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Public policy about addictions
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A dedicated Canadian community of decision-makers, direct service providers, educators, NGO leaders, policy analysts, and researchers is ever engaged in preventing and mitigating addiction harm. To these individuals we are indebted for our National Framework for Action to Reduce the Harms Associated with Alcohol and other Drugs and Substances in Canada.
In 2009 a national virtual Community of Practice (vCoP) provided the opportunity for a "virtual discussion" of issues, research, and programming related to girls' and women's substance use in the country. The aim of the discussion was to "gender" the national framework.
This discussion guide highlights one of the topics explored in the vCoP. Its purpose is to stimulate further conversation on gendered approaches to prevention, harm reduction, and treatment.
The Community of Practice project was sponsored by the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (BCCEWH) in partnership with the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) and the Universities of Saskatchewan and South Australia.
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A partial list of the organizations to whom an FGTA representative has delivered information and recommendations as a petitioner, presenter, conference participant, featured speaker or panelist. These are additional to the groups in which FGTA is regularly represented by invitation (see Get Involved—Education and Advocacy).
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A dedicated Canadian community of decision-makers, direct service providers, educators, NGO leaders, policy analysts, and researchers is ever engaged in preventing and mitigating addiction harm. To these individuals we are indebted for our National Framework for Action to Reduce the Harms Associated with Alcohol and other Drugs and Substances in Canada.
In 2009 a national virtual Community of Practice (vCoP) provided the opportunity for a "virtual discussion" of issues, research, and programming related to girls' and women's substance use in the country. The aim of the discussion was to "gender" the national framework.
This discussion guide highlights one of the topics explored in the vCoP. Its purpose is to stimulate further conversation on gendered approaches to youth prevention, harm reduction, and treatment.
The Community of Practice project was sponsored by the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (BCCEWH) in partnership with the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) and the Universities of Saskatchewan and South Australia.
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Harm reduction: what it is, what a community program does, and how to develop a program.
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How long does treatment take? The answer has important implications for housing, as Monte Paulsen writes in a January, 2008 edition of The Tyee online.
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A dedicated Canadian community of decision-makers, direct service providers, educators, NGO leaders, policy analysts, and researchers is ever engaged in preventing and mitigating addiction harm. To these individuals we are indebted for our National Framework for Action to Reduce the Harms Associated with Alcohol and other Drugs and Substances in Canada.
In 2009 a national virtual Community of Practice (vCoP) provided the opportunity for a "virtual discussion" of issues, research, and programming related to girls' and women's substance use in the country. The aim of the discussion was to "gender" the national framework.
This discussion guide highlights one of the topics explored in the vCoP. Its purpose is to stimulate further conversation on gendered approaches to prevention, harm reduction, and treatment.
The Community of Practice project was sponsored by the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (BCCEWH) in partnership with the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) and the Universities of Saskatchewan and South Australia.
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The families of people with an addiction disorder will appreciate the wisdom expressed in April by Craig McClure, Executive Director, International AIDS Society. Mr. McClure gave the closing keynote address to the International Harm Reduction Conference (Harm Reduction 2009) in Bangkok, Thailand, this past April 23.
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Learning From Each Other: Enhancing Community-Based Harm Reduction Programs and Practices in Canada is the final report on the research undertaken by the Canadian Harm Reduction Network and the Canadian AIDS Society on useful and innovative harm reduction programs and practices in nine small-to-medium-sized cities in Canada ... and some of the ways that challenges to them are being met. The report draws on information from focus groups with people who use services in these cities, agency visits and community walk-abouts, and is illustrated with photographs taken en route
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A dedicated Canadian community of decision-makers, direct service providers, educators, NGO leaders, policy analysts, and researchers is ever engaged in preventing and mitigating addiction harm. To these individuals we are indebted for our National Framework for Action to Reduce the Harms Associated with Alcohol and other Drugs and Substances in Canada.
In 2009 a national virtual Community of Practice (vCoP) provided the opportunity for a "virtual discussion" of issues, research, and programming related to girls' and women's substance use in the country. The aim of the discussion was to "gender" the national framework.
This discussion guide highlights one of the topics explored in the vCoP. Its purpose is to stimulate further conversation on addressing the needs of pregnant women and mothers in substance use prevention, harm reduction, treatment, service system planning, and policy making.
The Community of Practice project was sponsored by the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (BCCEWH) in partnership with the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) and the Universities of Saskatchewan and South Australia.
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December 2008 Report - Canadian Executive Council on Addictions
When the families served by this website look to the health system for help, they learn about the integration of mental health and addiction services—but where, they wonder, are the resources that would be available to them if integration had happened at the service level?
If such resources are scant, this report shows why. There's a pattern to the organizational problems that get in the way. The good news comes with the practical recommendations at the report's conclusion. Here is a clear framework for moving quickly to service-level integration and meeting a standard that is meaningful to families disrupted by mental and substance disorders.
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FGTA's mission includes working with other groups to see more addiction treatment facilities established and operated in British Columbia. This page describes the partnership supporting The Crossing, coming to Keremeos this year.
Resources for recovery
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In its online publication about research-based treatment techniques, the National Institute on Drug Addiction in the U.S. endorses these 13 principles for effective drug treatment.
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The National Institute on Drug Addiction in the U.S. describes seven treatment modalities used by skilled clinicians that have been subjected to unbiased assessment. These five pages from Principles of Effective Addiction Treatment include references to the research studies.
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From the brochure:
"Supporting Youth & Families: Youth Addictions & Prevention Services operates as a network of wellness focused prevention and treatment services supporting youth, families and communities."
