About the Leadership Gathering

Connective is delighted to announce that the third annual Leadership Gathering will take place January 9 and 10, 2025 in Victoria. The theme for this year’s gathering, Public Health, Public Safety, and Complex Needs – Finding Common Ground, was chosen in recognition of the increasingly polarized environment surrounding the acute and overlapping crises of homelessness, overdoses, addiction, and untreated/undertreated mental health disorders.

The second annual Gathering took place October 16-17, 2023. The theme of last year’s multi-sectoral dialogue was Supportive and Effective Transitions, in recognition of the heightened vulnerability experienced by people who are moving from one setting, system, or service to another.

The event brings together invited representatives of non-profit service agencies, social sector Ministries, health authorities, Indigenous and other community organizations and voices of lived experience to engage in critical discussions and make meaningful, actionable recommendations to follow.