And last one for today: Vladyslav Heraskevych was banned from competing by the IOC because he wanted to wear a helmet honouring athletes who were victims of Russia's war. He could have won a medal. He won something else instead. www.thestar.com/sports/olymp...
RCMP identify victims of Tumbler Ridge mass shooting:
Abel Mwansa, 12
Kylie Smith, 12
Zoey Benoit, 12
Ticaria Lampert, 12,
Ezekiel Schofield, 13
Shannda Aviugana-Durand, 39
Emmett Jacobs, 11
Jennifer Jacobs/Strang, 39
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
The perception is that involuntary care will sweep the streets clean, getting people into treatment and rebuilding contributing members of society.
The reality is that people are likely to be disappointed as we get a classic example of overpromise and underdeliver. Shane Mills writes. #vanpoli
What would be the real world impacts of the loss of federal funding for Housing First programs? We modeled it: an additional 44,590 ppl beyond anticipated growth due to economic factors. @jabarocas.bsky.social @kirkfetters.bsky.social @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Dr. @cannemarshall.bsky.social and myself are editing a Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health (@cjcmh-rcsmc.bsky.social) on homelessness, substance use, and concurrent disorders. Full details are provided below. Please share this announcement!
Clinicians: Should patients at high risk of alcohol harm use no and low-alcohol drinks?
New research highlights the need for nuanced guidance beyond zero-tolerance, considering non-abstinence goals and harm reduction:
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | New England Journal of Medicine www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
They say baseball breaks your heart, and the Blue Jays are a Hall of Fame what if team, now. So what does it mean to watch your team lose the World Series in one of the greatest games ever played? It means you got to feel something; you just didn’t get to choose what. www.thestar.com/sports/blue-...
CPA/OPA joint letter to Ontario College of Psychologists and Behavioural Analysts re: proposed regulatory changes in Ontario:
At least 13 people have been wounded, five critically, in two shootings that erupted over a span of 12 hours at homeless encampments in Minneapolis with the city's mayor saying he wouldn't be surprised if they are connected.
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JAMA viewpoint: "Advocating for Maintaining Housing First Policies" by Kirk B. Fetters and Joshua A. Barocas, published online July 3, 2025. Details include author affiliations, article information, and DOI.
💬 Viewpoint: The Housing First model effectively addresses #homelessness and improves health outcomes, but potential funding cuts risk worsening health crises and straining the health care system.
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Can a city as creative as San Francisco actually solve the enduring problems of homelessness and addiction?
Listen to Episode 1 of “No Easy Fix,” the new miniseries from "Radio Atlantic," wherever you find your podcasts: https://theatln.tc/qLUPKHTn
Today’s EO on homelessness is shocking in its cruelty (even for this administration). Cutting funding for housing and health while criminalizing homelessness & mental health and substance use problems will lead to endless suffering and worsen homelessness.
Coercion continuing to have a moment. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants.
This is horrifying beyond words.
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🚨 Hiring! My lab, the Everyday Ethics Lab at @camhnews.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc to conduct empirical bioethics research in mental health, substance use health, and chronic pain. Join us for critical, collaborative, impactful work. Details here: bit.ly/4eRc4if Please share!
#Bioethics
Breaking news: Staff at the National Institutes of Health have issued a declaration calling on their director to depoliticize the agency and reverse spending cuts.
Homelessness is rising among older adults, driven by lack of affordable housing paired with a late Baby Boom cohort effect (entire generation coming of age amidst recession and poor job opportunities). Good deep dive in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
New from my PhD student Colleen and crew:
"Rethinking homelessness: a scoping review of social constructions and meanings" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cheque week is associated with greater overdose risks, but changing monthly income support payment structures has produced mixed results. Another study from the B.C. trial on this finds no significant effects on medications for opioid use disorder adherence (www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...).
Encampments are complex and diverse, and offer a highly contrasting living experience to shelters (www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...). The housing solutions remain the same (no need to reinvent the wheel here), but there is utility in redesigning shelters to offer more community and safety.
It’s a mistake to outsource most writing to AI.
Even if the output is accurate and engaging, something valuable is lost in the process. Jotting down intuitions and spelling out hunches is how we develop and refine our ideas.
Writing is where we do our best thinking.
A reminder from a 2019 publication to always review your article proofs:
“This study was reviewed and approved by the Quality Improvement Assessment Board of (redacted).”
