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Little is known about the impact of opioid use among pregnant/parenting individuals and their children in Canada. To address these knowledge gaps, the Canadian Perinatal Opioid Project was developed, the first and largest federally funded data system to identify all mother and infant pairs affected by perinatal opioid use and treatment and to monitor maternal and child health outcomes over time. This PHO Rounds will introduce the Canadian Perinatal Opioid Project, including the project goals, engagement strategies, development of a health data system, and anticipated outcomes.

Andi Camden, PhD, MPH (she/her) is an Epidemiologist and Senior Research Associate at the Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children at SickKids, as well as an ICES Fellow. She holds both a PhD and MPH in Epidemiology from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, where she also completed a postdoctoral fellowship. Her research uses administrative data to explore the impact of opioids in pregnancy on maternal and child health across the life course. She leads the Canadian Perinatal Opioid Project, an initiative funded by Public Health Agency of Canada that aims to establish a pan-Canadian health data system to monitor perinatal opioid use and health outcomes.

Ashley Smoke (they/them) is a 2-Spirit First Nations person from Alderville First Nation. They are a Team Lead, knowledge translator, community-based researcher, and cultural support among other things, with deep roots in harm reduction, Indigenous health, and systems change. Ashley brings over 11 years of experience working across the intersections of harm reduction, incarceration, drug policy, HIV, parenting, and health equity—anchored in lived expertise and grounded in culture. Ashley currently coordinates and facilitates workshops for incarcerated people across Canada and serves as Team Lead for a national facilitation team. They offer engagement support and services to many organizations looking to engage with the community in a meaningful way.

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Public Health Ontario Rounds are a self-approved group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC).

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