Erika is a Registered Social Worker and frontline harm reduction worker practicing in the greater Toronto area. Erika is a graduate of the Master of Social Work program at Ryerson University, where they conducted original research on unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Sites in Ontario. Erika currently sits on the national board of Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP), and has been involved with the Ryerson CSSDP chapter since late 2018. @Erikandps
Kira is passionate about connecting research, policy and grassroots organizing in order to further sensible drug policy. She is currently pursuing graduate studies at the Université de Montréal, examining the relationships between weed use and mental health in sexually and gender diverse youth. Kira has chaired the national board of CSSDP since September 2018 and is involved locally in Montréal both with CSSDP and VoxCann, a bilingual cannabis education initiative for youth, which she co-founded in 2018. She is also a strategic advisor for the national Cannabis & Psychosis project of the Schizophrenia Society of Canada. @LondonNadeau
After decades of campaigning, the decriminalization of all drugs for personal use in Canada finally feels just around the corner.…