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Talking Pot with Youth: A Cannabis Communication Guide for Youth Allies
Guide
This guide provides introductory information and a set of exercises to engage youth in meaningful discussions and conversations about cannabis. This …
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Legalization and policy approaches, Spectrum of substance use, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources
Beyond Cannabasics: A public health approach to cannabis for youth, emerging adults and seniors
Workshop materials
The Beyond Cannabasics workshop was developed in 2020 to expand on the concepts outlined in Cannabasics within the context of specific age groups. Th…
Source : Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)Format: Link
Published: 2020
Topics: Background information, Implementing a public health approach to substance use, Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources
Strengthening Our Connections to Promote Life: A Life Promotion Toolkit for Indigenous Youth
Toolkit
Strengthening Our Connections to Promote Life: A Life Promotion Toolkit by Indigenous Youth was proposed to develop a youth-focused and youth-led res…
Source : Thunderbird Partnership FoundationFormat: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Determinants of health, Indigenous cultural safety, Anti-oppression, Upstream interventions, Population-specific resources
Renforcer nos connexions pour promouvoir la vie: Une boîte à outils de la jeunesse autochtone pour la promotion de la vie
Toolkit
Renforcer nos Connexions pour Promouvoir la Vie : Un Guide de Promotion de la Vie Écrit par la Jeunesse Autochtone a été proposé en 2019 dans le but …
Source : Thunderbird Partnership FoundationFormat: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Determinants of health, Indigenous cultural safety, Anti-oppression, Upstream interventions, Population-specific resources
Youth Health Trends in Ontario: Vaping
Fact sheet/infographic
This infographic is informed by data from the COMPASS study. The 9-year longitudinal study (started in 2012/13) tracks Canadian high school students …
Source : Public Health Ontario (PHO)Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Provincial/Territorial and local data, Population-specific resources, Substance-specific resources
The Guiding Principles of Education: the Sensible Cannabis Education Toolkit Series
Toolkit
This resource is broken into three separate booklets. The content draws directly from CSSDP’s Sensible Cannabis Education Toolkit, originally publish…
Source : Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP)Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources
Helping Young People Who Use Opioids: Network of Care
Video
Explores how service providers fit into the network of care in treating a young person who uses opioids. It also explains the different ways service…
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2022
Topics: Best practices and guidelines, Substance-specific resources
Aider les jeunes qui consomment des opioïdes : plan de traitement et de rétablissement
Video
Porte sur des stratégies de réduction des méfaits, le sevrage et la tolérance, ainsi que des plans de traitement et de rétablissement ciblant les jeu…
Source : Centre canadien sur les dépendances et l'usage de substancesFormat: Audiovisual
Published: 2022
Topics: Substance-specific resources, Best practices and guidelines
Comprendre l’usage de substances : un guide pour les éducateurs
Guide
S’adresse aux professionnels de l’éducation (enseignants, conseillers en orientation, entraîneurs, travailleurs sociaux, etc.) qui travaillent avec d…
Source : Centre canadien sur les dépendances et l'usage de substancesFormat: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Population-specific resources, Health promotion, Promotion and communication
Virtual OAT Guide- ITT Project
Video
“Step by step – A youth informed guide to OAT” is an animated, short, lived-experience video series about real youth’s everyday experience with opioi…
Source : Foundry BCFormat: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Treatment and harm reduction, Population-specific resources