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What is Harm Reduction TO?

Harm Reduction TO is your one-stop shop for information about harm reduction, drug policy, safer drug use, overdose response, community resources, and social action in Toronto!

Harm Reduction TO is organized by Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP) at Ryerson University, with help from CSSDP UofT, the Toronto Harm Reduction Alliance (THRA), and local community members.

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About CSSDP Ryerson & UofT

Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP) at Ryerson University and the University of Toronto are part of a national and international grassroots network of students working to improve safety and advance social justice in their communities. We provide students and community members with harm reduction information and supplies, and work to change policies, reduce stigma, and foster critical dialogue about alternatives to drug prohibition and mass incarceration.

We are committed to ending the War on Drugs. We take a public health approach to substance use and recognize the inherent dignity, worth, and human rights of People Who Use Drugs. We recognize how drug policy and substance use intersect with various forms of oppression—and align ourselves with struggles for liberation, social and economic justice, drug decriminalization and legalization, and prison abolition.

You can follow CSSDP Ryerson by clicking on the social links below.

About THRA

Toronto Harm Reduction Alliance (THRA) is a coalition of people who use drugs, workers, students, researchers, academics and allies who believe in Harm Reduction as a philosophy. We are advocates working to reduce the harms associated with the criminalization of drug use.

You can follow THRA on Twitter, Facebook, and check out their website to learn more.

Thanks to our Contributors

At Harm Reduction TO, we are grateful for the hard work of our many contributors, editors, and funders!

Creator & Editor in Chief:

Alannah Fricker, President & Founder, CSSDP Ryerson; THRA member

Assistant Researchers, Writers, & Editors

Dan Davis, Andrea Bowra, Olivia Boonstra, Heather Bone, Antonio Cillero, Philipp Udaloy, Toni Pavic, Nimitha Paul, Lais Dourado, Aquib Azim, Brooklynne Morrison, Tessie Organ, Kourteney King, Cynthia Farkas, Kaitlin Rizarri, Erika Dupuis, Sarah Elizabeth, Zario King, Mason Smart, & Danica Nogo.

A big thanks to CAMH for their wealth of drug information that was reproduced in this website’s Drugs & Safer Use section.

Web Development:

Trent Rand

Project Mentorship

Kim Bailey, Namir Ahmed, & Ebyan Bihi

Funders

Ryerson University Library, Digital Media Equity Grant