This research project addressing the impact of the toxic drug overdose crisis on those working in the Trades is funded by the Vancouver Foundation and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); and is a Key Project supported by the City of Kamloops, with further support from Mitacs and Thompson Rivers University, through the University’s Researcher-in-Residence Initiative and the School of Trades and Technology.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Will Garrett-Petts
Co-Investigator: Dr. Sharon Karsten
Thompson Rivers University Research Team: Kate Fagervik, Lana Fine, Will Garrett-Petts (PI), Angel Masano, Jayse Matonovich, Jason Schapansky, Luke Redgrove
Community Research Advisory Group: Natika Bock, Coordinator, Community Impact and Investment, UWBC; Jessica Mensinger, Clinical Operations Manager, Substance Use Team, Kamloops MHSU Interior Health; Kristi Rintoul, Manager, Community Impact and Investment; Reanna Shular, Manager of Sustainability and Affordable Housing, CMHA
Additional community partner organizations include United Way British Columbia, Thompson Nicola Cariboo; the THAT (Transformation Holistic Action Team) Collective; the Comox Valley CAT (Community Action Team); and the Walk With Me research group
DrugAwareBC is a project of the Community & Cultural Mapping Research Group, coordinated through Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada. Our cultural mapping of the toxic drug overdose crisis began as a collaborative initiative developed in concert with the Comox Valley Art Gallery, with a focus on facilitating participation from those with lived and living experience