Fireside Chat #2 - Mental Health & Addictions: COVID Response and the Opioid Epidemic
Thu, Feb 19
|Zoom
This Fireside Chat will explore the mental health and addictions response during COVID-19 at both federal and provincial levels, examining what worked, where gaps remain, and what lessons can be carried forward.
Time & Location
Feb 19, 2026, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EST
Zoom
About the event
The First Nations Health Managers Association (FNHMA) is pleased to welcome you back for the next session in our Fireside Chat series — continuing important conversations that support stronger, safer, and more responsive health systems for First Nations communities.
Fireside Chat #2 — Mental Health & Addictions: COVID Response and the Opioid Epidemic will take place Thursday, February 19, from 1:00–2:00 PM (ET) and will be hosted virtually by FNHMA CEO Marion Crowe, alongside Nicole Robinson, Director of Northern Indigenous Health at Healthcare Excellence Canada (HEC).
This Fireside Chat will explore the mental health and addictions response during COVID-19 at both federal and provincial levels, examining what worked, where gaps remain, and what lessons can be carried forward. The discussion will also ask critical questions about whether similar large-scale supports exist (or should exist) for mental health services today, and how First Nations communities have been impacted by and responded to the…