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SUMMARY:Webinar: Courageous Conversations: How to Talk with Everyone Abou
 t Harm Reduction
DESCRIPTION:-- Webinar Description:  --\n\nThis interactive module devel
 ops participants’ skills in navigating difficult conversations about h
 arm reduction with colleagues, clients, policymakers, and community memb
 ers. The focus is on active listening, framing evidence-based arguments,
  and finding common ground without compromising harm reduction values.\n
 \nLearning Objectives\n\n* Confidently address misconceptions and stigma
  surrounding drug use and harm reduction.\n\n* Apply effective communica
 tion strategies to engage diverse audiences.\n\n* Maintain professionali
 sm and compassion during challenging or oppositional discussions.\n\n-- 
 Instructor: Corey Ranger --\n\nInstructor Bio: Based in unceded Quw’u
 tsun Territory, Corey Ranger (he/him) is an uninvited settler on these l
 ands. Corey is a registered nurse, educator, and health systems consulta
 nt with extensive experience in street outreach, community, and public h
 ealth nursing. His work focuses on harm reduction, quality improvement, 
 project management, and translating evidence into practice, policy, and 
 systems change. He has worked in harm reduction since 2013, first in Alb
 erta and now in British Columbia, with experience developing, implementi
 ng, and evaluating novel approaches to substance use care and harm reduc
 tion. Corey currently serves as President of the Harm Reduction Nurses A
 ssociation and as the North American Representative on the Members’ Ad
 visory Council of the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC). He al
 so works with Indigenous and community-based organizations, including Co
 wichan Tribes, on quality improvement, service development, and implemen
 tation initiatives.\n\n 
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