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Life in Recovery from Addiction in Canada
Report
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) together with their partners conducted the first-ever nationwide survey of individuals in r…
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Equity centered approaches, Recovery and resilience
Best Practices Across the Continuum of Care for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
Report
This report, developed to inform Health Canada's Federal, Provincial and Territorial Treatment Task Group, outlines the standard of service that shou…
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: PDF
Published: 2018
Topics: Equity centered approaches, Best practices and guidelines
Rapid Access Models for Substance Use Services: A Rapid Review
Report
There has been a proliferation of new models to facilitate access to substance use services and supports in several jurisdictions across Canada. Exam…
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Equity centered approaches, Treatment and harm reduction
Safe Supply: Concept Document
Report
This report is a general outline of the "safe supply" concept, of what safe supply is, and the role of safe supply in drug policy. The purpose of thi…
Source : Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs (CAPUD)Format: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Harm reduction, Safe supply
Indigenous Harm Reduction = Reducing the Harms of Colonialism
Background document
The purpose of this policy brief is to outline Indigenous approaches to harm reduction. The authors also recommend ways in which governments and…
Source : Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN), Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD)Format: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction, Population-specific resources
Peer Engagement Principles and Best Practices: A Guide for BC Health Authorities and Other Providers
Report
Promoting peer engagement within Health Authorities can improve the involvement and uptake of peers' voices in health service planning and policymaki…
Source : BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)Format: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Stigma and stigma reduction, Best practices and engagement toolkits
Health Equity Toolkit: A Resource Inventory for Health Care Organizations
Toolkit
This health equity toolkit is a product of the Building Capacity for Equity-Informed Planning and Evaluation (BCEIPE) project led by Access Alliance …
Source : Access Alliance, Alliance for Healthier CommunitiesFormat: PDF
Published: 2018
Topics: Determinants of health, Planning for equity
A Public Health Approach to Drugs
Report
This paper is intended to start a discussion about ways to change the current approach to drugs to align with a public health approach, and what that…
Source : Toronto Public HealthFormat: PDF
Published: 2018
Topics: Background information, Background information on harm reduction
Supervised Injection Services Toolkit
Toolkit
The purpose of this toolkit is to provide information and resources to assist when considering whether to provide supervised injection services (SIS)…
Source : Toronto Drug StrategyFormat: PDF
Published: 2013
Topics: Harm reduction, Supervised consumption sites
Effectiveness of Take-Home Naloxone Programs and Availability of Naloxone Nasal Spray in Different Jurisdictions
Academic article
This rapid response evaluates the evidence on the effectiveness of take-home naloxone programs and administration of naloxone by laypeople, and revie…
Source : The Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Harm reduction, Naloxone, Substance-specific resources