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Rebecca Penn

@rebeccapenn.bsky.social

Harm reduction, public health, puppies, cats, opossums… an uninvited settler in Mi’kma’ki; MSTH, NSSCoP, views my own.

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Just launched! CPHA’s 2025 federal election factsheets are here. Get informed. Ask tough questions. Raise the bar for public health in Canada. www.cpha.ca/election-2025 #PublicHealthMatters #elxn45

23.03.2025 17:30 — 👍 27    🔁 21    💬 1    📌 0
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A constitutional challenge being heard today, brought forward by @tngcommunityto.bsky.social and two individual Applicants, will determine whether a number of life-saving supervised consumption sites in the province can continue to operate past the end of this month.

24.03.2025 11:21 — 👍 37    🔁 28    💬 1    📌 4
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Two Saskatoon libraries temporarily close due to increase in drug use and violence Saskatoon Public Library has said it can’t serve as a refuge for people who require addictions support and medical emergencies

Two Saskatoon libraries temporarily close because of rampant drug use and violence. Staff have responded to 48 overdoses so far in 2025, double the number in the same period last year. theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via
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24.03.2025 19:57 — 👍 23    🔁 13    💬 4    📌 2

Thank you for posting! I’m there with you all in spirit!

24.03.2025 16:51 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Key findings: Opioid- and Stimulant-related Harms in Canada — Canada.ca The most recent available data on overdoses and deaths involving opioids and/or stimulants from January 2016 to June 2024 in Canada, where available.

“There was a total of 49,105 apparent opioid toxicity deaths reported between January 2016 and June 2024”

We have well surpassed 50,000 drug poisoning deaths in Canada since 2016.

health-infobase.canada.ca/substance-re...

20.02.2025 05:50 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Thursday! Michelle and Lucas will discuss findings from their respective research studies and Andrew will provide his thoughts from the perspective of a physician who provides care to people who use drugs. A discussion will follow.

Registration link is at Upcoming Events on our website.

18.02.2025 13:31 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

This was a great webinar!

22.11.2024 01:07 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Hot Topic Webinar: Rebuilding Workplace Substance Use Policy Using a Harm Reduction Lens

Thurs Nov 22nd at 2 pm ET

More info and registration: ca01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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19.11.2024 01:50 — 👍 13    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 1
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📣 Webinar Nov. 21, 2024:

⚒️ Rebuilding Workplace Substance Use Policy Using a Harm Reduction Lens.

Zoom: ca01web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

17.11.2024 12:53 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Ten book covers: How We Get Free, Hope in the Dark, Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Palestine in a World on Fire, Let This Radicalize you, Socialism... Seriously, The Black Antifascist Tradition, Elite Capture, Class Struggle Unionism, and Unbuild Walls. More details at the included link.

For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free

Another world is possible if we fight for it

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