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Homelessness, Mental Health and Substance Use: Understanding the Connections
Toolkit
Human experience is complex. Our choices and behaviours, including using substances, are influenced by numerous factors including our biology, our hi…
Source : Here to Help BC, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR)Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Background information on harm reduction, Housing
Compendium of Resources to Support the Implementation of Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment (iOAT) in Ontario
Background document
This compendium of resources was developed as part of a project led by Addictions and Mental Health Ontario (AMHO), with funding from Health Canada’s…
Source : Addictions & Mental Health Ontario (AMHO)Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Equity centered approaches, Best practices and guidelines, Substance-specific resources
Planning for the Appropriate Use of Prescription Diacetylmorphine in Ontario: Project Summary
Background document
This project was managed by Addictions and Mental Health Ontario (AMHO), with funding from Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP…
Source : Addictions & Mental Health Ontario (AMHO)Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Equity centered approaches, Treatment and harm reduction, Substance-specific resources
Exploring the Need for iOAT in Ontario
Video
AMHO has created a video to highlight the first of two iOAT programs available in Ontario. This program, located in Ottawa, is an evidence based and …
Source : Addictions & Mental Health Ontario (AMHO)Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2021
Topics: Equity centered approaches, Best practices and guidelines
Safer Supply 101 – An Introduction, Orientation, and Backgrounder
Webinar
Corey discusses the origins of safer supply, the years of activist work that went into bringing about the medical model that is currently available i…
Source : National Safer Supply Community of Practice (NSS-CoP)Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Safe supply
Emotional Harm Reduction
Webinar
How do you safeguard your heart and mind from the devastation of the fentanyl poisoning crisis? In the wake of countless preventable deaths, how do y…
Source : National Safer Supply Community of Practice (NSS-CoP)Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Determinants of health, Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses
Supporting People Who Use Substances in Shelter Settings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: National Rapid Guidance
Guide
The purpose of this guidance document is to support organizations operating new or existing shelter settings in providing evidence-informed care for …
Source : Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: COVID-19 resources, Harm reduction, Housing
Modelling opioid-related deaths during the overdose crisis
Tool
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) developed a simulation model of opioid-related deaths that provides information on the number of these deat…
Source : Health CanadaFormat: Link
Published: 2023
Topics: Data collection tools, National data
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
Talking Back to the City: A Manual for Winning and Resisting Local Drug Policy
Guide
"Talking Back to The City is a response to the deadly action and inaction of local governments. It is a response to the persistence of oppressive and…
Source : Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), Pivot Legal SocietyFormat: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Legalization and policy approaches, Substance use policy