Harm Reduction Services
Overdose Prevention and Response Training
These workshops are conducted by Harm Reduction Workers from RPCHC. Their primary focus is on opioid overdose response.
If you are an agency, local business or group who have identified a need for overdose response training in your setting, please feel free to contact us to book a workshop. We are happy to come to you and to tailor the workshop in a way that would be most appropriate and helpful for your setting and experience level.
Who is the training for?
- Harm Reduction/Outreach Workers
- Shelter and Drop-In Workers
- People who use drugs
- Local businesses that want to prevent overdose-related fatalities in the workplace (e.g. businesses with high levels of substance use in restrooms)
- The public or anyone who feels they would benefit from this information
Topics include
- Harm Reduction and trauma-informed approaches
- Recognizing opiate overdoses
- When to call 911 and the Good Samaritan Act
- How to respond to an overdose
- When to use chest compressions and/ or Naloxone
- Airway management and rescue breathing
- AED deployment
- Atypical opiate overdose and fentanyl-induced muscle rigidity
- Stimulant overdoses, seizures and overamping
- Roleplaying various overdose response scenarios with manikin and equipment
Overdose Response Workshops have been on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but we are pleased to report that we expect to be offering in-person workshops again shortly in Winter/ Spring 2022.
Location
465 Dundas St. E.
(Ground floor)
Hours
Monday: 9a.m. – 4:30p.m.
Tuesday: 12p.m. – 4:30p.m.
Wednesday: 9a.m. – 4:30p.m.
Thursday: 9a.m. – 4:30pm.
Friday: 9a.m. – 4:30p.m.
Contact
Nicole Morency
NicoleM@regentparkchc.org
416-364-2261 ext. 2236
Harm Reduction Distribution
Harm reduction supplies and supports available by walk in:
Monday – 9 a.m. – 4:30 a.m.
Tuesday 12 a.m.- 4:30 a.m.
Wednesday – 9 a.m. – 4:30 a.m.
Thursday – 9 a.m. – 4:30 a.m.
Friday 9 a.m. – 4:30 a.m.
Contact
Nicole Morency
NicoleM@regentparkchc.org
416-364-2261 ext. 2236
For more information – Contact – Harm Reduction Team – 437-997-6859 or Lindsay Windhager – 416-203-4506
Sex Worker Drop In
Location
465 Dundas St. E.
Hours
Every Thursdays: 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Contact
Nicole Morency
NicoleM@regentparkchc.org
416-364-2261 ext. 2236
Harm Reduction at Sheltering Sites (iPHARE)
A City funded pilot that will run until March 2022. iPHARE was developed in response to Toronto’s substantial rise in fatal opioid overdoses and shelter related deaths which increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
RPCHC has two full time Community Health Workers working in partner sites. iPHARE’s primary role is to implement onsite harm reduction services in collaboration with shelter partners, to increase overall harm reduction capacities and overdose preparedness across the sector, decrease stigmas affiliated with substance use and link community members to clinical care and social supports.
Location
465 Dundas St. E.
Contact
Nicole Morency
NicoleM@regentparkchc.org
416-364-2261 ext. 2236
Harm Reduction Community Care Project:
This project is a partnership led by PASAN with Street Health, Dixon Hall and RPCHC and funded by the City of Toronto Downtown East Strategy to clean up discarded harm reduction supplies in the Downtown East.
If you would like more information on the project or would like to report discarded items in your community, please email Tanya Yerashotis – Harm Reduction Community Care Coordinator at communitycare@pasan.org.
Project Voicemail – 1-866-224-9978 x 243
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Location
465 Dundas St. E.
Contact
Nicole Morency
NicoleM@regentparkchc.org
416-364-2261 ext. 2236