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Exploring Low-barrier, Gender-focused Approaches to Housing
Online learning module
Women and gender-diverse people who are multiply marginalized face unique barriers to accessing emergency shelter, housing and housing support. Low-b…
Source : Homeless Learning HubFormat: Audiovisual
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Housing, Population-specific resources
Homelessness Among Women & Gender-Diverse People
Online learning module
This training will explore the causes and conditions of homelessness among women and gender-diverse people. Women and gender-diverse people have uniq…
Source : Homeless Learning HubFormat: Audiovisual
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Housing, Population-specific resources
Evaluation of Psychoactive Substances that Bring Youth to the Emergency Department
Report
Examines the trends in substance-related visits to the emergency department (ED) among youth and young adults (12 to 24 years old) and the context of…
Source : Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)Format: PDF
Published: 2022
Topics: Population-specific resources, National data
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
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
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
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Addressing the Invisible and Older Faces of Canada’s Opioid Crisis
Report
As more attention is being paid to the opioid crisis in Canada, various responses have been launched in an attempt to curb some of these alarming tre…
Source : National Institute on AgeingFormat: PDF
Published: 2023
Topics: Why people use substances, Population-specific resources
The Crystal Methamphetamine Project
Report
This report provides an initial overview of results from the Crystal Methamphetamine Project. The aim of this project was to examine the experiences …
Source : Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR), Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC)Format: PDF
Published: 2020
Topics: Legalization and policy approaches, Why people use substances, Determinants of health, Trauma - and violence - informed approaches and gender-informed responses, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources
Supporting GBT2Q People Who Use Crystal Meth
Report
While sexual health services catering to gay, bisexual, trans, Two-Spirit, and queer (GBT2Q) people are available in Metro Vancouver, mental health a…
Source : Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC)Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Background information on harm reduction, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources
