Provincial HSJCC 2025 Justice Begins Early Conference Call for Abstracts
November 4-5, 2025

The Provincial HSJCC Conference Planning Committee invites you to submit an abstract for presentation at the 2025 Virtual Conference Justice Begins Early: Empowering Communities Through Innovative Intervention taking place on November 4 and 5, 2025.

The Human Services and Justice Coordinating Committee (HSJCC) Network is a dynamic, voluntary collaboration between professionals from across the human services
and justice sectors in Ontario. At the Local, Regional and Provincial levels, HSJCCs coordinate resources and plan more effectively for people with complex needs who come into contact with the justice system.

The Provincial HSJCC Conference is the network’s premiere educational event – bringing together more than 600 professionals from across the human services and justice sectors to share promising practices, build cross-sector networks and engage in solutions for the people they serve. Attendees benefit from a richly engrossing program that leaves them better equipped and inspired to meet the needs of Ontarians.

The Conference Planning Committee is seeking abstracts from individuals or agencies who can contribute solution-focused knowledge, expertise, innovation and best practices that can enhance, complement or expand services and systems currently in place.

The conference program will reflect a broad range of themes while showcasing work being done within the human service and justice sectors.

About the Conference

This conference will focus on the critical importance of early identification and intervention for individuals with complex needs within the criminal justice system. With an emphasis on collaborative approaches across the health, human services, justice sectors, and government partners, we will explore innovative strategies to address the social determinants of health that contribute to justice involvement. We are seeking abstracts that highlight effective models for intervening early to reduce risk factors, improve outcomes, and prevent further criminal justice involvement. By engaging practitioners, policymakers, and individuals with lived experience, we will examine new ways to foster cross-sector partnerships and share knowledge, tools, and best practices that can transform the system and support those at risk before they enter the cycle of justice involvement.

Streams:

  • COMPLEX NEEDS: Substance use and behavioral dependencies, mental health, brain injuries, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, developmental disabilities, Neurocognitive, dual diagnosis, concurrent disorders.
  • FORENSIC
  • SPECIALIZED POPULATIONS: Physical disability populations, older adults, youth, 2SLGBTQ+, Black, Indigenous, and Racialized Communities, people of marginalized genders
  • INNOVATIVE MODELS FOR BETTER COLLABORATION AND COMMUNITY RESPONSE: New/outside the box projects or community partner/collaborations such as: HSJCC Committees, Situation Tables, Mobile Crisis Response Teams, Communities of Practice, social navigator projects, restorative justice.
  • RESILIENCY FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS: Self-care, loss, Medical Assistance with Dying, Compassion Fatigue/Vicarious Trauma, professional grieving
  • PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AND PEER SUPPORT: Community co-design and engaging people with lived and living experience, peer support programs.

Abstract Submission Deadline: April 7, 2025

For further information please contact Sherry Sim, Event Manager at sherry@innovative4you.com or by phone at 1-866-655-8548.

Conference Streams
Please choose the theme that relates to your submission
About You

Please provide names of presenter(s) as you would like them to appear in the conference program.
Presenter 1 Name:
Presenter 1 Organization/Affiliation: (required)
Presenter 1 Role:
Presenter 1 Contact Information (Town, Province):
Presenter 1 Phone (office and cell): (required)

Presenter 1 Email: (required)
Presenter 2 Name:
Presenter 2 Organization/Affiliation: (required)
Presenter 2 Role:
Presenter 2 Email: (required)
Presenter 2 Phone (Office & Cell): (required)

Presenter 3 Name:
Presenter 3 Organization/Affiliation:
Presenter 3 Role:
Presenter 3 Email: (required)
Presenter 3 Phone (Office & Cell): (required)
   
Presenter 4 Name:
Presenter 4 Organization/Affiliation:
Presenter 4 Role:
Presenter 4 Email: (required):
Presenter 4 Phone (office and cell): (required)
Presentation Format
Please identify your presentation format
Your Submission

The Presenter may submit multiple abstracts for the conference, please submit each abstract separately.
Title of your Presentation (10 words or less) (required)

Description of your presentation (150 words or less) (required)

How does your submission relate to the conference title and stream? (required)

Please provide a summary of your presentation as it will appear on the virtual platform (50 words - i.e. sales pitch/description of the presentation) (required)

Describe how the participant will be engaged (i.e. Q&A, polling, whiteboard, chat, etc.) (required)

What will participants take away from your presentation? (i.e. what will they learn or share with their organization as an idea/new approach/system) (required)
Your Biography and Abstract
Presenter 1 Biography (50-60 words or less): (required)

Presenter 2 Biography (50-60 words or less): (required if applicable)

Presenter 3 Biography (50-60 words or less): (required if applicable)

Presenter 4 Biography (50-60 words or less): (required if applicable)
Notes

All submissions will be evaluated using the following criteria:

• Relevance to the conference theme
• Clarity and coherence of submission
• Relevance and benefit to participants
• Evidence that submission will engage the participants
• Evidence of participant take-away

Acceptance as a presenter

  • Presenters must be paid registrants of the conference. Honoraria will be available for presenters with lived experience.
  • Presenters will be asked to submit an electronic version of their presentation a week before the conference. It will be posted on the virtual platform after the conference for paid conference attendees only. In the virtual format, participants have indicated that having handouts and resources to download are much appreciated.
  • Posters will be required to submit their poster in jpeg and pdf format 3 weeks prior to the event.
  • Photos of all presenters will be required upon acceptance of presentation.
  • Presenters will be provided with a designated time to present by the conference committee.

For further information please contact Sherry Sim, Event Manager at sherry@innovative4you.com or by phone at 1-866-655-8548.

Abstract Submission Deadline: April 7, 2025


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