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All of the podcasts below are less than 10 minutes in length.
November 17, 2009
Bruce Alexander on Prevention
Bruce Alexander has explored many corners of the addiction field. He is also the author of two books on addiction, Peaceful Measures: Canada’s Way Out of the War on Drugs (University of Toronto Press, 1990) and The Globalization of Addiction: A Study in Poverty of the Spirit (Oxford University Press, 2008). He was the keynote speaker at the City of Vancouver’s Creating a Culture of Prevention event in November. In his address, Great Expectations and a Reservation, Alexander discusses addiction and prevention. For the full speech and to read other information about the prevention event and future processes, please visit the Creating a Culture of Prevention page on the drug policy program’s website, vancouver.ca/fourpillars.
Below, some short excerpts from the keynote address
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1 Dislocation
Running time: 5:54 minutes
2 One Reservation Around Prevention
Running Time: 8:34 minutes
3 How Creating a Culture of Prevention Would Work
Running Time: 4:48 minutes
April 2, 2009
Dr. Gabor MatÉ on Prevention
Dr. Gabor Maté, who has served as staff physician at the Portland Hotel Society in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, was the closing plenary speaker at the City of Vancouver’s Creating a Culture of Prevention event in late March. In this excerpt from his address, Maté talks about Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, referring to how others refer to it as a “sinkhole for money”. In fact, he says, the neighbourhood is actually a receptacle for the dysfunctions of our society. What shows up there are the problems that have not been solved elsewhere in our society. To hear Dr. Gabor Maté’s full speech, and to read other information about the prevention event and future processes, please visit the Creating a Culture of Prevention page on the drug policy program’s website, vancouver.ca/fourpillars.
Running time: 7:16 minutes
March 21, 2009
Theatre as a prevention tool
Tic Talk is a new play by Vancouver's Youth Theatre Action Group. The company, which is led by Valerie Methot and Ken Lawson, creates theatre with youth, 14 to 21. The youth create the play, based on their own life experiences, and then present it. The company is supported by Vancouver Coastal Health, Watari, PeerNet BC, the Vancouver School District, Vancouver Foundation and other partners. The goal is to reach a large audience of youth with a prevention message, to reduce their risk of developing health problems such as those associated with addictions and mental health conditions. Jennifer Gray-Grant spoke with director Valerie Methot and writer/actors Emma Good and Andrew Newman-Meredith.
The play will be held Thursday, June 4 through Saturday June 6 at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre. Please contact Heather Charlton at 604-714-3484 (press 1 then 2267) or heather.charlton@vch.ca for reservations.
Running time: 9:56 minutes
March 5, 2009
The STAR program teaches resilience skills
The STAR program - Stop, Think, Assess and Respond - is an innovative program offering Grades 5 and 7 Vancouver students an anti-drug abuse message. The goal is to give kids the skills to be resilient, so that they will be able to make healthier choices for themselves. STAR is offered by Watari, a community social services provider that also offers an array of addiction counselling services. Recently, Sylvia Simmerlein and Craig Canini of Watari have been working with students in Grade 7 at Lord Nelson Elementary.
Running time: 9:04 minutes
February 19, 2009
Creating a culture of caring
The City of Vancouver, Vancouver Coastal health and a broad-based coalition of groups are organizing a March 25 event to bring together Vancouver's prevention community. They aim to start talking about the fostering of a community of caring in Vancouver. Jennifer Gray-Grant met with City of Vancouver Drug Policy Planner Zarina Mulla and Michelle Fortin, the executive director of Watari, a Vancouver-based organization that works with at-risk children and youth and their families, to talk about the planned event.
Running time: 9:42 minutes
February 5, 2009
Vancouver Drug Policy Program Coordinator in New York
At the end of January, City of Vancouver Drug Policy Program Coordinator Donald MacPherson was invited by the New York Academy of Medicine and the Drug Policy Alliance to be a presenter at their conference, "New Directions for New York: A Public Health and Safety Approach to Drug Policy". MacPherson explained how the state is examining ways of moving from a strong enforcement focus to include more of a public health approach in responding to substance use.
Running time: 9:57 minutes
January 22, 2009
Long-term youth residential treatment comes to BC
Later this year BC's first youth-oriented, long-term residential drug and alcohol treatment centre will open in Keremeos, BC. The project started out as a partnership between the Vancouver-based Central City Foundation and From From Grief to Action, a support group for families of children and youth struggling with addiction. Jennifer Johnstone, Central City Foundation's President and CEO, explained the importance of this new 42-bed treatment facility.
Running time: 9:29 minutes
January 8, 2009
Onsite offers treatment to Insite clients
Liz Moss is the manager of Onsite, a detox and transitional housing facility in Vancouver. It's located upstairs from Insite, Vancouver's Supervised Injection site. Moss spoke with Jennifer Gray-Grant about the facility, which opened in September of 2007, and how it's reaching some of the most street-entrenched drug users in the city.
Running time: 9:48 minutes
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