Episode 9: Drug Use, Harm Reduction, and Homelessness

Adam Chalcraft, Harm Reduction Supervisor of MOYO: Health and Community Services, talks about Peel’s drug crisis and how it relates to homelessness, as well as explain the importance of harm reduction as a means to help people who use drugs across Peel. MOYO provides services relating to health promotion, education, social, and support services for those living with, impacted by, and at systemic risk of HIV.

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Further Reading:

Comprehensive Opioid Strategy (Region of Peel)

Peel Integrated Drug Strategy (MOYO)

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Follow up with MOYO: Health and Community Services:

Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

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About the Guest:

Adam Chalcraft

Harm Reduction Supervisor | Moyo: Health and Community Services | He/Him

Adam is an active advocate for harm reduction in Peel; in addition to his work with MOYO, he is a Co-Founder and Chair of the Peel Harm Reduction Committee and contributes to Peel’s Opiate Strategy.

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About the Host:

Mya Moniz

Peer Support Leader | REST Centres She/Her

Mya is an independent youth and Former Crown Ward of the Peel Children’s Aid Society. She’s achieved an Honours Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction from the University of Toronto in English, Professional Writing and Communications, and Sociology. She also sits at the Senior Leadership Table for the Peel Alliance to End Homelessness as a youth with lived experience.

Mya believes there is great power in healing, growth, and catharsis through writing and storytelling, and she strives to help others tell their stories the way she tells hers.