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.