Upcoming Talks and Webinars exploring Substance use, Stigma, Recovery, and everything in between. Keep an eye out here for upcoming talks.
Do you have a topic around Substance use, Recovery, or Harm Reduction that you would love to share? Contact us today!
ROC Talks
ROC TALKS
2024/2025
If you are with a community organization, are an expert in the field of addiction and/or recovery, or would like to share your recovery story with our PSIs contact the ROC program coordinator at coordinator@recoveryoncampusalberta.ca
Brian Hamel From Recovery Coach Academy Canada
Recovery is not just about abstinence, it is about connection, belonging, and building lives of meaning and purpose. We will explore why “sober sucks” when compared to the richness of recovery, and how lived recovery experience offers deeper opportunities for connection than lived experience alone.
Resources such as time, hope, joy, laughter, and community are highlighted as essential, not extras. Real recovery resources go far beyond phone numbers or treatment referrals, and are found in authentic relationships, culture, and belonging. The session also challenges the idea of “self-care” and emphasizes collective well-being as the foundation of supportive communities.
Language is explored as a life-or-death tool, with the power to create safety or shut it down instantly. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of how recovery principles apply not only in recovery coaching but also in classrooms, campus life, leadership, and any community where people come together. At the heart of this talk is a call to turn the human dial up, creating spaces where people feel safe enough to belong, contribute, and thrive.
