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Recently, the BASIS reviewed a study looking at the association of youth suicidality and alcohol use based on sexual orientation.

May 26 2021

12-3pm     KEYNOTE SPEAKER

New research on substance use during the pandemic suggests alcohol consumption among Canadians has increased since the onset of the pandemic with nearly a quarter (24 per cent) of Canadians reporting increased alcohol consumption (Statistics Canada).

Data are now available from the 2019/20 collection cycle of the Canadian Postsecondary Education Alcohol & Drug Use Survey. Data were collected from 21,297 students at 41 universities, colleges, and CEGEPS.

Dear Colleagues,

Course dates: May 26, 2021 – June 23, 2021

Course cost: $200

Register here: https://teach.camhx.ca/moodle/…

This interview with Dr. Kwame McKenzie of the Wellesley Institute, https://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/ sharpens the future plan for mental health system reform. Good medicine, a balm, for those of us who experienced a languishing of our mental health system before, Covid as well.

Drug prohibition (i.e., the banning of drugs) and criminalization (i.e., making using, selling or having drugs illegal) is costly and ineffective. It is time for these failed policies to end and to invest in the most heavily affected racialized communities.

Please join us at 1:30-2:30 PM

Pandemic-related stress is having a greater impact on people, especially women, living in households with young children, a