BCPSQC: Community Action Teams and the Opioid Crisis
Community Action Teams: Accelerating local action to address the overdose crisis
The Community Action Team (CAT) Knowledge Exchange (from 2020 – 2022) “aims to accelerate local action being taken to address the overdose crisis through increased connection among and between CATs. This is a virtual space for learning and networking to bring diverse voices together and amplify the leadership of peers.”
Here’s some great resources from this series put together from the team at the BC Patient Safety Quality Council.
These events always emphasize self care and safety. People are invited to check in with cultural supports and peer supports during the event in a separate Zoom room, and there are many important harm reduction strategies throughout.
Handout: Self-Care and Safety for Online Events
Here are highlights from the series with four graphic recordings. The first two images is a summary of the different facilitation tools we tried, based on Liberating Structures.
Activities for Transforming Teams & Igniting Change (ATTIC)
Liberating Structures Website and Liberating Structures App
The second graphic recording highlights the panel on meaningful peer engagement featuring Guy Felicella (moderator), Heather Spence, Eric Thomson, Jenny McDougall and Kerry Watters (panelists). You can watch the entire panel here: https://vimeo.com/490971314 and each part of the session is in a different small video so it’s easy to watch.
The third and fourth graphic recordings from 2022 highlight International Overdose Awareness Day and the role of how CATs can support peer leadership.
For more resources, please visit: https://bcpsqc.ca/resource/cat/