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The Safer Bathroom Toolkit

Toolkit

Bathrooms can provide private, seemingly safe spaces for people to use substances, especially when they are unable to access supervised consumption …

Source : Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR)
Format: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Harm reduction

Knowing How to Recognize and Respond to a Severe Intoxication or Overdose Related to Psychoactive Substance Use or Alcohol Withdrawal

Fact sheet/infographic

This toolkit is intended for frontline service providers who work with people who use psychoactive substances, who may or may not be specialized in t…

Source : Équipe de soutien clinique et organisationnel en dépendance et itinérance (ESCODI), Institut universitaire sur les dépendances (IUD)
Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Harm reduction supplies, Naloxone

Adaptation Toolkit: Co-creating a Local Resource with Caregivers Supporting a Young Person with Substance Use Disorder

Toolkit

Provides communities the processes, considerations and tools they need to adapt the Parents Like Us: The Unofficial Survival Guide to Parenting a You…

Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), Foundry BC
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Population-specific resources, Recovery and resilience

Health Canada Experiences: Know More Opioids

Website

Since 2018 the Know More Opioids awareness program has engaged teens and youth across Canada on the facts surrounding the opioid overdose crisis, opi…

Source : Health Canada
Format: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Background information on harm reduction

Cross-Cultural Series #1: Values, Stigma, Discrimination, and the Impact of Policies on BIPOC Communities

Webinar

The Cross-Cultural Harm Reduction Training Series were designed as live webinars for staff and leadership at Indigenous and ethnospecific (racialized…

Source : Ontario Harm Reduction Network (OHRN)
Format: Link
Published: 2020
Topics: Challenging structural stigma, Anti-racism

Workshops on reducing STBBI-related stigma

Workshop materials

Since 2014, in collaboration with the Centre for Sexuality, the Canadian Public Health Association developed content for four workshops focused on eq…

Source : Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)
Format: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Challenging structural stigma

Toolkit for Trauma-Informed Facilitation

Toolkit

A trauma-informed approach leads us to recognize and respond to the impact of trauma on those we have contact with, which includes those we interact …

Source : Nashville Family Safety Center
Format: PDF
Published: 2015
Topics: Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses

Beyond stigma: Treating opioid use disorder

Website

This article highlights the challenges faced by individuals living with opioid use disorder (OUD) in healthcare settings and the lack of guidance on …

Source : Subject Matter Health Research Lab
Format: Link
Published: 2023
Topics: Stigma reduction, Background information on stigma

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Addressing the Invisible and Older Faces of Canada’s Opioid Crisis

Report

As more attention is being paid to the opioid crisis in Canada, various responses have been launched in an attempt to curb some of these alarming tre…

Source : National Institute on Ageing
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Why people use substances, Population-specific resources

Chemstory

Podcast

Chemstory is a podcast series created by gay, bisexual and queer men and non-binary people who share their experiences related to chemsex. "Chemsex" …

Source : Qollab
Format: Audio
Published: 2023
Topics: Stories and perspectives, Sexual health, Harm reduction