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Let's Discuss: Intro to Opioids Events

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!

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

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Free Webinar: Intersection of Sleep & Addiction Events

You’re invited for EHN Canada’s next educational webinar: Intersection of Sleep & Addiction with Dr. Tim Ayas, BSc, MD, FRCPC, CCFP, MPH, Psychiatrist, Sandstone Treatment Centre.

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Let's Talk About Opioids Events

Let’s Talk about 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. Learn about opioids, prevention, recovery and how to protect yourself and your community. 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.

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Let's Discuss: Stigma of Addiction Events

Let’s Discuss Stigma

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!

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Let's Discuss: Stigma of Addiction Events

Let’s Discuss Stigma

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!

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Let's Talk About How to Help Events

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.

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Let's Discuss: How to Help Events

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.

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Why Community Matters: The Role of Connection in Substance Use Health Events

“The opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety – it’s connection.” Johann Hari, author and journalist.

Why does having the support of a community affect a person’s journey to wellness? Join us to learn about the latest research on the importance of community for people living with substance use issues.

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Free Webinar: How Childhood Trauma Influences Addiction Events

You’re invited for EHN Canada’s next educational webinar: How Childhood Trauma Influences Addiction with Noah Mugenyi, RP, Registered Psychotherapist, Bellwood Health Services.

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Let's Talk About Addiction and OUD Events

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 escape rooms, quizzes and more!

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Let's Talk About Toxic Drugs Events

The opioid crisis is looming over youth across Canada. Come join the conversation with the Youth Opioid Awareness Program at the YMCA. This is a 30-minute drop-in talk of how Fentanyl and Carfentil are worsening the opioid crisis. This talk covers 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!

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

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Let's Discuss: Addiction and Opioid Use Disorder Events

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.

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