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4th June 2013, 03:01
Drugs: A Community Dialogue
with Dr. Gabor Maté
Join us to discuss with Dr. Gabor Maté topics like stigma, discrimination,
and criminalization; the impact of trauma, well-being and self-medication;
poverty, gentrification and services; and harm reduction.
Saturday June 8 from 12 sharp to 2 pm
All Saint's Church - Community Centre
315 Dundas St. East (corner of Sherbourne and Dundas)
This is a FREE event.
Food, refreshments, and childcare will be provided.
Space is limited and will be first come first served. Priority will be
given to people who are homeless, under-housed or experiencing poverty.
This space is wheelchair accessible.
Dr. Maté is the author of a ground-shifting best-seller about addiction,
"In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts", and other compelling books about our
brains and what drives them. For seven years he served as Medical
Co-ordinator of the Palliative Care Unit at Vancouver Hospital. More
recently he worked for twelve years in Vancouver’s notorious Downtown
Eastside neighbourhood with patients suffering from hard-core drug
addiction, mental illness and HIV.
Visit http://drgabormate.com/
Sponsored by :
Toronto Harm Reduction Alliance
Toronto Harm Reduction Task Force - http://toharmreduction.org/
Canadian Harm Reduction Network - http://canadianharmreduction.c
with Dr. Gabor Maté
Join us to discuss with Dr. Gabor Maté topics like stigma, discrimination,
and criminalization; the impact of trauma, well-being and self-medication;
poverty, gentrification and services; and harm reduction.
Saturday June 8 from 12 sharp to 2 pm
All Saint's Church - Community Centre
315 Dundas St. East (corner of Sherbourne and Dundas)
This is a FREE event.
Food, refreshments, and childcare will be provided.
Space is limited and will be first come first served. Priority will be
given to people who are homeless, under-housed or experiencing poverty.
This space is wheelchair accessible.
Dr. Maté is the author of a ground-shifting best-seller about addiction,
"In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts", and other compelling books about our
brains and what drives them. For seven years he served as Medical
Co-ordinator of the Palliative Care Unit at Vancouver Hospital. More
recently he worked for twelve years in Vancouver’s notorious Downtown
Eastside neighbourhood with patients suffering from hard-core drug
addiction, mental illness and HIV.
Visit http://drgabormate.com/
Sponsored by :
Toronto Harm Reduction Alliance
Toronto Harm Reduction Task Force - http://toharmreduction.org/
Canadian Harm Reduction Network - http://canadianharmreduction.c