EVENTS
UPCOMING:
Aubrey's Run Across BC to End Toxic Drug Death
Sunday, May 21st (9:00am -11:00am) - Lakeside Park, Nelson, BC
*Organized by the Rural Empowered Drug Users Network (REDUN), ANKORS, KISS & the Nelson Fentanyl Task Force.
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Responding to the Toxic Drug Crisis with Safer Supply - Quality Forum 2023 (Conference Session)*
Wednesday, June 8th (3:30pm - 4:30pm) - Hyatt Regency, Vancouver, BC
*Hosted by the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council
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PAST:
7th Anniversary of Unregulated Drug Poisoning Crisis / Public Health Emergency (Protest)*
Friday, April 14th - City Hall, Nelson, BC
*Organized by the Rural Empowered Drug Users Network (REDUN).
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Empowering Choice: Expanding Options for Safe Supply in Rural & Remote Communities (Webinar)
February 23rd, 2023
National Safer Supply Community of Practice - On-Line - Click here for recording of webinar.
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Undoing Harm: An Introduction to Harm Reduction (Presentation)
January 25th, 2023
Selkirk College Nursing Program (Year One) - Castlegar, BC
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Refracted Practice II: Reconceptualizing Harm Reduction as Health Care (Presentation)
November 21st, 2022
Selkirk College Health & Human Services Program - Castlegar, BC
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Refracted Practice II: Reconceptualizing Harm Reduction as Health Care (Presentation)
November 21st, 2022
Selkirk College Rural Pre-Med Program - Castlegar, BC
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Community-Regulated Supply & the Bizness of Unsanctioned Death Prevention (Presentation)
November 9th, 2022
Nelson Committee on Homelessness - via Zoom
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Refracted Practice: Destigmatizing Health Care Through a Harm Reduction Lens (Presentation)
September 26th, 2022
Selkirk College Nursing Program (3rd Year) - Castlegar, BC
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International Overdose Awareness Day* (Info Table)
August 31, 2022
Cottonwood Falls Park – Nelson, BC
*This event was organized by the Rural Empowered Drug Users Network (REDUN), ANKORS and the Nelson Fentanyl Task Force.
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International Overdose Awareness Day Province-Wide Safe Supply Giveaway* (Protest)
August 31, 2022
Various Locations – Nelson, BC
*KISS was one of fifteen drug user groups from across BC that participated in this event, which was organized & supplied by the Drug Users Liberation Front.
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Love in the Time of Fentanyl (Film Screening + Panel Discussion)
August 29, 2022
The Civic Theatre – Nelson, BC
*This event was a co-presentation of KISS, the Nelson Fentanyl Task Force, ANKORS, and the Civic Theatre.