Safer Use strives to create a campus environment where students can access safe and reliable drug use resources, feel supported and secure, and live their lives freely. Your student union strives to normalize conversations around drug use and raise awareness about contaminated supplies, fostering a compassionate and informed community.
Safer Use strives to create a campus environment where students can access safe and reliable drug use resources, feel supported and secure, and live their lives freely. Your student union strives to normalize conversations around drug use and raise awareness about contaminated supplies, fostering a compassionate and informed community.
Harm reduction refers to any action aimed at minimizing substance related harm which can be related to health, social, and legal impacts. Harm reduction prioritises social justice, human rights, autonomy, respect, and compassion over judgement and punishment.
Harm reduction refers to any action aimed at minimizing substance related harm which can be related to health, social, and legal impacts. Harm reduction prioritises social justice, human rights, autonomy, respect, and compassion over judgement and punishment.
Everyday the opioid crisis claims the lives of 22 Canadians. Get naloxone training today so you are prepared to save a life.
Students can access training (including free kits) through our Safer Use training sessions, in partnership with Student Wellness. Or book a private appointment with a UVic nurse for training and a free naloxone kit.
Everyone can learn about harm reduction and naloxone use for free at Toward the Heart, Canadian Red Cross and the Canadian Pharmacy Association.
You can also pick up a free kit at the Harm Reduction Centre and Campus Pharmacy.
This training is open to everyone!
No registration necessary but arrive early as space limited!
Please, don’t hesitate to reach out to Izzy, Director of Campaigns and Community Relations at campaigns@uvss.ca if you have any questions, or to request a private training date for large groups.
What is naloxone?
Naloxone is a drug that prevents or reverses the effects of opioids (such as heroin, fentanyl, and morphine). Naloxone can be used in an emergency to prevent opioid overdose deaths.
How do you give someone naloxone?
Both our in-person workshops, as well as this online asynchronous course describe how to properly administer the form of injectable naloxone the UVSS distributes to students.
If I give naloxone to a healthy person, will it harm them?
No, naloxone is completely harmless to someone not experiencing an opioid overdose. Naloxone is safe, easy to administer and can save lives.
Where can I find naloxone at UVic?
The following locations at UVic give out injectable naloxone kits:
What is included in a BCCDC take home naloxone kit?
Each kit contains:
Let’s stand together and fight for a brighter future – because your voice matters.
Your Director of Campaigns and Community relations is looking to train passionate student volunteers on campaign management! You’ll learn how to effectively lobby government, critique policy, and mobilise students around important issues. Join the movement today by signing up here: