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A new program at YWCA Hamilton is helping to save the lives of some of our community’s most vulnerable people: a Safer Use Drug Space which provides a controlled, welcoming, & supervised place for women accessing our programs to use substances. Read more: ywcahamilton.org/ywca-hamiltons…

...And that's why I am no longer a call out factory trading in perfectionism tbh. Glass houses always eventually get cracks. If you give others grace, they're more likely to give it back to you. If you don't, well.

Think how many additional warming centres that could be operated in #HamOnt with even a fraction of the $12 MILLION increase to the Hamilton Police budget for 2023.

“are you okay?” no, from the bottom of my heart, i’m tired

Heads up #HamOnt! We're in urgent need of cold weather items for visitors to Carole Anne's Place as the weather drops this weekend. Items needed: ✅Scarves ✅Hats ✅Mitts ✅Mylar blankets ✅Heavy socks ✅Tim Horton's gift cards ✅Hot paws Donation drop off at 75 MacNab St. S.

realizing i spoke too much & i wasn’t mysterious like i planned

And finally, check out the YWCA Hamilton Safer Drug Use Space open house ! This is a space for women and non-binary people deprived of housing to safely use drugs with trained overdose responders present. It is operated in partnership with the YWCA, HAMSMaRT, and Keeping Six !

Today is also the Safer Use Drug Space Open House from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm at our MacNab location @ Greater Hamilton Health Network Greater Hamilton Health Network Check out our blog post about SUS and its services: ywcahamilton.org/safer-drug-use…

as a general internist who takes care of people in hospital waiting for nursing home beds, I can assure you that this system is not one on which to model other areas of public policy.

Pitting asylum seekers against "domestic" unhoused people is a false — and dangerous — dichotomy. Vulnerable groups do not siphon resources from one another; rather, those that hold power — governments — withhold resources from everyone. All homelessness is a policy choice.

Reproductive care is essential healthcare that everyone, especially those experiencing homelessness, should have access to without barriers. Read more about our advocacy on reproductive care on our blog here ywcahamilton.org/sexual-health-… #SexualHealthWeek

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Supervised inhalation is a necessary intervention in the drug poisoning crisis theconversation.com/supervised-inh…

There's never been a single death at an overdose prevention site. But at OPS' funded by the Ontario government, 7,444 deaths have been prevented. The evidence for sites is overwhelming and clear, but we'd rather forfeit lives to suit unfounded beliefs. thestar.com/news/gta/ford-…

MEDIA STATEMENT – GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO PLAN WILL LEAD TO MORE PREVENTABLE DRUG POISONING DEATHS "new restrictions on supervised consumption services will result in more death during a worsening drug poisoning crisis; dead people cannot enter treatment." hivlegalnetwork.ca/site/media-sta…

In 2018 ⁦Doug Ford⁩ made an announcement that SCS and OPS were going to be shuttered. Then they walked this back, defunded 3 sites which still operate, and then changed them to Consumption and Treatment services. cbc.ca/news/canada/lo…

Harm reductionists aren't opposed to treatment; we welcome it. But it isn't a dichotomy: people need both supervised consumption sites to stay alive and accessible treatment options when they're ready. Policy must be rooted in evidence, not ideology. thetrillium.ca/news/municipal…

Students, mark your calendars -- bursary season is just around the corner. #HCFstudents #HamOnt October 1 is the deadline for three upcoming funding opportunities. Read more and apply here: hamiltoncommunityfoundation.ca/grants/scholar…

The ability to be openly critical of government is vital to a thriving democracy. No elected official should be discouraging dissent, criticism, or advocacy because it's uncomfortable. Trying to silence community organizations and individual residents is a huge overreach. #HamOnt

Women and transgender people experiencing homelessness in Toronto are dying at shocking rates & at tragically young ages. These deaths are not isolated tragedies—they are the result of systemic failures that disproportionately push women into homelessness. cp24.com/local/toronto/…