11.9 Required Chapter Materials
In addition to the videos and reading links embedded into the chapter, students are required to complete the following:
Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC). (October 7, 2020). Discussion guide: Getting to tomorrow – Ending the overdose crisis, beyond COVID-19. https://gettingtotomorrow.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Discussion-Guide-EN.pdf (Read pages: 26-29. Start at “Some Positive Developments”).
CBC News. (March 25, 2021). Harm reduction dispensing machine now operating in Sackville. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/harm-reduction-vending-machine-sackville-1.5963339
Csete, J. & Elliott, R. (May 21, 2021). Consumer protection in drug policy: The human rights case for safe supply as an element of harm reduction. International Journal of Drug Policy, 91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102976
D’Mello, C. & Callan, I. (August 21 2024). Ban on supervised consumption sites closes locations Ford government previously approved. Global News. https://globalnews.ca/news/10705962/ontario-safe-injection-site-funding-shutdown/
Ghartey, K. & Upshur, R. (June 27, 2023). Let evidence, not opinion, guide harm reduction policy and practice in Canada’s drug poisoning crisis. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/let-evidence-not-opinion-guide-harm-reduction-policy-and-practice-in-canadas-drug-poisoning-crisis-207679
Health Canada. (May 15, 2019). Government of Canada approves new treatment options for opioid use disorder and supports research treatment & harm reduction projects in Ontario. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2019/05/government-of-canada-approves-new-treatment-options-for-opioid-use-disorder-and-supports-research-treatment-and-harm-reduction-projects-in-ontario.html
Health Canada. (February 28, 2023). Supervised consumption explained: Types of sites and services. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/substance-use/supervised-consumption-sites/explained.html
Ivsins, A., Pauly, B., Brown, M., Evans, J., Gray, E., Schiff, R., Krysowaty, B., Vallance, K. & Stockwell, T. (April 9, 2019). On the outside looking in: Finding a place for managed alcohol programs in the harm reduction movement. International Journal of Drug Policy, 67, 58-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.02.004
Johnson, M. (May 2, 2021). Meet the people putting Indigenous culture at the heart of addictions treatment. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/reconnecting-saves-lives-1.6010361
Kermin, N., Manoni-Millar, S., Cormier, L. Cahill, T. & Sylvestre, J. (May 31, 2020). It’s not just injecting drugs – Supervised consumption sites & the social determinants of health. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108078
Lavalley, J., Kastor, S., Valleriani, J., & McNeil, R. (December 17, 2018). Reconciliation & Canada’s overdose crisis: Responding to the needs of Indigenous Peoples. Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 190, 1466-1467. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.181093
Miller, T. (May 6, 2020). The harm-reduction quandary of reducing adult smoking while dissuading youth initiation. American Journal of Public Health, 110(6). 788-789. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305688
Ontario. (n.d.). Recognize and temporarily reverse an opioid overdose. https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-naloxone-kits-free
Stockwell, T. (October 14, 2019). Canada needs an alcohol act to address the damage of this deadly carcinogen. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/canada-needs-an-alcohol-act-to-address-the-damage-caused-by-this-deadly-carcinogen-124569
TEDx Talks. (December 3, 2019). Health & harm reduction: Rethinking conventional drug use & policy — Jeffrey Hom [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/7HP1a48MNFM
Tyndall, M. (2020). A safer drug supply: A pragmatic and ethical response to the overdoes crisis. Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), 192(34), E986-987. https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.201618
Understanding harm reduction: Substance use. (February, 2020). HealthLinkBC File Number 102a. https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthlinkbc-files/understanding-harm-reduction-substance-use
