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: yukon

Snowflake

Watching a snowflake melt

June 16, 2021 (June 16, 2021)
By Regulation Project

Seeing substance use as a moral failing doesn’t help. It makes you feel stigma and shame, which makes it harder to change.

Read More
Whitehorse, Yukon

Harm reduction and drug policy organizations seek solutions to Yukon’s overdose crisis at territory’s first-ever public health dialogue on drug policy-related harms

June 8, 2021 (September 13, 2021)
By Regulation Project

Bringing diverse communities together to find and enact solutions to the overdose crisis.

Read More
Naloxone case on a chain link fence

You shouldn’t be afraid to phone 911 if you witness an overdose: The benefits and limits of the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act

May 12, 2021 (June 8, 2021)
By Regulation Project

If you are being detained, you have a right to know why you are being detained and the right to remain silent until you have had a chance to speak with a lawyer.

Read More
An open letter on a table

Looking back and looking forward: A letter to my younger self

May 11, 2021 (May 21, 2021)
By Regulation Project

We need more support for people with addiction in our communities. Having access to continued trauma counselling to help resolve issues with her upbringing and being abandoned would have helped a lot.

Read More
Close up of two people holding hands

Overcoming stigma

May 11, 2021 (May 24, 2021)
By Regulation Project

I wish I could say that my story ends here, but it is just the beginning.

Read More
A ray of light shining down onto a dark road

There’s no getting away from it, but there is always hope

May 11, 2021 (May 24, 2021)
By Regulation Project

For anyone who is struggling right now, try to find someone you trust who you can talk openly with.

Read More
A broken fence serving as a barrier to a field

This is the beginning of a life-changing experience. A moment in my life

May 5, 2021 (July 17, 2021)
By Regulation Project

My past revealed how structural stigma works and creates serious harm for people in need.

Read More
Full moon covered by hazy clouds

When services that are supposed to help, don’t. My experience with detox.

May 1, 2021 (May 24, 2021)
By Regulation Project

The psychological and physical pain people who use drugs experience is unbearable. It’s stigma.

Read More
Emerald Lake Yukon

Ready to make a change. My life by James

April 19, 2021 (April 25, 2021)
By Regulation Project

Harm reduction helps connect people with life-saving services that help them turn their lives around. It provides hope, and path forward. I’m living proof of this.

Read More
  • 1
  • 2
  • »

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