Kora DeBeck
@koradebeck.bsky.social
Professor @SFUSPP, Research Scientist @BCCSU, CIHR Applied Public Health Chair, 2024 Dorothy Killam Fellow, Royal Society of Canada College Member, ARYS PI, settler, Mom. She/her
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This photo was taken during the press conference for the opening of the consumption site at the RA Hospital in #yeg.
The photographer caught me in a private moment reflecting how such a site could saved Danny.
The closure of the SCS means more people suffer and more families mourn.
#ABpoli
The photographer caught me in a private moment reflecting how such a site could saved Danny.
The closure of the SCS means more people suffer and more families mourn.
#ABpoli
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Thank you @isabella zavarise for bringing attention to this. The public deserves credible reports about public investments. Real lives are at stake. The vancouver mayor’s comments are shameful given the crisis we are in. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Vancouver mayor credits DTES task force with reducing overdoses. Here’s what public health experts say
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim continues to laud the impacts of a police-led task force focused on crime on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, claiming it led to a reduction in overdoses.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Thank you @isabella zavarise for bringing attention to this. The public deserves credible reports about public investments. Real lives are at stake. The vancouver mayor’s comments are shameful given the crisis we are in. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Thankful that BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner release a thoughful statement on the toxic drug crisis that includes support for expanding initiatives to provide regulated alternatives to the toxic drug supply in B.C. bchumanrights.ca/wp-content/u...
bchumanrights.ca
November 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Thankful that BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner release a thoughful statement on the toxic drug crisis that includes support for expanding initiatives to provide regulated alternatives to the toxic drug supply in B.C. bchumanrights.ca/wp-content/u...
Pleased to see CPHA’s new position statement calling for evidenced-based action including setting goals and principles for a “coherent regulatory approach to psychoactive substances that centres a public health approach”. 🙌🏼
The toxic drug crisis is causing preventable deaths daily. CPHA's new position statement urges unified, evidence-based actions to save lives, reduce harms, and uphold dignity across Canada. Let’s prioritize solutions over stigma. Read more at: www.cpha.ca/toxic-drug-c...
February 4, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Pleased to see CPHA’s new position statement calling for evidenced-based action including setting goals and principles for a “coherent regulatory approach to psychoactive substances that centres a public health approach”. 🙌🏼