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  • Opioid Crisis: Naloxone kits 'saving a life today, changing it for tomorrow'

    Dariya Baiguzhiyeva

    August 31, 2021 |

    Sudbury.com |

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    Response Location: Canada, Timmins, Ontario

    Paramedics with Cochrane District Emergency Medical Services distribute naloxone kits and provide education wherever they are. From coffee shops to their emergency calls on the street, paramedics distribute 20 to 40 naloxone nasal spray kits a month to people dealing with addiction as well as their families and friends. Each ambulance stocks the kits and display stickers that let the public know they are available. They’ve begun offering refill kits that just restock the naloxone itself. An electronic code allows the Cochrane EMS to track how many kits are given out and to provide quality assurance.

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  • Indigenous-focused podcast connects students, teachers, community leaders

    Dariya Baiguzhiyeva

    March 12, 2021 |

    TimminsToday |

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    Response Location: Canada, Ontario

    Word Up is an Indigenous-focused podcast that connects students, teachers, and community leaders for an opportunity to learn and explore social issues. The podcast began as a way to diversify how indigenous literature was taught but expanded to incorporate other topics. For each episode, teachers select a student to interview public figures. The student learns to conduct background research and design interview questions, allowing them to feel reflected in the topics. To date, the podcast’s five episodes have had 266 unique listeners and 384 downloads, and several more episodes are being planned.

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  • Community-driven project keeps unique dialect alive

    Dariya Baiguzhiyeva

    February 05, 2021 |

    TimminsToday |

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    Response Location: Canada, Moose Factory, Ontario

    The Moose Factory’s Community Language Project is part of a decade-long program to maintain the "L" dialect of the Moose Cree people alive. Through phone calls, in-person visits, the project's leaders are compiling as many words as possible, and have already published four versions of a dictionary, the last one was a digital version and contains around 27,000 entries. There are also children's books and grammar books available as well.

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