SOS : SAVE OUR SITES

SOS : SAVE OUR SITES

A zine on substance use harm reduction advocacy for service providers in Ottawa

UPDATES & INFO AS OF MARCH 2025

Overview of the Charter challenge of Ontario’s Community Care and Recovery Act  - Canadian Drug Policy Coalition
Factum of the Applicants in The Neighbourhood Group Community Services, Katharine Resendes and Jean-Pierre Aubry Forgues v. Ontario – HIV Legal Network
Overdose Prevention Ottawa

EDUCATION

Ottawa Inner City Health
Stop Overdose Ottawa
Ontario Harm Reduction Program and Resources

TAKE ACTION

Learning Opportunities & Tools

Learn: Harm Reduction Toolkit for Service Providers
Training: Naloxone & Overdose Prevention
Service Navigation: Ottawa Community Resource Guide
Sign Up: Stop Overdose Ottawa Drug Alert System
Infographic: Integrating Intersectional Perspectives

Make Your Voice Heard

Email or Write to: Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier of Ontario & Minister of Health
Sign Petition: Withdraw your plan to close supervised consumption sites, premier!
Sign Petition: Everyone deserves access to addiction services and mental health care
Change.org Harm Reduction Petitions

Engage with Lived Experience

Podcast: Crackdown
Book: Fighting for Space
Documentary: Love in the Time of Fentanyl

Work Toward Structural Change

CAPSA: Bringing Expertise to Needed Systems Change
Decolonizing Substance Use & Addiction | Len Pierre
Decriminalization Done Right: A Rights-Based Path for Drug Policy

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