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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 Community
Format: Link
Published: 2023
Topics: Challenging structural stigma

Developing a Coordinated Canadian Post-Secondary Surveillance System: A Delphi Survey to Identify Measurement Priorities for the Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey (CCWS)

Academic article

Interventions that promote health and wellbeing among young adults are needed. Such interventions, however, require measurement tools that support in…

Source : BMC Public Health (Journal)
Format: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Data collection tools, Population-specific resources

Opioid Toxicity and Access to Treatment among Adolescents and Young Adults in Ontario

Report

The drug toxicity crisis is a growing public health issue among adolescents and young adults. Opioid-related emergency department (ED) visits and dea…

Source : Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN), Public Health Ontario (PHO)
Format: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Treatment and harm reduction, Population-specific resources

Plan d’action : Prévenir les méfaits liés à la consommation de substances chez les jeunes par une approche globale de la santé en milieu scolaire

Framework

  Le Plan d’action donne aux communautés scolaires des conseils qui les aideront à réfléchir différemment quant à la consommation de substances chez…

Source : Agence de la santé publique du Canada
Format: Link
Published: 2021
Topics: Best practices and implementation, Upstream interventions, Harm reduction, Other approaches, Equity centered approaches

Understanding Substance Use: Educator's Guide

Guide

Designed for education professionals (teachers, guidance counsellors, coaches, social workers and so on) working with youth from grades 6–12 to gain …

Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)
Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Population-specific resources, Health promotion, Promotion and communication

Youth Informed Recommendations

Tool

See the Youth Service Assessment Tool  The Improving Treatment Together (ITT) Project aims to improve the experiences and outcomes of community-base…

Source : Foundry BC, Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)
Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Population-specific resources, Best practices and engagement toolkits

Youth Harm Reduction: Calls for Action

Webinar

The "Research & Dialogue" speaker series places substance use research in dialogue with lived experience to put the latest evidence into real wor…

Source : British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU)
Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2023
Topics: Harm reduction, Advocacy

Parler pot avec les jeunes : Un guide de communication sur le cannabis pour les alliés des jeunes

Guide

Présente des renseignements généraux et quelques exercices pour avoir des conversations positives sur le cannabis avec les jeunes. Dans ce guide, la …

Source : Centre canadien sur les dépendances et l'usage de substances
Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Legalization and policy approaches, Spectrum of substance use, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources

Sensible Cannabis Education: A Toolkit for Educating Youth

Toolkit

This toolkit is broken into two parts. The first section highlights ten guiding principles for conducting cannabis education with young people. In th…

Source : Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP)
Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources

Éducation sensée au sujet du cannabis : Une référence pour l'éducation des jeunes

Toolkit

La référence est divisée en deux parties. La première section met en lumière dix principes directeurs pour mener l’éducation des jeunes. Dans cette s…

Source : Étudiant.es Canadien.nes pour les Politiques Éclairées sur les Substances Psychoactives
Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources