Events

Youth Overdose Prevention Cluster Meeting

Social Pediatrics Grand Rounds presentation

Danya Fast and Scott Hadland will be presenting on research related to the Youth Overdose Prevention Cluster at UBC’s Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds

How the Toxic Drug Crisis is Impacting Young People: Turning Dialogue into Action

‘Looking beyond substance use: A scoping review and qualitative needs assessment of “recovery” among young people and caregivers’- BCCHRI E2i Research Day Presentation

"Looking beyond substance use: A scoping review and qualitative needs assessment of “recovery” among young people and caregivers," presented by Cameron Eekhoudt

World Service: Light

Seeking to combat the stigma attached to addiction and humanize those lost to it, director David Ehrenreich paints a raw picture of Vancouver’s drug crisis through one boy’s tragedy for short film Light. Collaborating with research scientist Danya Fast and youth harm reduction advocate Kali Rufus…

Pediatric Grand Rounds: A Province-wide Clinical Care Pathway for Youth Who Use Substances

A Province-wide Clinical Care Pathway for Youth Who Use Substances; Presented by Dr. James Wang and Dr. Martha Ignaszewski; Moderated by Dr. Dzung Vo

Adapting and Testing a Youth Overdose Prevention Toolkit Through a Community-Engaged Approach

Presented by Dr. Danya Fast & Dr. Scott HadlandThis session can be attended in-person in BCCHR Room 2108 or virtually on Zoom (links below)In this session, we will workshop our new “youth overdose prevention toolkit” project. We will actively solicit feedback on our project and open up…

Queer Eyes, Queer Lives: A photo exhibit of 2SLGBTQIA+ youths’ substance use, homelessness, and resiliencies

This must-see exhibition showcases photography from over 60 2SLGBTQIA+ youth who participated in UBC research studies on drug use. These young artists, aged 14-