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Send Your Letter: Homelessness is a Crisis, Not a Crime

Engage Barrie

Nov 83 min read

Affordable Housing / Homelessness

Send Your Letter: Homelessness is a Crisis, Not a Crime

The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness has put together this letter to your MPP and City Council Link to Letter introduction and...

Petition: Oppose the Use of the Notwithstanding Clause to Clear Encampments

Engage Barrie

Nov 12 min read

Affordable Housing / Homelessness

Petition: Oppose the Use of the Notwithstanding Clause to Clear Encampments

Harm reduction worker and housing advocate Diana Chan McNally has created this petition at Change.org Link to Petition wording is...

Open Letter: Health Organizations Warn Supervised Consumption Site Closures Will Increase HIV and Hepatitis Transmission, Call on Ontario Government to Reverse Decision

Engage Barrie

Oct 164 min read

Harm Reduction / SCS / CTS

Open Letter: Health Organizations Warn Supervised Consumption Site Closures Will Increase HIV and Hepatitis Transmission, Call on Ontario Government to Reverse Decision

Engage Barrie Organization is one of more than 70 organizations endorsing this letter , coordinated by the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition...

"Die In" to save Ontario's Supervised Consumption Sites - Monday, October 21, 12pm

Christine Nayler

Oct 142 min read

Events

"Die In" to save Ontario's Supervised Consumption Sites - Monday, October 21, 12pm

Barrie is taking part in a province-wide action to protest the closing of multiple Supervised Consumption Sites across Ontario Posted by...

Community Safety & Well-Being Plan Committee – Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 2:00pm

Accountability Team

Oct 121 min read

City Meetings

Community Safety & Well-Being Plan Committee – Tuesday, October 15, 2024, 2:00pm

update on the plan Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1231303&GUID=F9CCD3FD-F41C-43E6-A9BA-DD0F18FF02F6 Meeting...

Government of Ontario Plan Will Lead to More Preventable Drug Poisoning Deaths

Engage Barrie

Aug 252 min read

Harm Reduction / SCS / CTS

Government of Ontario Plan Will Lead to More Preventable Drug Poisoning Deaths

Years of research and documentation show that supervised consumption sites have a wide range of benefits - not only preventing deaths.

Solidarity Sleep Out - Saturday, August 31, 2024, 8pm, City Hall

Christine Nayler

Aug 242 min read

Events

Solidarity Sleep Out - Saturday, August 31, 2024, 8pm, City Hall

Bring a tent and spend the night sleeping out in solidarity with your neighbours, or bring a chair and sit for a few hours with Ryan's Hope.

Accountability Team

Aug 233 min read

City Meetings

Circulation List for August 28, 2024

City seeking feedback on Marshall Green report, nominations open for Ontario Senior Achievement Award, and the September Events Calendar...

SCS Closures: A death sentence that will lead to unsafe communities and higher costs

Engage Barrie

Aug 211 min read

Harm Reduction / SCS / CTS

SCS Closures: A death sentence that will lead to unsafe communities and higher costs

The province's announced closure of Supervised Consumption Sites will cost lives, make our communities less safe, & health care more costly.

Accountability Team

Aug 172 min read

City Meetings

Circulation List for August 21, 2024

a new Comprehensive Zoning Bylaw, Heritage Awards nominations Circulation List: https://barrie.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=12071...

Vigil of Hope and Remembrance – August 31, 2024 (International Overdose Awareness Day)

Engage Barrie

Jul 262 min read

Events

Vigil of Hope and Remembrance – August 31, 2024 (International Overdose Awareness Day)

A community meal and candlelight vigil, recognizing International Overdose Awareness Day

Community Safety & Well-Being Plan Committee – Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 2:00pm

Accountability Team

Jul 191 min read

City Meetings

Community Safety & Well-Being Plan Committee – Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 2:00pm

the inaugural meeting of this planning committee Agenda: https://barrie.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1214132&GUID=DB6004E0-C9D9-4A77-...

Heartbreaking News: Barrie's SCS / CTS Application Withdrawn

Engage Barrie

Jun 244 min read

Harm Reduction / SCS / CTS

Heartbreaking News: Barrie's SCS / CTS Application Withdrawn

We are devastated to share the heartbreaking news that the applicants for Barrie's Supervised Consumption Site / Consumption Treatment...

Ontario Health Coalition Public Hearing - Tuesday, 1:30pm

Engage Barrie

Jun 93 min read

Events

Ontario Health Coalition Public Hearing - Tuesday, 1:30pm

Part of province-wide hearings to develop recommendations for the future of our local hospitals. As an EBO Board member and former member...

Community Safety and Well-being Committee concerns

Christine Nayler

Jun 33 min read

Public Safety

Community Safety and Well-being Committee concerns

If this committee is to live up to its purpose and mandate then there needs to be representation from... people with lived experience

Concerns About the Community Safety and Well-Being Plan Committee Structure

Brandon Amyot

Jun 34 min read

Public Safety

Concerns About the Community Safety and Well-Being Plan Committee Structure

Only working with those with lived experience, and a diverse range of experiences, can Barrie move forward in a good way for all.

City Council - TUESDAY, June 4, 2024, 6:30pm

Accountability Team

May 3110 min read

City Meetings

City Council - TUESDAY, June 4, 2024, 6:30pm

***NOTE the change of day and time*** new committee appointments, an anti-SCS group has been given a seat on the Community Safety and...

Support. Don't Punish. - Global Day of Action, June 26

Engage Barrie

May 312 min read

Events

Support. Don't Punish. - Global Day of Action, June 26

A Global Day of action to end the "war on drugs", and build sustainable alternatives that uphold rights and dignity.

Engage Barrie

May 131 min read

Events

Rally: Fund SCS Now!, May 28

Marching to Queen's Park on May 28 to demand permanent funding for Supervised Consumption Sites across Ontario Friends of ON SCS,...

Sign and Share: Petition Ontario Legislature to Fund Supervised Consumption Sites

Engage Barrie

Apr 282 min read

Harm Reduction / SCS / CTS

Sign and Share: Petition Ontario Legislature to Fund Supervised Consumption Sites

Posted on behalf of our partners at the Registered Nurse's Association of Ontario More must be done to end Ontario’s toxic drug crisis. ...

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