Description Join Dr. Jeff Myers and Brenda Stein, experts in palliative care and experienced guides through the MAID process, for an insightful discussion on the following topics: Understand the process of MAID Navigating potential personal conflict Processing the emotional impact Audience This is a virtual session for people in Ontario working in the fields of mental health, HIV, harm reduction, housing & hospice.
Read More →As a network representing community-based organizations working across HIV, hepatitis C, substance use, and related health services, the Ontario AIDS Network (OAN) is deeply concerned by the provincial government’s decision to end funding for supervised consumption and treatment services (CTS) across Ontario. Many of our member organizations work closely with people who use drugs and partners across the health system to reduce health risks, prevent infectious disease transmission, and connect people to care. Through this work, we see firsthand the complex challenges posed by the ongoing toxic drug crisis.
Read More →Standing Together for Life Ontario AIDS Network – Drug Policy and Harm Reduction Working Group reflects on International Overdose Awareness Day On International Overdose Awareness Day, we remember the many lives lost to overdose, honour those living with grief, and recommit ourselves to action against this preventable tragedy. This year, our reflections come in the midst of a deeply troubling reality. Ontario is in the grip of an ongoing toxic drug crisis, one that has claimed tens of thousands of lives and continues to devastate families and communities with death rates surpassing the height of the AIDS crisis. The death
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