Community Action Initiative Grantee Stories

Five Years of Overdose Prevention and Education Network

Written by: Prairie Chiu, Project Manager – Overdose Prevention and Education Network (OPEN) OPEN’s grantees have not only been measured by the success of its strategies or projects, but by the[...]

Five Questions with Vancouver Island Counselling Centre for Immigrants and Refugees (VICCIR)

Vancouver Island Counselling Centre for Immigrants and Refugees (VICCIR) was founded in 2015. Driven by the determination to create a safe haven for immigrants and refugees on Vancouver Island, co-founders[...]

CATalyst Preview: Quesnel Community Action Team

“Ensuring CAT partners use the “nothing about us, without us” philosophy to guide engagement creates an equitable landscape rather than an equal landscape, which helps to potentially form trusting relationships.”[...]

OD-PREP: OverDose Prevention and Response

Essential Practices Knowledge Exchange Series Call for Submissions Now Open! To submit your work, click here! It has been one thousand, six hundred and sixty three days since the declaration of[...]

Five Questions with Jillian Jones and Stephen Thomson

This month, Stephen Thomson, Provincial Harm Reduction Coordinator, and Jillian Jones, Provincial Mental Health Coordinator from Métis Nation British Columbia (MNBC) joined us to talk about MNBC’s ongoing Alcohol Dialogue[...]

Five Questions with Brenda Plant

This month, we have Brenda Plant, Executive Director of Turning Point Recovery Society, joining us to answer five questions related to Turning Point and her work. Turning Point Recovery Society[...]

Five Questions with Patrick Ward and Dave Selvage

The City of Langley and Township of Langley are collaborating to reduce stigma and enhance harm reduction initiatives in Langley. In March 2020, they received a Municipal Community Wellness and[...]

New ANKORS Overdose Prevention Site (OPS) videos

ANKORS has released new Overdose Prevention Site (OPS) videos! Nelson Fentanyl Task Force collaborated in funding of this series with ANKORS (through Community Action Initiative). Thanks to everyone who was[...]

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