substance use

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.

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On behalf of the Minister of Health’s Patient and Family Advisory Council (MPFAC Chair) Betty-Lou Kristy, we are very pleased to let you know that the Minister of Health’s Patient and Family Advisory Council has released its 2022-23 annual report:

Concurrent disorders and youth populations: Understanding and supporting youth who use substances

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

Join on July 11, 2023 at 12 – 1:15 PM ET for a free webinar on integrating Elders in youth mental health and substance use programming: Research has shown how incorporating Elders into mental health programming can help indigenous people in reclaiming their cultural identity and reconnecting with their past.

Registration is now open for the Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health (CICMH) virtual conference,Dialogue to Action.

The conference will be hosted virtually on Wednesday, November 1, 2023.

The conference will offer 25 workshops featuring best, promising and emerging practices in the sector.

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!

4 days left to register! Register Here

You’re invited for EHN Canada’s next educational webinar: Barriers to Mental Health & Addiction Treatment with Carlee Campbell, Bcomm, JD, National Director of Operations at EHN Canada.

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!

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

Let’s Talk About How to Help

Join the conversation with the Youth Opioid Awareness Program at the YMCA. This 30-minute drop-in talk 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!

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

10 days left to register! Register Here

Join Yordanos Woldemariam and Sonia Hsiung from the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing at the Canadian Red Cross for a webinar that explores ways volunteer and community groups work alongside medical professionals to help improve the lives of clients.

The session includes a panel of community workers discussing what Social Prescribing looks like in the community.

Learning Objectives:

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This course, framed with CAPSA's Principle of Substance Use Health, aims to uncover biases and change how we view people who use substances.

Participants will learn about the negative impacts of stigma on our health, and gain the knowledge to address stigma, thereby increasing the health outcomes of people who use substances.

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.

In Canada, one in three people will experience mental illness in their lifetime.

Concurrent disorders are defined as co-occurring substance use disorders with other mental health conditions. For example, up to 40% of people who are diagnosed with Major Depressive Disorder will also have a co-occurring substance use disorder. Despite the prevalence of concurrent disorders, people who live with them tend to be under-diagnosed and under-treated. When care is provided, conditions are often treated separately rather than in an integrated way.

Let’s Talk About Addiction and OUD.

Join the conversation with the Youth Opioid Awareness Program at the YMCA. This 30 minute drop-in talk covers the disease that is addiction and Opioid Use Disorder. There is 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. Participate in activities such as escape rooms, quizzes and more!