Skip to content
  • Français
Getting to Tomorrow
  • About
    • About the Project
    • Three Main Goals
    • Contact
  • Resources
    • Backgrounders
    • Discussion Guide
    • Studies & Evidence
    • Media Guide
    • Media Kit
    • Sample Presentation to Council
  • Communities
    • Locations
    • Community Partners
    • ACB Communities
    • In Memory
  • Blog
  • Multimedia
    • Videos
    • Infographics and Data
  • Media
  • Contact
  • CDPC

Tag: barrie

Barrie City Hall

Barrie Health Accord support letter for supervised consumption site

November 17, 2021 (November 17, 2021)
By Regulation Project

We believe that an SCS/CTS in Barrie at the proposed location of 11 Innisfil St (80 Bradford Street, Unit 940) is the next pressing need in responding to this crisis.

Read More
Simcoe muskoka barrie

Coalition of local and national harm reduction and drug policy organizations push for policy change at public health dialogue on overdose/drug poisoning crisis

October 19, 2021 (October 19, 2021)
By Regulation Project

Bringing together leaders from diverse sectors of society to identify and move towards policy solutions to the overdose/drug poisoning crisis.

Read More
Indigenous harm reduction worker

Indigenous Harm Reduction in Barrie

July 26, 2021 (January 25, 2022)
By Regulation Project

Harm reduction services rooted in Indigenous ways of knowing and undestanding the world are an essential component to a public health-guided vision for drug policy.

Read More
A woman packing food in a kitchen

Ryan’s Hope: An Organization Building Community While Feeding the Hungry

July 26, 2021 (January 25, 2022)
By Regulation Project

Ryan’s parents began Ryan’s Hope as a way to shine a spotlight on the intersections of homelessness, addiction, and mental health.

Read More
A winding highway towards mountains

Giving a voice to those at the centre: Thoughts and reflections from a person who uses drugs

May 21, 2021 (May 26, 2021)
By Regulation Project

I am still living it every day—the stigma of substance use. Life is a huge challenge.. The “day to day” that most of us take for granted.

Read More
A hand reaching out for help

Services and help for those who want it are too hard to access. The system isn’t designed for us

May 21, 2021 (July 17, 2021)
By Regulation Project

There are many people out there who want to get help but can’t.

Read More
Two medical face masks

COVID-19 is making the overdose crisis worse. I see it first hand

May 21, 2021 (July 17, 2021)
By Regulation Project

When you use drugs alone it’s a lot more dangerous because there’s no one there to help you if you overdose

Read More
Fully stocked liquor cabinet with liquor

The double standard between alcohol and drugs reveals the harmful nature of stigma

May 20, 2021 (June 15, 2021)
By Regulation Project

“Back in prohibition days for alcohol, folks were dying from homemade hooch. I wonder how many places in Canada serve alcohol now?”

Read More

The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition is based out of Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Health Sciences.

Sign up for latest news and updates

Getting to Tomorrow © 2023.
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram