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Survey Results from Mayoral Candidates: part 3

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Survey Results from Mayoral Candidates: part 1

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Can’t wait for our next post? Read mayoral and city council candidates’ full responses on our website, here: cssdp.org/chapters/edm...

What the hell is "resiliency education" Have you heard of this yet? Feeling all kinds of rage right now.

Safeworks no longer providing needles, pipes to Calgary partner agencies Grassroots harm-reduction teams in Calgary say the province’s health restructuring has halted their access to free needles, pipes and other supplies that help keep drug users safe.

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”Under the provincial government’s health-care restructuring, meant to streamline care, Primary and Preventative Health Services provides the funding to Primary Care Alberta, which in turn funds Recovery Alberta.”

www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

My friend says it all. We don't get to take off our orange shirts and tuck them away for another year.

The days between my son's birth (Oct 6) and his death (Dec 19) are always the most difficult. I can already feel the intense grief settling in my bones. It's unrelenting. #grief #childloss

Reconciliation includes recognizing Residential Schools are not the only colonial atrocity When it comes to reconciliation in Canada, we need to remember that the colonial history encompasses many assimilation tactics and its impacts are ongoing.

Reconciliation includes recognizing Residential Schools are not the only colonial atrocity

How Media Can Help Bring Indigenous Traditions Back to Life | The Walrus Why Indigenous storytelling is essential to counter erasure and reclaim history

thewalrus.ca/trc-media/

Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures | Urban Affairs It’s time to add more tools to fight the addiction crisis

YEG mayoral candidate Michael Walters backs involuntary treatment which is harmful and ineffective.

Forced care violates rights, fuels stigma and fails.

Lives are saved by harm reduction, housing and voluntary supports.

Vote wisely, not for him.

urbanaffairs.ca/frankly/desp...

There’s a really bad batch out there right now ... — Moms Stop The Harm Trigger Warning: This content discusses topics related to drug overdose and death, which may be distressing for some individuals. Please proceed with care and prioritize your well-being. Submitte...

I connected with @drdagly.bsky.social and he allowed me to share his story as a physician working the front lines with patients and families of overdose victims as a blog post for @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social

www.momsstoptheharm.com/blog/2024/11...

On the surface, Ontario's "Safer Municipalities Act" seeks to address public drug use. In this brief, Brianna Olson-Pitawanakwat Mskwaasin Agnew, and Kelsi Balaban argue it maintains too-familiar traditions of Indigenous displacement and colonial harm: yellowheadinstitute.org/2025/ontario...

“When city workers confiscate personal belongings like tents and harm reduction supplies from people sheltering on the street, it increases their risk of non-fatal overdose and physical and sexual violence, according to a new study.”

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Monday Sept 22
Noon - 1:30 pm
Collective Action to Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and Promoting Healing in Youth Growing up with Parental Substance Use Challenges
Agnes Chen, Registered Nurse, Starlings Community
albertahealthservices.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Saskatchewan Health Authority faces criticism for Indigenous hair-cutting policy | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1133214...

Alberta Day – Edmonton event Let's celebrate Alberta Day at the Legislature Grounds.

"Alberta Day" with a beer garden — the same day as Int'l Overdose Awareness Day.

Just kilometers apart: one celebrates, the other mourns 12,348 lives lost due to the UCP’s ineptitude in handling the toxic drug crisis.

Honestly, it leaves me feeling disgusted.

www.alberta.ca/alberta-day-...

Event graphic with blue all caps text on a light green background, and an image of a chain breaking. The event title is: "Abolition Means *All* Carceral Spaces." Below is a grey box with black text: "Save the date: A virtual convening on disability justice for abolitionists October 28-29 hosted by the Beyond Do No Harm Network at Interrupting Criminalization, Disability Project at Transgender Law Center, and Community Justice Exchange." Logos for the respective organizations are in the upper left corner.

🗓️ Save the date! Mark your calendars for October 28-29 to join our Beyond Do No Harm network, Disability Project at the Transgender Law Center, and @commjusticeexch.bsky.social for this 2-day virtual convening, Abolition Means *All* Carceral Spaces.

Young Indigenous Women are empowered at Circle of Leadership summer programs - Alberta Native News by Regan Treewater-Lipes (ANNews) – For the past two years, Dr. Trudy Cardinal, professor of Elementary Education in the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Education, has been...

My granddaughter attended this year. She loved it and can't wait for next year. Highlights for her were the ribbon skirt & rattle making.

www.albertanativenews.com/young-indige...

Hey #Yeg, it's the 50th anniversary of Prisoners Justice Day on Aug 10. Some friends and I are hosting a day of remembrance with beadwork, books, & oodles of important info about PJD, Harm Reduction, & more. A side note: my first act of resistance was a march on PJD in 1984 to the Edmonton Max.

‘Indigenous helpers’ are essential to culturally responsive mental health care Who are Indigenous helpers in the context of mental health care? They blend practical support like caregiving and crisis intervention with relational, spiritual guidance rooted in ancestral tradition.

theconversation.com/indigenous-h...

He’s done a lot of good work with the people on the streets in Lethbridge. Native and non-Native. If you can make a donation to him that would help. His PayPal and e-transfer is mheavyheadjr@gmail.com

In support of this global fight against the war on drugs, RECLAIM Collective will host an international online event in preparation for Support. Dont Punish on June 24th 💥

To register:

us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

RECLAIM Collective speaks out against forced abstinence In advance of Support. Don't Punish on June 26, the founders of RECLAIM Collective share their thoughts on how the forced abstinence legislation recently passed by the Alberta government will impact t...

drugdatadecoded.ca/reclaim-coll...

Rural community-based participatory research with families of people who use drugs: key considerations from a multi-provincial research partnership - Harm Reduction Journal North America continues to contend with an unregulated drug crisis that is impacting communities of all sizes. Community-based participatory research that meaningfully engages people who use drugs, fa...

harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

My fam has lost 3 young men to substance use in the last 2 1/2 yrs. My son (Dec 2022), My cousin (June 2023) my other cousin (yesterday). They were twins, & both close to my son. We don't talk enough about the devastation that is left in the wake of untimely & tragic deaths. It has a domino effect

We Were Here Project, Mary Fairhurst Breen These animated shorts tell the stories of just a few of the thousands of young people lost to the fentanyl crisis in Ontario. Mary's daughter Sophie was one of them. Based on interviews with loved one...

June 3rd marks 6 yrs since Zach died to drug poisoning and but the pain feels like it was yesterday. It is hard to put into words how much he is missed: his laughter, dreams, the person he was and wanted to be. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Two of my favorite people interviewed here...

"LEB among the Indigenous population in Canada is known to be lower than that among the non-Indigenous population, while the IMR is known to be higher."

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