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Walking Together: Strengthening Peer Leadership in Island Health towards a reduction in stigma and improvements in health services for people at the heart of the toxic drug crisis

Year

2024

Host institution

Vancouver Island University

Research location

Island Health

Partner

Supervisor

CO-lEad

Julie Lajeunesse, Island Health

Using as a focus-point one of the Walk With Me team’s recommendations identified in multiple of its research reports — to strengthen Peer Leadership within Island Health — the Project Team will:
a) Co-create a knowledge translation workshop for Island Health managers focused on Peer Leadership (ie: why Peer Leadership is an essential ingredient in the pursuit of an equity-conscious health system; how Peer Leadership might be incorporated and supported by Island Health; strategies to ensure success of Peer Leaders, etc.)
b) Co-deliver this presentation to at least 5 teams of Island Health managers, and
c) Work with managers to strategize the implementation of Peer Leadership plans.

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