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- Collection: Anti-Stigma Campaigns (2009-2020)
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Toward the Heart: Language Matters
The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) enlisted the help of social justice-oriented creative and digital agency, Hello Cool World Media, to custom build a harm reduction showcase called Toward the Heart. According to Hello Cool World, the phrase…
The opioid crisis: A mother's story about how pharmacists can help
This campaign consists of two short videos featuring the chair of the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA) discussing the opioid crisis with one of the leaders of Moms Stop the Harm. The "How Does Stigma Affect Patient Care" video considers the…
Stop the Blame. Stop the Shame. Stop the Stigma.
Intended to be an Indigenous adaptation of the "Stop Overdose BC" campaign, the North Bay Parry Sound Drug Strategy Committee "invited Chief and Council and community members to share their images and messages". This photo series was posted on the…
Stop Stigma. Save Lives.
Unique for its representation of intersecting oppressions and active drug use, Northern Health's antistigma campaign features the narratives of nine people with lived and living experience (five in active use and four in recovery) and two family…
Stop Overdose BC
This anti-stigma campaign was developed by BC's Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions and launched in January 2018. The social marketing campaign's materials included two TV spot PSAs, an initial roll-out of four posters/social media ads (coloured…
Protect Lives. Prevent Overdose.
Born out of the "dual public health emergencies" of the overdose crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, the FNHA released this "extensive, province-wide overdose prevention campaign" related to harm reduction, comparing the provincial response to both…
People Who Use Drugs Are Real People (Durham Region)
This campaign builds on the "Stop Overdose BC" concept by integrating four related videos on opioids and overdose prevention, demonstrating the impact of the opioid crisis on real people in the Durham Region. The videos focus on the opioid crisis in…
Overdose can affect anyone (BSUN)
A Facebook post and physical poster created and distributed the by Brantford Substance Users Network published in advance of International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, 2020. Physical posters of this Facebook post were also spread around the…
Opioids Don't Discriminate (Strathcona County)
Winning awards for innovation and excellence, the Opioids Don'tDiscriminate campaign is an interactive experience held in Strathcona County, where visitors were able to walk and follow the stories of three individuals affected by the opioid crisis,…
Opioid Overdoses: What you need to know
Campaign posters and ads pushed traffic to the website above which also includes an updated version of the campaign poster that differs slightly from the file above (the initial version of the poster launched in 2020). Slight differences…