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Dads in Gear
Website
This resource addresses the issues of fathering and masculinities in the context of reducing or eliminating tobacco use. It uses a gendered approach …
Source : University of British Columbia (UBC), Dads in GearFormat: Link
Published: 2017
Topics: Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses, Indigenous cultural safety, Treatment and harm reduction
Opioid- and Stimulant-Related Harms in Canada
Report
The COVID-19 outbreak is worsening the already deadly and ongoing public health crisis of opioid overdoses and death. It is having a tragic impact on…
Source : Government of CanadaFormat: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: National data, Substance-specific resources
Qu’est-ce que la réduction des méfaits?
Background document
La réduction des méfaits concerne « les lois, les programmes et les pratiques qui visent principalement à réduire les conséquences néfastes [de l’usa…
Source : Coalition canadienne des politiques sur les droguesFormat: Link
Published: 2020
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction
The Impact of Stigma
Background document
Stigma can create real and tangible harms for people who use drugs. We can help or harm through our words and behaviours.
Source : Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC)Format: Link
Published: 2020
Topics: Determinants of health, Background information on stigma
Learning Essentials for Advancing Health Equity Series
Online learning module
These training modules were developed in collaboration between Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services and the Alliance for Healt…
Source : Access Alliance, Alliance for Healthier CommunitiesFormat: Link
Published: 2017
Topics: Determinants of health, Planning for equity
The Evidence Podcast
Podcast
Hosted by Lee Arbon, Amanda Deseure and Victoria Lewis, this new series dives into the leading research and current trends surrounding substance use …
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: Link
Published: 2019
Topics: Determinants of health, Stigma reduction, Anti-oppression, Promotion and communication
Au-delà des Cannabases : une démarche de santé publique à l’égard du cannabis pour les jeunes, les adultes émergents et les aînés
Workshop materials
En 2020, l’Association a créé l’atelier Au-delà des Cannabases pour élargir à des groupes d’âge particuliers les concepts abordés dans les Cannabases…
Source : Association canadienne de santé publiqueFormat: 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
Public Support for Harm Reduction: A Population Survey of Canadian Adults
Academic article
The authors described public views toward harm reduction among Canadian adults and tested a social exposure model predicting support for these conten…
Source : PLOS ONEFormat: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction
Overdose Surveillance Updates (Vancouver)
Website
Since 2011, after a spike of heroin-related deaths in Vancouver, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) started weekly monitoring of overdoses at emergency d…
Source : Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)Format: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Provincial/Territorial and local data
Decriminalisation: Building a future without punishment for people who use drugs
Background document
Over the past 60 years, governments have embarked on a global ‘war on drugs’ which has entirely failed to achieve its stated goal of a ‘drug-free wor…
Source : International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA)Format: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Health promotion, Decriminalization