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Engaging People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) to Build Organizational Capacity

Webinar

In this 90-minute recorded webinar, the Ontario Harm Reduction Network explores key principles and practical tips for the meaningful engagement of PW…

Source : Ontario Harm Reduction Network (OHRN)
Format: Link
Published: 2020
Topics: Stigma reduction, Best practices and engagement toolkits

My Safe Supply

Webinar

Canada is experiencing the worst ever overdose poisoning epidemic in our country’s history. Over 70% of overdose deaths are related to highly concent…

Source : Stimulus
Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2020
Topics: Harm reduction, Safe supply, Stigma reduction, Perspectives

Hear Us, See Us, Respect Us: Respecting the Expertise of People who Use Drugs

Report

This report is a summary of key findings of a national community-based research project to identify existing and emerging best practices in respectin…

Source : Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs (CAPUD), Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC)
Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Stigma reduction, Best practices and engagement toolkits, Determinants of health, Planning for equity

Naloxone is Not Enough: Letters from the Heart of the Crisis

Report

The availability of naloxone as an emergency response intervention has been critical in saving lives. Modeling estimates that from January 2015 to Ma…

Source : BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), Toward the Heart
Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Stigma reduction, Perspectives, Harm reduction, Naloxone, Health promotion, Substance use policy

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People Who Use Substances: What We Heard

Report

This report summarizes consultations with people who use or have used substances, their families and friends, harm reduction workers and people provi…

Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)
Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: COVID-19 resources

Implications of COVID-19 Webinar Series

Webinar

CCSA’s new webinar series explores the implications of COVID-19 on public health, highlighting work in the area of substance use and COVID-19 across …

Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)
Format: Link
Published: 2020
Topics: COVID-19 resources

Harm Reduction Worker Safety During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic: National Rapid Guidance

Guide

This document is one of a series of six national guidance documents, rapidly developed by the CRISM network at the request of the Government of Canad…

Source : Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM)
Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: COVID-19 resources

Prescription Monitoring Programs in Canada: Best Practice and Program Review

Academic article

By presenting the best available evidence for PMP program features and practices at the present time, this review provides Canadian jurisdictions wit…

Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)
Format: PDF
Published: 2015
Topics: Data collection tools

Substance Use Stigma Reduction Trainings in Canada: For Professional Groups & the Media

Document

Reducing substance use stigma is one of the five priorities of the FPT PSUH Committee. This deliverable focused specifically on ‘stigma reduction’ tr…

Source : Health Canada
Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Determinants of health, Stigma reduction

Overdose Prevention During a Pandemic

Report

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to present new challenges, historic, and systemic oppressors experienced by PWUD have only become more exacerbated…

Source : Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs (CAPUD), Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine
Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction