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Challenging Organizational Stigma: Providing Safer and More Inclusive Sexual Health, Harm Reduction and STBBI-Related Services
Workshop materials
During this interactive workshop, intended for frontline health and social service providers, program managers and administrators, participants will …
Source : Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)Format: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Determinants of health, Challenging structural stigma, Harm reduction, Sexual health
Overcoming Stigma: Online Learning
Online learning module
CCSA is using online learning to address the stigma surrounding substance use. We have developed three learning modules on the topic of stigma assoc…
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Challenging structural stigma
Combating Mental Illness and Substance Use Related Structural Stigma in Health-Care
Framework
In 2019, the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) launched a program to better understand the problem of mental illness- and substance use-relat…
Source : Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Challenging structural stigma
Measuring Structural Stigma in Health-Care Settings from the Perspective of Service Users
Report
This report is one component of a larger Mental Health Commission of Canada initiative examining structural stigma in health-care settings. It review…
Source : Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Challenging structural stigma
Don 't Be An A**hole - Best Practices For Health And Social Service Providers Working With People Who Use Drugs
Guide
Don’t be an a__Hole is a result from a project conceived to inform Blood Ties’ practice and interactions with people who use drugs. The goal is to s…
Source : Blood Ties Four Directions CentreFormat: PDF
Published: 2018
Topics: Challenging structural stigma
Stigma in Intervention: Let’s Be Aware of It
Workbook
Written by the Association des intervenants en dépendance du Québec (AIDQ) in collaboration with the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Mi…
Source : Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM), Association des intervenants en dépendance du Québec (AIDQ)Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Challenging structural stigma
Beyond Stigma | Strength in Connections
Webinar
This Fall, the Subject Matter Health Research Lab released the third video in their series on reducing opioid related stigma, Beyond Stigma: Strength…
Source : Subject Matter Health Research Lab, Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2023
Topics: Challenging structural stigma, Stigma reduction, Advocacy
Substance Use and Stigma: Initiating System-Level Change Through an Organizational Assessment Tool
Poster
This poster was presented at CCSA Issues of Substance conference in November 2023
Source : CAPSA, Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Challenging structural stigma
Best Practices Checklist For Healthcare Providers working with Young People Who use Drugs
Fact sheet/infographic, Checklist
In 2023, CPHA and CSSDP partnered to create this tool for healthcare providers who provide care to young people in Canada. This checklist can be used…
Source : Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP), Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Best practices and engagement toolkits, Population-specific resources, Challenging structural stigma
Dismantling structural stigma in health care: an implementation guide
Guide
Stigma affects how we see and treat people living with mental health and/or substance use (MHSU) problems or illnesses. When it becomes embedded thro…
Source : Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)Format: PDF
Published: 2024
Topics: Implementing a public health approach to substance use, Challenging structural stigma
