Tag: Trades
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DrugAwareBC and TRU to Launch New Trades Micro-Credential on Drug Awareness and Safety in September, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DrugAwareBC and Thompson Rivers University Collaborate on Trades Training Course Focused on Drug Awareness and Safety Kamloops, BC— DrugAwareBC is partnering with Thompson Rivers University (TRU) to develop an innovative micro-credential course designed to equip tradespeople with…
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Update on the TRU Micro-Credential Development | Drug Aware BC. Com
The Impact of the Drug Overdose Crisis on Those Working in the Trades Video/Audio Recordings Maps collected and analyzed Themes identified 2 interviews completed 1 Naloxone Workshop (in progress, first iteration completed) Additional interviews are in preparation: We are lining…
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Progress on the Drug Awareness Training Course Creation by the DrugAwareBC team
The Community and Cultural Mapping Research Group has been deeply involved in the “Cultural Mapping Lived/Living Experiences of the Toxic Drug Overdose Crisis in BC’s Small Cities” project. Their current focus is on the vital role of tradespeople in addressing…
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Overdose Awareness Day 2024 | Building Hope Screening
Join the Regional Addiction Program for a film screening of “Building Hope,” a short documentary on substance use in the trades amid the toxic drug crisis. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring people with lived/living experiences…
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DrugAwareBC and Naloxone Training at the Interior Logging Association’s AGM & Convention
In a proactive move to address the pressing issue of toxic drug overdose within the trades industry, the Cultural Mapping research team from Thompson Rivers University behind DrugAwareBC recently participated in the Annual Interior Logging Association’s AGM & Convention held…
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CAF-FCA Webinar: Supporting Tradespeople Who Use Substances
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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…
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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…
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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)