Building a Better Tomorrow – Thunder Bay’s Drug Strategy
It’s a plan that was first launched in 2010 and led by Patty Hajdu, MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North and Minister of Health.
The 2017 report identified 30 recommendations under five pillars in order to:
- Improve local capacity to prevent/reduce substance use
- Support people to recover from substance use disorders
- Create an environment that increases the health and safety of all citizens
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2019 REPORT
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NorWest Community Health Centres, with the help of Dilico Anishinabek Family Care, opened the first permanent supervised consumption and treatment site
- 3225 visits
- 1206 observed observed
- 22 responded overdoses
- No deaths, nor the need for police or EMS to attend the site.
YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROJECT
- Five-year project, funded by Public Health Agency of Canada
- Help youth develop social, emotional competencies to engage in healthy relationships, and make safer choices regarding sexual behaviour, substance use
- Delivery of the Fourth R program to grade 7-9 students in eight partner boards, education authorities’ schools
- Grade 10 Booster intervention to sustain learning outcomes and prevent knowledge erosion
Second year of the project saw 123 participants in Fourth R training - Healthy Relationships Plus Program training provided to 29 community agency, education staff
- Trauma and Violence Informed Lens & Vicarious Trauma Workshop held with 62 participants
COALITION TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING
- Information booths at Intercity Mall February 22nd, educating the public about human trafficking
- Support and participation in a number of other events aimed at raising community awareness about human trafficking in Thunder Bay
NOTE: The City of Thunder Bay provides support for the Drug Strategy Office through a budget of approximately $162,300, with approximately one-third of the total contributed by community partners
More of the report can be viewed here
