Call for Submissions: The Public Health Response to the Overdose Crisis in Canada Guest editors: David Moore, Elaine Hyshka, Cory Neudorf, Karen Urbanoski and Rod Knight (he/him) Due date: 1 August 2024. Learn more: ow.ly/ieju50R9ysa

Coming up 11am PT tomorrow (May 7) in the Co/Lab CoP: "This is PEEP," a presentation from the The Peer Engagement and Evaluation Project. Learn more and join the CoP here: colabbc.ca/community-of-p…

On the same day the latest BC Coroners number were released. 192 dead last month.

CISUR scientist/UVic HSD Research/UVic HSD Associate Professor Karen Urbanoski was on CBContheisland this week talking about harm reduction on post-secondary campuses. cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Our newly released Care, Connection and Access report synthesizes research and interviews to make legal and policy recommendations to federal and provincial authorities to ease barriers to scaling up safe supply at Supervised Consumption Sites. hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/care-conn…

🧵 Withdrawal management (detox) beds in B.C. are routinely sitting empty because we do not have enough addiction physicians and nurses to staff them, according to health authority data obtained by The Globe theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

"At the time of their enrollment, 34 percent had experienced an overdose in the previous six months. Six months into the program, that number had dropped to seven percent." peterboroughcurrents.ca/in-depth/360-c…

"Managed alcohol is succeeding in stabilizing people with serious alcohol-related medical issues. And it saves the city money." sfchronicle.com/opinion/nualab…

We fact-checked four claims about overdose deaths. This will be a regular feature at @thetyee over the next months, so let us know what political claims you'd like to see fact-checked. #cdnpoli #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/2…

🙏 Crackdown podcast Garth Mullins Sam Fenn for the amazing work on this episode!!! Beautiful and brilliant narration! Herb, John, Brittany and Aaron Bailey ❤️ for all the work you do! You are 🌟! Honoured to be part of this episode! 🙏

We are hiring! CISUR is looking for a full-time office administrator to work in our #yyj office. Please see the full job posting here: uvic.ca/research/centr… #yyjjobs #researchjobs

🆕Check out our new KT summary regarding the Challenges of implementing #safersupply programs in Canada during the #COVID-19 pandemic #Toronto #drugpolicy #harmreduction Learn more here➡️ cdpe.org/publication/ch…

Do you have experience prescribing medications to people with substance use disorders in British Columbia? We’re looking for physicians and nurse practitioners to participate in a survey related to hypothetical futures of safer supply in BC. Learn more: surveymonkey.ca/r/67STL5J

“Safer supply innovations are meant to directly address this toxic drug supply by giving people alternatives, autonomy and choice. This saves lives.” Read about Vanier Scholar Nancy Henderson's research. via UVic HSD. uvic.ca/hsd/news/hsd-a…

“People need access to harm reduction and treatment options, and right now it is hard to access some of those options, particularly treatment, because of the wait times.” -Bernie Pauly (she/her) vancouversun.com/news/bc-ndp-re…