Category: Research

  • CAF-FCA Webinar: Supporting Tradespeople Who Use Substances

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  • Walk with Me: A Community-Engaged Research Response to the Drug Poisoning Crisis

    New Publication: The Walk With Me team and SFU CERi have collaborated on the report Walk With Me: A Community-Engaged Response to the Drug Poisoning Crisis to illuminate a powerful role for community-engaged research in addressing the drug poisoning crisis.  Since the toxic drug poisoning crisis was declared a provincial public health emergency in 2016 in British Columbia, illicit drug toxicity deaths have totalled over 11,000 in the…

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  • Exploring the toxic drug overdose crisis through art: The Omega news story

    In the halls of Thompson Rivers University’s Trades and Technology Building, a recent art exhibit shed light on the hidden issue of substance use in the trades industry through the innovative method of cultural story mapping. The research team collected narratives from individuals in the trades, using art as a powerful medium to express their…

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  • Lived experience and BC’s toxic drug crisis: Castanet News Story

    At Thompson Rivers University’s Trades and Technology building, a thought-provoking exhibition sheds light on the hidden issue of substance use within the trades industry. Through cultural story mapping, the Impact of the Toxic Drug Overdose Crisis on People in Trades project presents personal narratives challenging stigmas and misconceptions surrounding substance use. The exhibition serves as…

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  • TRU Trades and Technology: on Trades drug overdose mapping Exhibition

    Discover the connection between trades and the drug overdose crisis in the new Trades Mapping Exhibit video. The conversation begins. Check it out on the TRU Trades and Technology Instagram page! Music Credits: Kasa • Breaking The Habit (acoustic)

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  • CBC Interview: Trades Mapping

    Listen to the CBC Interview discussing the Trades and Overdose Mapping Showcase. A post from the TRU Research – Office of the Vice-President of Research on the talks about the impact of drug use on trades:

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  • Breaking the Silence in the Trades: CFJC Today News Story

    Within the hallways of Thompson Rivers University’s Trades and Technology building, a powerful exhibition is currently shedding light on the hidden issue of substance use in the trades industry. The research team behind this exhibition is on a mission to build a framework for drug awareness training. Through cultural story mapping, the project team has…

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  • An Exhibition of Personal Story Maps: Trades and Drug Overdose.

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