Digital Community of Practice
BACKGROUND READING
PROJECT INFORMATION
Learn about the project goals, our engagement strategy, and how to get involved. Share with your networks to spread awareness.
SUBSTANCE USE AND HOUSELESSNESS
Learn more about the interconnectedness of substance use and houselessness. You’ll find facts and links to further research in this area.
CANNABIS AND COPING
Learn more about how cannabis can, and is, being used as a way to cope with stress and its use as a harm reduction strategy for some.
BARRIERS TO ACCESSING HEALTHCARE
1 in 4 houseless individuals are unable to access or were refused health care services. Learn more about what these barriers are.
STIGMA IN HEALTHCARE
Learn more about how marginalized populations face stigma when accessing healthcare and the repercussions this stigma has.
ALBERTA’S OPIOID CRISIS
Alberta’s opioid crisis is out of control. Could cannabis use as a harm reduction strategy support with reducing the numbers of deaths and dependency?
PRESENTATION ON THE RESEARCH PROJECT
Watch a presentation on our peer-led research study looking into the impact of cannabis on mental health. This video was created one year into the research study with 6 more months left to go. Listen as we cover:
Introduction of project members
An overview of the CARMHA project
Our research objectives and goals
Outline of the project phases
An overview of the preliminary observations from the research
The project is being delivered in partnership with AAWEAR, Habitus Collective, and supported by the University of Calgary. This research project was funded by the Mental Health Commission of Canada.