CAAN Communities, Alliances & Networks and Dr. Peter Center are delighted to invite you to another series of Indigenous-led trauma informed Harm Reduction training. This training is part of the national project, The Canoe and is free to attend. The Canoe aims to bring relevant, non-stigmatizing, context specific harm reduction practices for rural and remote indigenous communities to the national stage.
This two-part series will be held virtually and will require advance registration. They will focus on the following topics:
- Stigma. March 14th 2024 at 9am-10am PST/ 12noon-1pm EST. Register at the link below.
- Indigenous Harm Reduction: March 26th 2024 at 9am-10am PST/12 noon- 1pm EST. Find the registration link here.
#Facilitator
The facilitator for this training is Clint Barton, Indigenous Cultural Advisor at the Dr. Peter Centre. Read Clint's bio here.
#Learning Objectives
The objective of The Canoe is to:
- increase capacity of harm reduction service providers to provide culturally safe and stigma-free harm reduction services to Indigenous people.
- improve the cultural safety and stigma-free nature of the harm reduction services offered.
- Scale up wise practices nationally for culturally relevant, non-stigmatizing initiatives to meet the needs of target populations.
- Increase context-specific resources for harm reduction services that serve target populations in rural and mid-sized communities.
- Increase access to more spaces where Indigenous people are meaningfully engaged in harm reduction services.
- Nationally elevate the voices of Indigenous people and people with lived and living experience (PLLE)in responses to the overdose crisis; and
- Support Indigenous and non-Indigenous harm reduction organizations to increase their capacity to deliver harm reduction services to their Indigenous clients.