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Webinar series on anti-Black racism and public health
Webinar
Anti-Black racism is a specific form of racism, rooted in the colonial history and practice of enslavement, that continues to impact the lives of Bla…
Source : National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH), Black Health Education CollectiveFormat: Audiovisual
Published: 2023
Topics: Anti-racism, Determinants of health
The Youth Service Assessment Tool
Toolkit
This tool has been developed with 12 youth who have lived and/or living experience of substance use living in Prince George, British Columbia, to sup…
Source : Foundry BC, Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Population-specific resources, Best practices and engagement toolkits
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 BCFormat: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Population-specific resources, Recovery and resilience
Stigma: Why Words Matter
Fact sheet/infographic
This document was created in discussion with people with lived and living experience, through existing research and documentation from other organiza…
Source : Health CanadaFormat: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Destigmatizing language
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 CanadaFormat: Link
Published: 2022
Topics: Background information on harm reduction
Checklist for Workplace Policies on Substance Use Stigma
Checklist
Help improve workplace efforts to reduce substance use and impairment by removing substance use stigma and discrimination from workplace policies.
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Challenging structural stigma
Starlings Community Advocacy
Video
In today's society, disclosing a parent's substance use increases a child's risk of being involved in the child welfare system, their parents being c…
Source : Starlings CommunityFormat: Link
Published: 2023
Topics: Challenging structural stigma
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
Evidence Scan and Jurisdictional Approaches to the Decriminalization of Drugs
Report
The objective of this environmental scan is to summarize evidence on the health and social impacts of decriminalization policies. This document will …
Source : Public Health Ontario (PHO)Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Decriminalization, Legalization and policy approaches
Perinatal Psychoactive Substance Use Among Indigenous Women: Social Determinants
Report
Because of its impact on the health of families and future generations, psychoactive substance use during the perinatal period is a public health con…
Source : Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ)Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Population-specific resources