Daniel O’Brien
@dcobrienyeg.bsky.social
PhD student in counselling psychology at University of Calgary. Research in substance use, harm reduction, youth & families, public health
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Part 3: Survey Results from Anirniq and Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi
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October 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Part 3: Survey Results from Anirniq and Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi
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#yegcc #cdnpoli #yegmunicipal #yegelections #yegelections2025
Reposted by Daniel O’Brien
Part 2: Survey Results from Anirniq and Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi
#yegcc #cdnpoli #yegmunicipal #yegelections #yegelections2025
#yegcc #cdnpoli #yegmunicipal #yegelections #yegelections2025
October 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Part 2: Survey Results from Anirniq and Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi
#yegcc #cdnpoli #yegmunicipal #yegelections #yegelections2025
#yegcc #cdnpoli #yegmunicipal #yegelections #yegelections2025
Reposted by Daniel O’Brien
Part 1: Survey Results from Anirniq and Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi!
#yegcc #cdnpoli #yegmunicipal #yegelections #yegelections2025
#yegcc #cdnpoli #yegmunicipal #yegelections #yegelections2025
October 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Part 1: Survey Results from Anirniq and Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi!
#yegcc #cdnpoli #yegmunicipal #yegelections #yegelections2025
#yegcc #cdnpoli #yegmunicipal #yegelections #yegelections2025
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Disappointed to hear the Alberta government cut funding to Turning Point in Red Deer, the city’s longstanding harm reduction agency. This leaves a big gap in support for people who use drugs and/or are unstably housed in Red Deer. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Closing Alberta harm-reduction hubs is going backwards
By shuttering low barrier and harm reduction services, we are going backwards, not forwards.
edmontonjournal.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Disappointed to hear the Alberta government cut funding to Turning Point in Red Deer, the city’s longstanding harm reduction agency. This leaves a big gap in support for people who use drugs and/or are unstably housed in Red Deer. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
“Albertan’s have had to learn new ways to survive the overdose crisis, including by forging new ways to be a family.” Check out this heartbreaking & inspiring story of one family’s struggle to overcome shame and find common cause through harm reduction.
Alberta is the involuntary treatment capital of Canada. On episode 54, we meet Angie & her son Brandon. When Brandon got wired as a teen, Angie had a difficult choice to make: should she force him to sober up? If she did, what would happen to their relationship? www.crackdownpod.com/episodes/epi...
Episode 54: Get Sober or Get Dead — Crackdown Podcast
Alberta is the involuntary treatment capital of Canada. Since 2006, the province has encouraged parents to waive their children's rights and force them into detox as part of the Protection of Children...
www.crackdownpod.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“Albertan’s have had to learn new ways to survive the overdose crisis, including by forging new ways to be a family.” Check out this heartbreaking & inspiring story of one family’s struggle to overcome shame and find common cause through harm reduction.
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Alberta is the involuntary treatment capital of Canada. On episode 54, we meet Angie & her son Brandon. When Brandon got wired as a teen, Angie had a difficult choice to make: should she force him to sober up? If she did, what would happen to their relationship? www.crackdownpod.com/episodes/epi...
Episode 54: Get Sober or Get Dead — Crackdown Podcast
Alberta is the involuntary treatment capital of Canada. Since 2006, the province has encouraged parents to waive their children's rights and force them into detox as part of the Protection of Children...
www.crackdownpod.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Alberta is the involuntary treatment capital of Canada. On episode 54, we meet Angie & her son Brandon. When Brandon got wired as a teen, Angie had a difficult choice to make: should she force him to sober up? If she did, what would happen to their relationship? www.crackdownpod.com/episodes/epi...
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The CCSA report shares youth perspectives on substance use prevention, stressing the need for non-judgmental, harm reduction approaches. Youth call for peer-led, culturally relevant supports, better education, and involvement in shaping programs that reflect their realities.
bit.ly/4dgELV6
bit.ly/4dgELV6
How to Prevent and Reduce Substance Use Harms for Youth: What Youth Say Works | Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction
Intended for anyone who works with or supports youth including educators, service providers, policy makers, caregivers and community leaders. This report provides recommendations for preventing and re...
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May 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The CCSA report shares youth perspectives on substance use prevention, stressing the need for non-judgmental, harm reduction approaches. Youth call for peer-led, culturally relevant supports, better education, and involvement in shaping programs that reflect their realities.
bit.ly/4dgELV6
bit.ly/4dgELV6
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Powerful statement from @albertadoctors.bsky.social on proposed forced abstinence legislation (“Compassionate Intervention Act”).
www.albertadoctors.org/news/publica...
www.albertadoctors.org/news/publica...
Compassionate Intervention Act - Our reaction | AMA
The government has introduced Bill 53 Compassionate Intervention Act for mandatory addiction treatment.
www.albertadoctors.org
May 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Powerful statement from @albertadoctors.bsky.social on proposed forced abstinence legislation (“Compassionate Intervention Act”).
www.albertadoctors.org/news/publica...
www.albertadoctors.org/news/publica...
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💔 My friend Lana Greene’s son TJ died died by suicide in Edmonton Remand Centre after being denied mental health & addiction care. A fatality inquiry revealed systemic failures, including missed psychiatric care & lack of treatment access. We need prison reform and better health supports for inmates
The fatality inquiry is finally done in the incredibly troubling case of TJ McConnell's 2021 death inside the Edmonton Remand Centre after he pleaded for mental health and addictions treatment. My colleague Wallis Snowdon has been on this story for years: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Inadequate care at Edmonton jail has inmates 'falling through the cracks,' inquiry finds | CBC News
Canada’s largest jail is again facing calls to improve mental health care for inmates following an investigation into the death of a 23-year-old man who died by suicide inside his cell.
www.cbc.ca
May 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
💔 My friend Lana Greene’s son TJ died died by suicide in Edmonton Remand Centre after being denied mental health & addiction care. A fatality inquiry revealed systemic failures, including missed psychiatric care & lack of treatment access. We need prison reform and better health supports for inmates
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www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/general...
"the proposed law may violate fundamental rights, threaten personal autonomy and individual rights to make decisions about one’s body and healthcare, and force people into treatment based on subjective assessments without their consent." #ableg
"the proposed law may violate fundamental rights, threaten personal autonomy and individual rights to make decisions about one’s body and healthcare, and force people into treatment based on subjective assessments without their consent." #ableg
Canadian Civil Liberties Association urges Alberta to scrap Compassionate Intervention Act
Non-profit org calls for focus on approaches supporting recovery without breaching freedoms
www.canadianlawyermag.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/general...
"the proposed law may violate fundamental rights, threaten personal autonomy and individual rights to make decisions about one’s body and healthcare, and force people into treatment based on subjective assessments without their consent." #ableg
"the proposed law may violate fundamental rights, threaten personal autonomy and individual rights to make decisions about one’s body and healthcare, and force people into treatment based on subjective assessments without their consent." #ableg
I was shocked to see the range of professionals that can apply to have ppl apprehended and confined under bill 53- nurses, physicians, psychologists, social workers, addictions counsellors, paramedics. People using substances will be discouraged from disclosing their use to all care providers.
April 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I was shocked to see the range of professionals that can apply to have ppl apprehended and confined under bill 53- nurses, physicians, psychologists, social workers, addictions counsellors, paramedics. People using substances will be discouraged from disclosing their use to all care providers.
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First Nations people in B.C. dying at nearly 7x the rate of others in B.C., underscoring the continued disproportionate impact of the toxic drug crisis on Indigenous people as the province marks nine years of the public health emergency
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e0c398c...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e0c398c...
B.C. First Nations die from toxic drugs at nearly seven times the rate of others
First Nations women are even more severely affected by the toxic drug crisis, dying at nearly 12 times the rate of other female B.C. residents
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
First Nations people in B.C. dying at nearly 7x the rate of others in B.C., underscoring the continued disproportionate impact of the toxic drug crisis on Indigenous people as the province marks nine years of the public health emergency
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e0c398c...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e0c398c...