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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 [...]
