Better Together: Building a Provincial Alcohol and Substance Policy Framework

When
06 Jun 2025
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location
Dalhousie University

Registration

Pre-Conference Symposium – $25.00
SA leaders and staff engaged in substance harm reduction will provide feedback on the draft NS Alcohol Policy Framework, initiated at AACUSS 2024. The session includes updates on research informing the framework, followed by two rounds of facilitated breakout discussions.

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SA leaders and staff engaged in substance harm reduction will provide feedback on the draft NS Alcohol Policy Framework, initiated at AACUSS 2024. The session includes updates on research informing the framework, followed by two rounds of facilitated breakout discussions. Participants will explore strengths, identify gaps, and provide actionable recommendations to strengthen the draft policy, promoting cross-institutional collaboration to advance student health and well-being.

Presenter Information:

· Dr. Robert Strang, Chief Medical Officer of Health, Nova Scotia

· Dr. Kara Thompson, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Director Substance Use and Health in Emerging Adulthood (SHEA) Lab at StFX, and Research Chair in Substance Use Policy & Prevention, StFX

· Elizabeth Yeo, Vice-President, Students StFX University

AACUSS acknowledges the ancestral lands in which it collectively operates on. The traditional and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaw known as Mi’kma’ki. The people of the beautiful and bountiful river (known as St. John) the Wolastoqey. The Wabanaki Confederacy members to the south, the Peskotomuhkati. The lands to the north, the Beothuk of Newfoundland. And the People of Land, Ice and Water of Labrador, the Innu and the Inuit.

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