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Drug Policy and Racism: When it Comes to the War on Drugs, Abolition is the Only Option: End the War on Black Communities
Background document
For those of us involved in research, scholarship, or advocacy around the criminalization of drugs in Canada, the racial reckoning and expanding supp…
Source : Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC)Format: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Determinants of health, Anti-racism, Health promotion, Decriminalization
History of Drug Policy in Canada
Background document
The following is a brief history of Canadian drug policy summarized from Busted: An Illustrated History of Drug Prohibition in Canada. The original b…
Source : Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC)Format: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Anti-racism, Substance use policy
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
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
Anti-Indigenous Racism Toolkit for Health and Social Care Providers
Toolkit
A significant factor in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, Transgender, and Gender-Diverse People (MMIWG2S+) genocide is t…
Source : Native Women's Association of CanadaFormat: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Indigenous cultural safety, Anti-racism
Let's Talk: Racism and Health Equity
Guide
The seventh release in our Let’s Talk series discusses racism as a critical factor that impacts health and wellbeing. It describes the concepts of ra…
Source : National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH)Format: PDF
Published: 2018
Topics: Determinants of health, Anti-racism
“They're causing more harm than good”: a qualitative study exploring racism in harm reduction through the experiences of racialized people who use drugs
Academic article
Increased opioid-related morbidity and mortality in racialized communities has highlighted the intersectional nature of the drug policy crisis. Given…
Source : Harm Reduction JournalFormat: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Harm reduction, Anti-racism
L’histoire des politiques sur les drogues au Canada
Background document
Voici un aperçu de l’histoire des politiques canadiennes sur les drogues, extrait de « Busted: An Illustrated History of Drug Prohibition in Canada »…
Source : Coalition canadienne des politiques sur les droguesFormat: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Background information on stigma, Anti-racism
The Unforgotten Toolkit: An education guide to learn about, reflect on and dismantle anti-indigenous racism in health care
Tool
The Unforgotten is a film exploring the health and wellness experiences of Inuit, Métis and First Nations peoples across the five stages of life: b…
Source : Canadian Medical Association, Build FilmsFormat: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Indigenous cultural safety, Anti-racism