Nanaimo stakeholders call for better inter-agency collaboration in drug crisis
Experts and stakeholders gathered at Port Theatre for an anti-stigma community dialogue May 28
Source: nanaimobulletin.com
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NIC, Comox Valley Community Foundation partnering with Walk With Me
Arts-based research project takes people through downtown streets and parks of Island communities
Source: comoxvalleyrecord.com
Walk With Me project a stepping stone to empathy during Canada's toxic drug crisis
An experiential, arts-based community action project in the Comox Valley and Campbell River, Walk With Me shares recorded real-life stories of people caught up in the scale and suffering of the ever-worsening public health emergency, now entering its seventh year in British Columbia.
Source: vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca
Walk With Me project navigates personal stories of toxic drug crisis
An innovative, experimental project takes steps to build empathy for those impacted by Canada’s toxic drug crisis in small Vancouver Island communities.
Source: nationalobserver.com
B.C. tiny home pods offer 'emergency middle ground' for unhoused people – Hope Standard
Walk With Me Campbell River’s goal is to provide 30 units for people by fall 2022
Campbell River British Columbia Sharon Karsten Nadine Bariteau Shawn Decaire Marc Kitteringham Campbell
Source: hopestandard.com
B.C. tiny home pods offer 'emergency middle ground' for unhoused people – Hope Standard
Walk With Me Campbell River’s goal is to provide 30 units for people by fall 2022
Campbell River British Columbia Sharon Karsten Nadine Bariteau Shawn Decaire Marc Kitteringham Campbell
Source: hopestandard.com
Portable shelters for homeless: Campbell River team designs portable pods
Advocates for the homeless in Campbell River, B.C., are rolling out what they hope will be a major assistance to the city’s vulnerable population: "Angel pods."
Source: vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca
B.C. tiny home pods offer 'emergency middle ground' for unhoused people – Agassiz Harrison Observer
Walk With Me Campbell River’s goal is to provide 30 units for people by fall 2022
Campbell River British Columbia Sharon Karsten Nadine Bariteau Shawn Decaire Marc Kitteringham Campbell
Source: agassizharrisonobserver.com
B.C. tiny home pods for offer 'emergency middle ground' for unhoused people – Mission City Record
Walk With Me Campbell River’s goal is to provide 30 units for people by fall 2022
Campbell River British Columbia Sharon Karsten Nadine Bariteau Shawn Decaire Marc Kitteringham Campbell
Source: missioncityrecord.com
A cultural map of the opioid crisis
Today, that same research technique has been endorsed by the United Nations and is being used by Thompson Rivers University researchers working with the City of Kamloops as a way to gain a deeper understanding of the opioid crisis as overdose deaths continue to rise in the city and throughout British Columbia. “I think what we’ll have is a much clearer view, a much clearer definition of the issues at stake in our local community,” said Will Garrett-Petts, TRU’s associate vice presiden...
Source: kamloopsthisweek.com