Publications

This paper aims to explore the intersection of HIV criminalization and sex work to better understand how HIV criminalization affects sex workers, but also how the different forms of HIV criminalization and sex work reinforce each other and exacerbate violence and discrimination against sex workers living with HIV in the region. This project is a … Read more

Ontario’s Factum is available to download at this link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/f6jcp2knf1tfk01aq8ya1/Factum-Respondent-HMKRO-18-MAR-2025.pdf?rlkey=d3jwzvv9ufhmsoopzqk4rjs7i&st=kyql27g5&dl=0 

This info sheet provides an overview of the Community Care and Recovery Act – Ontario legislation that will lead to the shutdown of supervised consumption services in Ontario.

This backgrounder provides information about the constitutional challenge to Ontario’s Community Care and Recovery Act launched by The Neighbourhood Group Community Services and two individual applicants who argue that the closure of Consumption and Treatment Services Sites in Ontario violates Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Ontario’s Record is available to download at this link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/fv4s949zzdcf40e4ka7ay/AA7v4zQieSPnbZc2wKLhjdE/Ontario’s%20evidence?rlkey=2jad0jvlgrd41ol36owos0vh5&subfolder_nav_tracking=1&st=qm1g7sh9&dl=0

The Applicants Record is available to download at this link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/fv4s949zzdcf40e4ka7ay/AN8KkRJWAshef9DCNHLltKk?rlkey=2jad0jvlgrd41ol36owos0vh5&st=1i1062rk&dl=0 

Overdose mortality and the legitimacy crisis facing policing have propelled momentum for drug law reform. Yet, resulting reforms and associated protections are often functionally undermined by enforcement practices and the legal environment faced by people who use drugs. To explore this tension, we conducted a community-based study in Ontario, Canada. Our findings show that people’s … Read more