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A Pathway to Hope: A roadmap for making mental health and addictions care better for people in BC
A roadmap for making mental health and addictions care better for people in BC
[if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]AIDS Vancouver
AIDS Vancouver
Title of site: AIDS Vancouver [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]BC Centre for Disease Control
BC Centre for Disease Control
Title of site: BC Centre for Disease Control [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]BC Centre on Substance Use
BC Centre on Substance Use
Title of site: BC Centre on Substance Use [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]BC Harm Reduction Services
BC Harm Reduction Services
Title of site: BC Harm Reduction Services [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]BCANDS
BC Aboriginal Network on Disability Network
Title of site: BC Aboriginal Network on Disability Network [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]British Columbia Centre on Substance Use
The BCCSU Drug Checking Project is a provincial pilot that partners with harm reduction organizations across British Columbia to implement and evaluate community-based drug checking services. Partner sites in this project use two technologies in combination to check drugs: Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and immunoassay strips that test for the presence of fentanyl or benzodiazepines.
Title of site: British Columbia Centre on Substance Use [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs
Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs
Title of site: Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Canadian Drug Policy Coalition
Canadian Drug Policy Coalition
Title of site: Canadian Drug Policy Coalition [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Canadian Mental Health Association – BC
Canadian Mental Health Association – BC
Title of site: Canadian Mental Health Association – BC [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]CATIE – Canada’s Resource for HIV and Hep C Information
CATIE – Canada’s Resource for HIV and Hep C Information
Title of site: CATIE – Canada’s Resource for HIV and Hep C Information [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]City of Vancouver – Community Services List
Community Services List
Title of site: City of Vancouver – Community Services List [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Communitas: Supportive Care Society
Communitas Supportive Care Society is a faith-based, registered charity providing care in communities across British Columbia to those living with developmental disabilities, mental health challenges, and acquired brain injury. We provide services ranging from 24-hour residential care to skills-based day programs to respite care for families. We also support people living with mental health challenges in BC through initiatives like Peer Support and WRAP facilitation. At Communitas, we support people of all abilities, from all walks of life, regardless of faith, social standing, race or ethnicity.
Title of site: Communitas: Supportive Care Society [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Connecting Across Social Distances
One of the foundations of peer support work is that the worker and the peer will share some elements of life experience and/or identity. It can be very powerful and transformative to connect with someone who has shared a common struggle, and to grow and learn with each other by sharing life stories and lessons learned.
[if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]DTES Resource Guide – Winter 2020
DTES Community Resource Guide – Winter 2020
[if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Embrace Autism
Dissatisfied with the lack of information available on autism in adults, in 2018 we founded Embrace Autism (called Embrace ASD until April 2021), which we intended as a platform to distribute research and experience-based information on autism.
Title of site: Embrace Autism [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]First Nations Health Authority
The First Nations Virtual Substance Use and Psychiatry Service provides individuals with access to specialists in addictions medicine and psychiatry as well as mental health and wellness care coordinators.
Title of site: First Nations Health Authority [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Gendered violence and overdose prevention sites
Gendered violence and overdose prevention sites: a rapid ethnographic study during an overdose epidemic in Vancouver, Canada
Title of site: Gendered violence and overdose prevention sites [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]HIM
Health Initiative for Men
Title of site: HIM – Health Initiative for Men [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]In Plain Sight
Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C. Health Care.
[if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Indigenous Harm Reduction Policy Brief
Indigenous peoples, communities, and cultures are strong. While the experiences of First Nations, Métis and Inuit in Canada are unique, they have all experienced hundreds of years of colonization, persecution and on-going structural violence that was intended to push them to the margins of society. In the face of such oppression, however, with the guidance of Elders, ceremonies, and local Indigenous knowledges that have been passed down through generations, Indigenous peoples, languages, cultures, and traditions have not only survived, they have been revived, reclaimed, and revitalized. This can be no more important than now, amid Canada’s on-going opioid and overdose crisis, in which Indigenous peoples are over-represented.
[if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]International Journal of Drug Policy
International Journal of Drug Policy
Title of site: Science Direct [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]International Peer Support
International Peer Support
Title of site: International Peer Support [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Living in Community
Resource Directory
Title of site: Living in Community – Resource Directory [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council
Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council
Title of site: Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Moms Stop the Harm
Moms Stop The Harm calls for an end to the failed war on drugs through evidence-based prevention, treatment and policy change. We support a harm reduction approach that is both compassionate and non-discriminatory for people who use substances.
Title of site: Moms Stop the Harm [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]MVAEC
Resource Directory
Title of site: MVAEC – Resource Directory [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]My Davie Village
Resource Directory
Title of site: My Davie Village – Resource Directory [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]National Harm Reduction Coalition
National Harm Reduction Coalition creates spaces for dialogue and action that help heal the harms caused by racialized drug policies.
Title of site: National Harm Reduction Coalition [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]National Overdose Response Service
NORS is an overdose prevention hotline for Canadians providing loving, confidential, nonjudgmental support for you, whenever and wherever you use drugs.
Call (Canada only): 1-888-688-NORS(6677)
Call Never Use Alone (US only): 1-800-484-3731
Mobile App (Global): The Brave App
Northern Initiative for Social Action
Northern Initiative for Social Action
Title of site: Northern Initiative for Social Action [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]On My Planet
Resource Directory
Title of site: On My Planet – Resource Directory [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]PACE – By, With and For Sex Workers
PACE – By, With and For Sex Workers
Title of site: PACE Society [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Peer Support Canada
Peer Support Canada
Title of site: Peer Support Canada [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]PIVOT Legal Society
PIVOT Legal Society
Title of site: PIVOT Legal Society [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Positive Living Society
Your support for a healthy future with HIV
Title of site: Positive Living Society [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Project Inclusion – Confronting anti-homeless & anti-substance user stigma in BC
Confronting anti-homeless & anti-substance user stigma in BC
Title of site: Project Inclusion – Confronting anti-homeless & anti-substance user stigma in BC [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Project Inclusion: Making Stigma Visible
Making Stigma Visible
Title of site: Project Inclusion: Making Stigma Visible [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]QMUNITY
BC’s Queer, Trans and Two-spirit resource centre
Title of site: QMUNITY – BC’s Queer, Trans and Two-spirit resource centre [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]RESEARCH 101: A Manifesto for Ethical Research in the Downtown Eastside
A Manifesto for Ethical Research in the Downtown Eastside
[if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]SAFE in Collingwood
Sex Work Awareness for Everyone
Title of site: SAFE in Collingwood – Sex Work Awareness for Everyone [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]See Stigma: Stigma Mapping Tool
The See Stigma stigma mapping tool is a visual activity designed in collaboration with peer experts who have lived
experience of: gender diversity, neurodiversity, substance use, indigeneity and with living with a mental health diagnosis.
Social Science & Medicine
Social Science & Medicine
Title of site: Science Direct [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Spotlight on Mental Health – Peer Support
Spotlight on Mental Health – Peer Support
Title of site: Spotlight on Mental Health – Peer Support [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]The Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs
The Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs (CAPUD) is the national drug user organization in Canada. Our board and staff are comprised entirely of people who use(d) drugs. One of our main purposes is to empower people who currently use drugs deemed illegal to survive and thrive, with their human rights respected and their voices heard. We envision a world where drugs are regulated and the people who use them are decriminalized. We are survivors of this war and we’ll continue to fight for policy reform that is based in evidence, understanding and compassion.
We didn’t start the war, but we will end it!
Title of site: The Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]The Mental Health Commission of Canada
The Mental Health Commission of Canada
Title of site: The Mental Health Commission of Canada [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]There is No Authority But Yourself
A compilation of various resource documents into one extensive reader.
Title of site: Toward the Heart [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Through the Autism Lens
While working in a harm reduction service, you might find that it’s mostly focused on reducing one specific harm, while forgetting the depth and complexity of all the issues that affect people using, and working in, harm reduction services. One area that is often overlooked are the unique needs and strengths of autistic people (and neurodivergent people in general).
[if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Toward the Heart: Compassion, Inclusion & Engagement (CIE)
CIE facilitates community based dialogues across BC that provide opportunities to build capacity and develop networks across and within health services and community agencies to foster and promote accessible, inclusive and culturally safe harm reduction services through ongoing peer engagement.
Title of site: Toward the Heart [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Toward the Heart: Peer Engagement and Evaluation Project
The PEEP Project is an innovative initiative to ensure everyone across the province has access to harm reduction services.
Title of site: Toward the Heart [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Toward the Heart: Peer2Peer
The Peer-2-Peer project aims to identify, implement, and evaluate peer-led support interventions for peers/ experiential workers in overdose response settings. See below for project background, the ROSE model and best practice manual, COVID-19 support tools and the compassionate action campaign series.
Title of site: Toward the Heart [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]US – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
US – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Title of site: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Vancouver Coalition Against Prohibition and Overdose
The Vancouver Community Coalition Against Prohibition and Overdose (VAN CCAPO) Street Degree began as a peer informed and peer driven education collaboration between Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), the Portland Hotel Society, the Tenant Overdose Response Organizers, the Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society, DUDES Club, and the Coalition of Peers Dismantling the Drug War, with the goal of furthering the work being done by peers in the domains of overdose prevention, safe supply, housing, food security, and outreach. The VAN CCAPO Street Degree has peers engage and take leadership in content development and thereby addresses inequality and recreates the hierarchy of expertise while incorporating the wealth of knowledge found in lived experience. This helps break down barriers, decrease discrimination, and empowers peers as pivotal members of our community. Peers have stepped up in both the design and ongoing feedback of this education process as well as in the facilitation of courses. This education series could not happen without the contribution of peers, their knowledge, and their skills.
[if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Vikki Reynolds – Articles
Vikki Reynolds – Articles
Title of site: Vikki Reynolds Articles [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Wellness Together Canada
Wellness Together Canada is a platform for Canadians to access free mental health and substance use support, with funding from the Government of Canada.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented number of people have been struggling with problems like worry, low mood, problematic substance use, and more. Wellness Together Canada was created in response to this crisis.
Title of site: Wellness Together Canada [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]WISH – Drop in Centre
Drop in Centre
Title of site: WISH – Drop in Centre [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Workplace Strategies for Mental Health
Workplace Strategies for Mental Health
Title of site: Workplace Strategies for Mental Health [if 86 not_equal=””] [foreach 26] Title of file: [120] [/foreach] [/if 86]Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario
The right services to youth and their families—at the right time and in the right place.
Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO) is an initiative that aims to bring the right services to youth (and their families) at the right time and in the right place. YWHO is a critical step toward improving Ontario’s mental health and addiction services for youth and young adults.
