{"id":7937,"date":"2019-01-28T14:07:57","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T21:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crism.ca\/?page_id=7937"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:01:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T20:01:51","slug":"engaging-with-people-with-lived-experience-of-substance-use","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crism.ca\/fr\/engaging-with-people-with-lived-experience-of-substance-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobiliser les personnes ayant une exp\u00e9rience v\u00e9cue et actuelle de l\u2019usage de substances"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7937\" class=\"elementor elementor-7937\" wpc-filter-elementor-widget=\"1\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e20ae95 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"2e20ae95\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-154778b6\" data-id=\"154778b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-437d4bc3 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"437d4bc3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6aaf7419\" data-id=\"6aaf7419\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-768a8749 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"768a8749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Implementation<br>Science Progam<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc68450 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2bc68450\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">British Columbia Node<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b2dd23e\" data-id=\"5b2dd23e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e993c23 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e993c23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Engaging with PWLLE of Substance Use\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38a00f22 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"38a00f22\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a96638b elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"7a96638b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-755bba3a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"755bba3a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-702e78f0\" data-id=\"702e78f0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-391389d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"391389d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64a841a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64a841a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Principal Investigator<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12430335 elementor-cta--skin-cover elementor-cta--valign-middle elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"12430335\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/crism.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jade-Boyd-30-APR-2018-03-scaled.jpg);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Jade-Boyd-30-APR-2018-03\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item elementor-animated-item--grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJade Boyd\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__button-wrapper elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item elementor-animated-item--grow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta__button elementor-button elementor-size-\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bccsu.ca\/blog\/team\/dr-jade-boyd\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tabout\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2400feb\" data-id=\"2400feb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d47bc6b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4d47bc6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-508bf68e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"508bf68e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Researchers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-157a5e33 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"157a5e33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Kat Gallant<\/strong> (CRISM),<\/li><li><strong>Samara Mayer<\/strong> (BCCSU),<\/li><li><strong>Kelsey Speed<\/strong> (UBC)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b2df6d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6b2df6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bfdfda elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6bfdfda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Representatives<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-070b741 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"070b741\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>British Columbia:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Alex Sherstobitoff (ANKORS);<\/li><li>Garth Mullins &amp; Dean Wilson (BCCSU);<\/li><li>Laura Shaver (BCCSU)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong><br \/>Prairies:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Brandi Abele (CAPUD),<\/li><li>Dawn Lavand (Manitoba Harm Reduction Network)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0.6px;\">\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong style=\"letter-spacing: 0.6px;\">Ontario:<\/strong><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.6px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Frank Crichlow (Counterfit Harm Reduction),<\/li><li>Sean LeBlanc (Ottawa Inner City Health),<\/li><li>Kathy Pinheiro (Sistering),<\/li><li>Michael Nurse (Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Quebec-Atlantic:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Alexandra deKiewit (CAPUD),<\/li><li>Matt Bonn (CAPUD),<\/li><li>Natasha Touesnard (CAPUD)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68b3dcf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"68b3dcf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8fff873 elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"8fff873\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dcb05fd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3dcb05fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10d690bd elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10d690bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Objective<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3131cd80 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3131cd80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This initiative aimed to facilitate the engagement of people with lived experience (PWLE) throughout Canada by enhancing national peer networks. Participants engaged in implementation science projects and identified advocacy priorities to converge on a national set of actions to address the opioid crisis.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2aa7224e\" data-id=\"2aa7224e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5be34a5e elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5be34a5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:1,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/crism.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3d-view-holographic-layering-scaled-scaled.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-14379\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crism.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3d-view-holographic-layering-scaled-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/crism.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3d-view-holographic-layering-scaled-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/crism.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3d-view-holographic-layering-scaled-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/crism.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3d-view-holographic-layering-scaled-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/crism.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3d-view-holographic-layering-scaled-1536x1536.webp 1536w, https:\/\/crism.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3d-view-holographic-layering-scaled-2048x2048.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56008ba1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"56008ba1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f056b5b elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"6f056b5b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b9b06da elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7b9b06da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57d622fb elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57d622fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Projects<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-486891d1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"486891d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Crackdown Podcast<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>The group participates in the development of podcasts with the existing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crackdownpod.com\/\">Crackdown Podcast<\/a> platform.\u00a0<\/li><li>The group recently co-developed Episode 23:\u00a0<strong>Cop Free Future<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/crackdownpod.com\/\">listen here<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong><br \/>Dope Policy Website<\/strong><\/p><p>The group has recently developed a multimedia website,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250614173925\/https:\/\/www.dope-policy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Dope Policy<\/em><\/a>, that shares members\u2019 stories \u2013 as activists and harm reduction workers with lived and living experience \u2013 of the rewards and challenges of supporting PWUD, and the dope policies needed to create meaningful change.<\/p><p><strong>Covid-19 Research<\/strong><\/p><p>Qualitative interviews with PWLE regarding their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p><p><strong>Photovoice Journal<\/strong><\/p><p>The group also published a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250614173925\/https:\/\/crism.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/photovoice-project.pdf\">Photovoice Journal<\/a> documenting activism and key issues in their lives.<\/p><p><strong>Harm Reduction Service Worker Survey<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"wpb_row vc_row vc_row-fluid jupiter-donut- mk-fullwidth-false attched-false js-master-row mk-grid mk-in-viewport\" data-mk-stretch-content=\"true\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-10 wpb_column column_container jupiter-donut- _ jupiter-donut-height-full\"><div id=\"list-42\" class=\"mk-list-styles mk-align-none jupiter-donut- jupiter-donut-clear\" data-charcode=\"mk-icon-check\" data-family=\"\"><p>The national PWLE project group completed their survey at the Stimulus Harm Reduction Conference in Edmonton in October 2018 of 50 participants on barriers faced by harm reduction service workers and created a report and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250614173925\/https:\/\/crism.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Infographic-CRISM-Peer-Study.pdf\">infographic<\/a>.<\/p><p>An\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250614173925\/https:\/\/harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12954-020-00453-5#citeas\">academic article<\/a>\u00a0has been published: \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0People with Lived Expertise of Drug Use National Working Group., Abele, B.,\u00a0Bowser, J.\u00a0<i>et al.<\/i>\u00a0Having a voice and saving lives: a qualitative survey on\u00a0employment impacts of people with lived experience of drug use working in\u00a0harm reduction.\u00a0<i>Harm Reduct J<\/i>\u00a0<b>18,\u00a0<\/b>1 (2021). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12954-020-00453-5<\/p><p>A recording of a webinar on the qualitative survey, led by CRISM\/BCCSU researchers and PWLE and organized by Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA),\u00a0is now available on CPHA\u2019s YouTube channel, and can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250614173925\/https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ijS_qYStykI\">here<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ImplementationScience Progam British Columbia Node Engaging with PWLLE of Substance Use Principal Investigator Jade Boyd about Researchers Kat Gallant (CRISM), Samara Mayer (BCCSU), Kelsey Speed (UBC) Representatives British Columbia:\u00a0 Alex Sherstobitoff (ANKORS); Garth Mullins &amp; Dean Wilson (BCCSU); Laura Shaver (BCCSU) Prairies:\u00a0 Brandi Abele (CAPUD), Dawn Lavand (Manitoba Harm Reduction Network) \u00a0 Ontario:\u00a0 Frank Crichlow (Counterfit Harm Reduction), Sean LeBlanc (Ottawa Inner City Health), Kathy Pinheiro (Sistering), Michael Nurse (Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention) \u00a0 Quebec-Atlantic:\u00a0\u00a0 Alexandra deKiewit (CAPUD), Matt Bonn (CAPUD), Natasha Touesnard (CAPUD) Objective This initiative aimed to facilitate the engagement of people with lived experience (PWLE) throughout Canada by enhancing national peer networks. Participants engaged in implementation science projects and identified advocacy priorities to converge on a national set of actions to address the opioid crisis. Projects Crackdown Podcast The group participates in the development of podcasts with the existing\u00a0Crackdown Podcast platform.\u00a0 The group recently co-developed Episode 23:\u00a0Cop Free Future\u00a0(listen here) Dope Policy Website The group has recently developed a multimedia website,\u00a0Dope Policy, that shares members\u2019 stories \u2013 as activists and harm reduction workers with lived and living experience \u2013 of the rewards and challenges of supporting PWUD, and the dope policies needed to create meaningful change. Covid-19 Research Qualitative interviews with PWLE regarding their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photovoice Journal The group also published a\u00a0Photovoice Journal documenting activism and key issues in their lives. Harm Reduction Service Worker Survey The national PWLE project group completed their survey at the Stimulus Harm Reduction Conference in Edmonton in October 2018 of 50 participants on barriers faced by harm reduction service workers and created a report and\u00a0infographic. An\u00a0academic article\u00a0has been published: \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0People with Lived Expertise of Drug Use National Working Group., Abele, B.,\u00a0Bowser, J.\u00a0et al.\u00a0Having a voice and saving lives: a qualitative survey on\u00a0employment impacts of people with lived experience of drug use working in\u00a0harm reduction.\u00a0Harm Reduct J\u00a018,\u00a01 (2021). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12954-020-00453-5 A recording of a webinar on the qualitative survey, led by CRISM\/BCCSU researchers and PWLE and organized by Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA),\u00a0is now available on CPHA\u2019s YouTube channel, and can be found\u00a0here.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"folder":[],"wf_page_folders":[371],"class_list":["post-7937","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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