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This webinar will provide prescribers, pharmacists, and other allied health care workers background on mitigating risks through safer supply. The COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing overdose crisis are creating compounded risks for people who use substances, including the risk for overdose and other harms related to an increasingly toxic illicit drug supply, the risk of infection […]

The first Stimulus Connect What's New in Harm Reduction Supply Distribution is an opportunity to hear from folks at the Manitoba Harm Reduction Network, HIV West Yellowhead, AIDS Committee of Newfoundland and Labrador and Blood Ties Four Directions. Join others into the conversation and discuss this new COVID-19 reality. We expect this Stimulus Connect to […]

The 29th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research is the premier gathering in Canada for those working in all disciplines of HIV/AIDS research, as well as policy makers, persons living with HIV and other individuals committed to ending the pandemic.

This virtual discussion will be the occasion to share and to learn about the advancements, challenges and opportunities around safe supply in times of COVID-19. Objectives Discuss the context of safe supply in Canada. Identify challenges. Identify the opportunities available to individuals, as well as to organizations and institutions working in the addictions and healthcare […]

Stimulus Connect was envisioned by the Stimulus National Implementation and Planning (SNIP) Committee in response to the parallel public health emergencies of the toxic illegal drug market and Covid-19. Stimulus Connect is not just another webinar, it is an opportunity for Canadian stakeholders in harm reduction and drug policy to come together, learn and network […]

Target audience: health care providers, researchers, people with lived and living experience, families impacted by substance use, policymakers, health authority partners, and community advocates Register to attend the conference: https://events.eply.com/BCCSU2020   CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Are you interested in submitting an abstract? We are now accepting abstracts for the BC Substance Use Conference! Deadline to submit: Feb […]

Date: August 11, 2020, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m., EST – Register now Speaker: Dr. Ginette Poulin, Clinical Lead, Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse This webinar will explore the impact of COVID-19 on access to addiction medicine and withdrawal options. More details to be released soon. Please note that this webinar will be presented in […]