opioids including fentanyl

Let’s Discuss: Stigma

Let’s Discuss: How to Help

What do we do when we suspect someone is problematically using substances. Join the conversation with the Youth Opioid Awareness Program at the YMCA. This one hour session covers the signs and symptoms of opioid use disorder and how to offer support to someone struggling with a substance use disorder. The YOAP is offering interactive and engaging workshops for ages 15 – 24 both online and in-person. Participate in escape rooms, quizzes and more!

Let’s Talk: Safer Use

Explore the ways to safely use substances from the unregulated supply. Learn how to keep safe at parties and events. Come join the conversation with the Youth Opioid Awareness Program at the YMCA.

No fees or costs! No sign up required for sessions! Simply join via the zoom link in the calendar.

Workshops are available for booking in British Columbia, Ontario and Newfoundland & Labrador.

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

Let’s Discuss: Addiction and Opioid Use Disorder

‘Summertime Blooms’ Workshop

Tuesday August 15, 2023

12 - 2PM

IN PERSON

1025 Queen Street West

Register here: Summertime Blooms: August Session Tickets, Tue, 15 Aug 2023 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite

Let’s Talk: Tainted Supply

Come join the conversation with the Youth Opioid Awareness Program at the YMCA. This is a 30-minute drop-in talk of how Fentanyl, Carfentil and other substances are worsening the opioid crisis. This talk covers the use of multiple substances and how the unregulated market has become tainted with the new and toxic drugs being added.

No fees or costs! No sign up required for sessions! Simply join via the zoom link in the calendar.

Let’s Discuss: Naloxone

Let’s Talk: Opioid Crisis Origin

Discover where the opioid crisis originated and how it’s changed over the decades. Come join the conversation with the Youth Opioid Awareness Program at the YMCA. Learn about opioids, and how they’ve influenced the unregulated market.

No fees or costs! No sign up required for sessions! Simply join via the zoom link in the calendar.

Workshops are available for booking in British Columbia, Ontario and Newfoundland & Labrador.

Live Mindfulness and Yoga Session

An accompaniment for participants who have completed any workshops in the Youth Opioids Awareness Program. Led by a certified fitness instructor, join this relaxing session that also aids in developing the strong and healthy coping mechanisms of mindfulness and yoga. Learn to process stressful events, reduce rumination and increase energy and cardio health! Click the link below to join!

Let’s Discuss: Toxic Drugs

The opioid crisis is looming over youth across Canada. Come join the conversation with the Youth Opioid Awareness Program at the YMCA. This one-hour workshop highlights how Fentanyl and Carfentil are worsening the opioid crisis. Learn the use of multiple substances and how it affects overdose response treatment. The YOAP is offering interactive and engaging workshops for ages 15 – 24 both online and in-person. Participate in escape rooms, quizzes and more!

Let’s Talk: The History of Opioids

Opioids has been used for thousands of years for pain and maladies, why is there is a crisis now? Come join the conversation with the Youth Opioid Awareness Program at the YMCA. Learn about how opioids came to be illegal in Canada and how that has affected our view of substances.

No fees or costs! No sign up required for sessions! Simply join via the zoom link in the calendar.

Let’s Discuss: Intro to Opioids

The opioid crisis is looming over youth across Canada. Come join the conversation with the Youth Opioid Awareness Program at the YMCA. The YOAP is offering interactive and engaging workshops for ages 15 – 24 both online and in-person. In this one-hour workshop you will learn about opioids, prevention, recovery and how to protect yourself and your community. Participate in activities, quizzes and more!

Let’s Talk: How Opioids Work

The opioid crisis is looming over youth across Canada. Come join the conversation with the Youth Opioid Awareness Program at the YMCA. Learn about what opioids are, and how our body reacts when we take an opioid. Discover the differences between a brain with and without substances.

No fees or costs! No sign up required for sessions! Simply join via the zoom link in the calendar.

An accompaniment for participants who have completed any workshops in the Youth Opioids Awareness Program. It is important to have a strong and healthy variety of coping mechanisms to process stressful events and without there may be an increase in the risk of misusing substances or using substances to cope. Join us in this session of relaxation by clicking the link below.

This one hour session follows the path of a person in recovery and how obstacles of stigma can be overcome. Join the conversation with the Youth Opioid Awareness Program at the YMCA. Learn how stigma can affect a person's road to recovery and how to recognize it in your own attitude and beliefs. Learn tips for how to support someone who has a substance use disorder without using language that perpetuates stigma. The YOAP is offering interactive and engaging workshops for ages 15 – 24 both online and in-person. Participate in escape rooms, quizzes and more!

What exactly is addiction and what make one person more likely to develop a dependence on a substance? Join the conversation with the Youth Opioid Awareness Program at the YMCA. In one hour we will discuss the disease that is addiction and Opioid Use Disorder. There will be information on the various treatments available for recovery from addiction and opioid use disorder, how addiction is diagnosed and risk factors for developing a substance use disorder. The YOAP is offering interactive and engaging workshops for ages 15 – 24 both online and in-person.

This life saving medication is doing its part in the opioid crisis. Join the conversation with the Youth Opioid Awareness Program at the YMCA. Learn the signs of an opioid overdose and what can increase the risk of an overdose in this 1-hour webinar. You can obtain information on how to use a naloxone kit to reverse the effects of an overdose and how to help someone when you do not have a naloxone kit. The YOAP is offering interactive and engaging workshops for ages 15 – 24 both online and in-person. Participate in escape rooms, quizzes and more!

Let’s Discuss: Toxic Drugs

The opioid crisis is looming over youth across Canada. Come join the conversation with the Youth Opioid Awareness Program at the YMCA. This one-hour workshop highlights how Fentanyl and Carfentil are worsening the opioid crisis. Learn the use of multiple substances and how it affects overdose response treatment. The YOAP is offering interactive and engaging workshops for ages 15 – 24 both online and in-person. Participate in escape rooms, quizzes and more!

Let’s Discuss: Intro to Opioids

The opioid crisis is looming over youth across Canada. Come join the conversation with the Youth Opioid Awareness Program at the YMCA. The YOAP is offering interactive and engaging workshops for ages 15 – 24 both online and in-person. In this one-hour workshop you will learn about opioids, prevention, recovery and how to protect yourself and your community. Participate in activities, quizzes and more!