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Communities share common interests, values or goals, and interact with one another to build relationships and help networks. These materials support more inclusive, equitable, and community-informed responses to substance use and addiction. Dive into resources highlighting people with lived and living experience, stigma, sex- and gender-based analysis, Indigenous Peoples, and housing.
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Housing
Housing insecurity and the substance use health (SUH) crisis continue to be some of the most pressing issues for the well-being of people living in Canada. We are working with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) to help address these concerns.
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Lived and Living Experiences
The insights of people with lived and living experience of substance use are unique and vital. No one else can share so meaningfully about what their experience of substance use and addiction feels like and what effect this has on their lives and the lives of people around them.
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National Addictions Awareness Week
National Addictions Awareness Week highlights solutions to help address alcohol- and other drug-related harms. It’s an opportunity for people in Canada to learn more about prevention and harm reduction, talk about treatment and recovery, and discuss solutions for change.
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CCSA has committed to integrating sex-, gender- and equity-based analysis into all of our work. By reviewing the whole body of research available and refining the results, we’re able to identify research and resources relevant to specific populations.
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Stigma
Stigma is not only hurtful, but it also has real-life consequences. In the field of substance use health, stigma is a significant barrier for people with a substance use disorder or who have used substances in the past.
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