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For Immediate Release April 14, 2026 Ten Years In: A Crisis Being Normalized Today marks ten years since British Columbia declared a public health emergency in response to the toxic drug poisoning crisis. More than 18,000 people have died. These deaths were preventable. They remain preventable. What has become most alarming is not only [...]
The Harm Reduction Nurses Association (HRNA) condemns the Government of Alberta’s decision to close supervised consumption services in Calgary and Lethbridge by June 30, 2026. This decision will cost lives. Alberta remains in the midst of a toxic drug crisis, with approximately five people dying each day from preventable poisonings. These deaths are not inevitable. [...]
For Immediate Release March 17, 2026 Harm Reduction Nurses Denounce Ontario Decision to End Supervised Consumption Sites The decision announced on Friday, March 13th by the Government of Ontario to end provincial funding for Consumption and Treatment Services (CTS), also known as Supervised Consumption Sites, is devastating and unconscionable. This is not a new direction, [...]
August 27, 2025 The Right Honourable Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada pm@pm.gc.ca Prime Minister, On the brink of another International Overdose Awareness Day, we are still being asked to mourn while politicians debate whether the lives of people who use drugs are worth saving. Tens of thousands of Canadians have died from preventable drug [...]
This year, HRNA is proud to present the Chapman Harm Reduction Award to one amazing applicant. This award recognizes a nurse (NP/RN/RPN/LPN) with experience in harm reduction who is entering or currently enrolled in a Canadian-accredited graduate program. Our goal is to grow this award—both in size and sustainability—so that it can be [...]
We’re excited to share that the University of Victoria is once again offering the Harm Reduction: Principles and Practice course this fall. Thanks to HRNA’s successful advocacy, 15 community admission seats are now open to practicing nurses (LPN, RN, RPN, NP) across Canada! This initiative supports HRNA’s mission to increase access to quality harm reduction education [...]
