Downtown Eastside community partners Culture Saves Lives and Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society, in collaboration with Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs (CAPUD), will be hosting an event on August 31, International Day for Overdose Awareness, to memorialize those lost to British Columbia’s overdose crisis.
Nurses from the Nak’azdli Health Center have partnered with Nak’azdli Wellness, Northern Health Public Health Nursing, Community Paramedics, The Key, Mental Health & Addiction Services along with community members to conduct a community event that will focus on increasing awareness of overdose and acknowledging the grief for those who have been affected by overdose.
The purpose of International Overdose Awareness Day is to focus on prevention and remembrance and decrease the stigma towards people with substance use addictions. This public event will be an inclusive, family-friendly awareness day that focuses on prevention and remembrance as well as social inclusion that encourages community conversations to expand understanding and compassion for […]
