Fort William First Nation acknowledges National Addiction Awareness Week – Anishinabek News
December 11, 2024
FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION — A group of community speakers shared their lived experiences with addictions and recovery during Fort William’s National Addiction Awareness Week gathering on Nov. 27 at the Fort William First Nation Community Centre.
“We had community speakers come and speak to their lived experience and their journey through recovery as well as their journey when they were using substances,” says Ashley Harju, mental health and addiction coordinator at Fort William. “They gave some education, awareness and some advocacy for our community and we had EMS come out to do a naloxone demonstration, so individuals were able to go up to do a naloxone training of their own — they could practice administering it so it’s not the very first time they do it is when a person is potentially overdosing.”
