Congratulations Mina T.! This is so well deserved - looking forward to seeing all the amazing things you’ll continue to accomplish in the future!

Congratulations Nav Persaud on the renewal of your Canada Research Chair! I’m so glad that your incredible contributions to Health Justice are continuing to be recognized and celebrated! utoronto.ca/celebrates/20-…

Congratulations Dr. Yvonne Bombard! The work you’re doing is so important and impactful and it’s exciting to see it recognized with this award!!! 🎉

Ontario is in the midst of a drug crisis. These 7 charts tell us who’s being hit hardest. New research looking at four years of opioid overdose deaths in Ontario offers a revealing glimpse of the face of these victims. trib.al/FvUODSj

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

There has been a lot of media attention about substance use in hospitals lately. BC's new policy is positive and will help to ensure safety for staff and patients - including people who use drugs. And we have several models in Canada to draw from to help implement them - a 🧵

“Everybody is impacted. Everybody's hurting”: Grief, loss and the emotional impacts of overdose on harm reduction workers" by Gillian Kolla, PhD et al (2024) via International Journal of Drug Policy...how is your community dealing with grief in regards to the overdose crisis? LInk: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Huge congratulations to the incredible Shaleesa Ledlie for this achievement! It is an absolute pleasure to see her recognized for her important contributions to understanding how to improve hospital-based care for people who use drugs! Way to go Shaleesa! 🎉 ODPRN

Join us at our next Health Equity & Research Talks (HEaRT) on June 20th where a team of researchers will present research on "Bridging Holy Water Healing with Biomedical Practice in Ethiopia: Embedding Equity Principles in Global Mental Health Research" t.ly/II1r4

Over the last 7 years, our team has undertaken the largest study of disability and pregnancy in Canada. We analyzed data on ~150,000 births to people with disabilities and talked to 62 people about their experiences of pregnancy care. 1/16

📢WEBINAR ALERT📢 Join us alongside CATIE as we discuss opioid-related toxicity deaths in #Ontario's shelter system, exploring findings from an upcoming report by the ODPRN and Public Health ON 🗓️June 27, 2024 ⏰12:00 - 1:30pm EDT catie.ca/opioid-related…

Additional lessons learned: 1. Pretty sure Mina has a PhD in BBQing! 2. There should always be at least one baby at any work function 😍 3. Work is so much fun when you get to work with such wonderful people! Thanks again for hosting Mina!

I’m so sorry to hear this - Peter, you will be so missed 💔

Want to learn more about drug interactions but not sure where to start? Great upcoming conference by David Juurlink Jonathan Zipursky Carolyn Tan Alex Kumachev Peter Wu et al! eventbrite.com/e/the-drugs-we…