Transformative Health & Justice @TransformativeJ
Collaboratively reframing the #criminaljusticesystem as an opportunity to address health+ justice inequities. #THJ #THJRC transformhealthjustice.ubc.ca Joined March 2019-
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Today is #InternationalOverdoseAwarenessDay. 1,200+ deaths in B.C. have been attributed to toxic drugs in the first 6 months of 2023. 12,000+ lives have been lost since B.C. declared a public health emergency in 2016. Communities across B.C. carry the scars of these losses. (1/2)
“We know that no govt, no party is coming to save us — we have to save ourselves” says @garthmullins. Garth, JJ, Elli Taylor, @vince__tao & other leaders from @VANDUpeople & @WAHRS1 speak at @CpddwV’s International OD Awareness Day.
August 31 marks International Overdose Awareness Day. Join Shwwha:y Village and the Chilliwack Community Action Team tomorrow from 11am to 4pm to honour those who have died from overdose. Learn about harm reduction, find resources, group supports and more: mtnsidesociety.ca/august-31st-io…
INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY 2023 See you tomorrow.
Very proud of Elder/Dr Roberta Price for her contribution to this study, important advocacy work towards better patient experiences. cmajopen.ca/content/11/3/E…
June 14-24, Abbotsford Senior Secondary’s Art Activism class collaborated with ART+Justice for an @TheReach show. Students worked together on 50/50 paintings with incarcerated artists, come check them out! thereach.ca/exhibition/com… #artshow #studentart #abbostford #incarceration
A promising new intervention is Dr. @akslaunwhite's upcoming project looking at PREVenting overdose Among formerly Incarcerated persons during a public heaLth emergency. This project works with Chee Mamuk, @unlockinthegate & @TransformativeJ and is funded by @GovCanHealth!
To start off her #WiPSeminar, Dr. @akslaunwhite recognizes the many people with lived/living experiences of substance use, incarceration, and/or overdose who have co-led & contributed to the projects, including PEEP, @unlockinthegate, C-2 Peer Advisory Group & @TransformativeJ.
Want to better understand B.C.'s unregulated drug poisoning crisis? cheos.ubc.ca/events/wip-sem… Join us at our May 17 #WiPSeminar with CHÉOS Scientist Dr. @akslaunwhite who will be sharing her epidemiological research to 'Find silence in the noise' of the #overdose crisis.
As part of this day of remembrance, we will be wearing red to honour the women and girls who have been taken and their families and friends who continue to suffer from the tragic loss of their loved ones. In Canada, Indigenous women are 12 times more likely to be murdered or go…
On May 17th, UBC's Centre for Climate Justice and SFU CERi are hosting an in-person research idea jam! To join in, click the link below: @CCJ_UBC eventbrite.ca/e/community-en…
For #RedDressDay2023, @NWAC_CA is calling all teachers, students, community leaders, youth organizations, and YOU to action. Since the release of the MMIWG Final Report, the number of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, transgender, two-spirit, and gender-diverse…
Stories of Re-entry: A Community- Academic Partnership- free online event as part of E-Fry week! @EFryVancouver eventbrite.com/e/stories-of-r…
E-Fry week 2023 is focusing on "Understanding Parole". The legal framework of parole - and the lived reality of being on parole -is not widely understood. This free online event is for the public to join the conversation and further your knowledge: eventbrite.com/e/understandin…
THJRC News! We are thankful to receive another funding term from UBC to continue our work as an established cluster. #transformativehealth
We are one week away from our first FREE 2023 public event! Tickets still available, hope to see you there! #ubcevents #ubcrobson #transformativejustice #peerled #livedexperience
We are one week away from our first FREE 2023 public event! Tickets still available, hope to see you there! #ubcevents #ubcrobson #transformativejustice #peerled #livedexperience
Peer-Led Intervention Work to Promote Dignity: a public event centered around the importance of peer-led work, with formerly incarcerated lived-experience speakers. On March 30th at 7pm, UBC Robson Square. Get a ticket to this FREE event below! eventbrite.ca/e/peer-led-int…
CALL FOR PAPERS IJPDS is looking to publish more new research into crime & justice using data linkage. This is the only journal for Population Data Science. So it makes sense to publish in the right place. Find out more about IJPDS today... ijpds.org/about #datalinkage
UBC IRSI presents a speaker event aiming to create a space of shared learning and dialogue on the pervasive systemic discrimination within the justice system for Indigenous peoples across Canada. Wed, March 15th, 5:30-7:30 pm. Registration link: bit.ly/ubcirsi2023

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