to address the far-reaching effects of the opioid and other substance crises across Windsor and Amherstburg.
SSNAPP aligns with Priority #3 of the Plan, “Mental Health & Substance-Use Supports.” These community engagement events align with Priority #2 of the Plan, “Engaged & Safe Communities.”
Motivational Interviewing Workshop
On July 9, 2024, the Crisis & Trauma Training Resource Institute facilitated a workshop that provided its participants with new ways to facilitate the change process in the people they work with. This workshop was also sponsored by SSNAPP. As previously mentioned, SSNAPP aligns with Priority #3 of the Plan, “Mental Health & Substance-Use Supports.”
Toolkit Launch: Neighbourhood Safety & Crime Prevention Walks
On June 27, 2024, the Plan unveiled the Neighbourhood Safety & Crime Prevention Walk Toolkit. Participants discovered the value and sustainability of neighbourhood safety & crime prevention walks, received a customizable toolkit to adapt key principles of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED), and were led on a neighbourhood safety & crime prevention walk to change the way they see and walk through their neighbourhoods. The toolkit can be found on our Resources web page.
Neighbourhood safety & crime prevention walks align with Priority #2 of the Plan, “Engaged & Safe Communities.”
De-Escalating Potentially Violent Situations Workshop
On April 26, 2024, the Crisis & Trauma Training Resource Institute facilitated a SSNAPP-sponsored workshop to teach local service providers how to de-escalate potentially violent situations through assertiveness and interpersonal communication. SSNAPP aligns with Priority #3 of the Plan, “Mental Health & Substance-Use Supports.”
Community Overdose Prevention Training
On April 24, 2024, SSNAPP, in partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association Windsor-Essex County and Windsor-Essex Community Opioid & Substance Strategy, hosted Community Overdose Prevention Training. At this training, participants learned about opioids, listened to stories from people with lived experience, and received naloxone and drug test strip training. As previously mentioned, SSNAPP aligns with Priority #3 of the Plan, “Mental Health & Substance-Use Supports.”Ignite Change & Mitigate Risk: Knowledge Transfer Symposium
On February 27, 2024, the Crisis & Trauma Training Resource Institute facilitated a workshop that provided its participants with a framework for assisting people to move forward with healthy ways of coping. These events were sponsored by SSNAPP, which aligns with Priority #3 of the Plan, "Mental Health & Substance-Use Supports."