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On peut tous agir pour sauver des vies. (We can all do our part to save lives.)
Based in Quebec, this 2019 anti-stigma campaign advocated for the general public to help fight the ongoing opioid crisis. Created for French-speaking audiences, two videos and three campaign posters were released. All campaign materials contain the…
Too Many Men
Targeting men employed in skilled trades and transport, this Vancouver Island-based campaign sought to raise awareness for drug addiction support services, provide education on overdose prevention and treatment, and encourage the breaking of silence…
End Stigma (Interior Health)
Notable for including the narrative of a person in active use, "End Stigma" is a "four part series of stories and videos about the stigma faced by those impacted by substance use". Interior Health also cut together a 30-second version of each…
Ease the Burden
Coinciding with #MensHealthWeek in June 2021, Health Canada had created a social media campaign dedicated to to reducing stigma and raising awareness around the opioid epidemic within the trades. Within these campaign social media posts, users were…
Know More
Targeted toward teenagers and young adults, the Know More tour, originally in-person, visited high schools, events, and summer festivals to facilitate interactive activities on problematic opioid use. Along with addressing stigma towards people who…
End Stigma (Health Canada)
By emphasizing their relationships, friends and family (actors) of overdose decedents convey the message, "I never thought drugs would impact someone close to me" (their daughter, husband, friend). As they grieve the loss of this person, they reflect…
In Plain Sight
Between May and August of 2019, Health Canada released an 8-episode podcast series on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and their own website that "explores the personal stories of people affected by the opioid crisis"; a crisis that is happening "in…
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…
Increase the Support. Reduce the Harm.
Presents short interviews with 11 Indigenous people with lived experience, this campaign includes individual talks discussing the overdose crisis, recovery from addiction and substance use-related stigma. Special attention is paid to the uniquely…
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…