This training is presented by CAAN Communities, Alliances & Networks and Dr. Peter Center
This is part 1 of a 2-part, 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.
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.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Project Lead Cherese Reemaul at creemaul@drpeter.org
#Facilitator: Patrick Smith
The facilitator for this session is Patrick Smith: I am an Indigenous Male from the Tlingit , Kwaguluth , Qualicum bands with many relatives from Alaska to Chile. I have worked in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for 24 years for a wide variety of non profits and numerous depts in the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and the First Nation Health Authority . I am the founder and former Executive Director of Culture Saves Lives: a low barrier cultural Center at One East Hastings in Vancouver BC. I was also instrumental in bringing the Managed Alcohol Program to Vancouver from Toronto.