Is your business prepared to respond to an opioid emergency?
On May 1, 2025, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and Emergent will be hosting a one-hour webinar on workplace opioid overdose preparedness. As Ontario faces an alarming projection of over 3,000 annual drug poisoning deaths, businesses across the province find themselves near the frontlines of an evolving social crisis that they are ill-equipped to manage.
Hear from a panel of experts with deep knowledge and credibility on this complex challenge. This discussion will provide insight and the tools to ensure we are all prepared to act to help save a life.
What to Expect:
✅ Understand the rationale behind Ontario’s Workplace Naxolone Legislation
✅ Explore how the legislation impacts business planning and workplace safety
✅ Recognize the importance of intranasal naloxone access in the trades and hospitality industries
✅ Learn how open conversations can help reduce the stigma around opioid use
✅ Gain awareness of the role individuals and businesses play in overdose prevention
✅ Become empowered and equipped with the tools to respond in an opioid emergency
Register today to take the first steps towards making a safer and more prepared workplace.
About Emergent BioSolutions
At Emergent, our mission is to protect and save lives. For over 25 years, we’ve been at work preparing those entrusted with protecting public health. We deliver protective and life-saving solutions for health threats like smallpox, mpox, botulism, Ebola, anthrax and opioid overdose emergencies. We help prepare communities for today’s health challenges and tomorrow’s threats by:
- Empowering the public with the resources to respond to an opioid overdose emergency
- Delivering medical countermeasures to fight critical, even deadly, biological threats
- Stepping up to help address emerging and infectious diseases
Date: Thursday, May 2, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Accommodations
Closed Captioning will be provided.
If you require an accommodation, please contact us at info@occ.ca
REGISTER: Workplace Opioid Emergency Preparedness Tickets, Thu, 1 May 2025 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite
