Cafe Scientifique: Emergent Perspectives on Harm Reduction

CIHR Cafe Scientifique presents...

Walking the Line: Emergent Perspectives on Harm Reduction

7pm on Thursday, March 25 at E.E. Burritos

Issues of drug use, disease, and harm reduction have generated a great deal of misunderstanding. What can we learn from harm reduction? How does harm reduction impact our communities?

Bring your questions and opinions for discussion with some of Western Canada’s leading academics and professionals working in and on issues of harm reduction. Find out what their opinions are, and share your own.
Moderator: Pamela Downe (Professor of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Saskatchewan)

Speakers: Sherri Doell (Outreach Coordinator, AIDS Saskatoon), Colleen Dell (Associate Professor, Research Chair in Substance Abuse, Dept. of Sociology & School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan), Gina McKay, (Education Program Coordinator, Nine Circles Community Health Centre, Winnipeg) and Pamela de Bruin (Disease Control Nurse Clinician, Public Health Services, Saskatoon Health Region.