Journal Articles
Walk With Me: Reducing harm and confronting the toxic drug poisoning crisis in small British Columbia cities through community engaged research
Patient-oriented research: An essential driver of learning health system capacity development
Publications
SAFE: Holding Space for Lived Experiennce and Safer Ways of Being Amidst the Toxic Drug Poisoning Crisis
What it Means to Care: Activating Compassionate, Quality Care for People Who Use Substances Against the Backdrop of Island Health’s Harm Reduction - Substance Use Policy
Equipping Changemakers: Exploring North Island College’s Potential to Spur Culture, Community, and Systems Change in Response to the Toxic Drug Poisoning Crisis
Maya’xala: Cultivating Community Respect in the Midst of the Toxic Drug, Trauma, and Housing Crises; Moving Forward in a Good Way
Walking Together: Towards a Stronger, More Integrated Substance Use Network in the Comox Valley
Walk With Me: A Community-Engaged Response to the Drug Poisoning Crisis
The Walk With Me team and SFU CERi have collaborated on this report to illuminate a powerful role for community-engaged research in addressing the drug poisoning crisis.
SFU Blog Post about Walk With Me
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PATHWAYS Forward - Island Health & the Toxic Drug Poisoning Crisis (2022)
In 2021, Walk With Me was invited to work with Island Health to engage staff in Central and North Island facilities in a multi-tiered research initiative. The staff from these facilities participated in “Story Walks”—a series of guided listening journeys foregrounding local first-hand testimony of the crisis. Following the walks, staff were invited to sit in-circle and to share insights and respond to the question: “How can Island Health better-serve people at the heart of this crisis?” In collecting and analyzing staff insights, the project aims to illuminate ways forward for Island Health towards progressive institutional change.
Walk With Me Policy Report - Comox Valley (2021)
This report is the product of two years of work sitting in circle with People With Lived and Living Experience of the toxic drug poisoning crisis, their family members and frontline workers. It illustrates how the toxic drug poisoning crisis has played out in the Comox Valley and recommends steps forward to help those affected.
