Yúustway
Health & Wellness
Toxic Drug Crisis
Contact Details
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Mackenzie Gomez, Manager, Community Health & Wellness
Phone: 604-982-7812 or 604-360-3911
Email: Mackenzie_Gomez@squamish.net
After hours support:
Danielle Hearns, Mental Health & Substance Use Clinician
Phone: 604-351-5776
Email: Danielle_Hearns@squamish.net
Our Approach to the Toxic Drug Crisis
The Nation views the toxic drug crisis as a complex community health issue with significant impacts on community safety. This has resulted in Nexwsxwníw̓ntm ta Úxwumixw (Council) declaring a community-wide health state of emergency, which will support immediate and long-term actions to address the crisis in a comprehensive and culturally appropriate way.
To learn about resources and next steps click on the titles below to expand:
Harm reduction and safe use supplies are available in two locations:
- Yúustway Health & Wellness Office (Unit 9A, 380 Welch Street, West Vancouver, BC, V7P 0A7)
- S7ilhen Food Pantry (100 B Capilano Road, West Vancouver, BC V7P 3PG)
Weekly Warriors Circle Men’s Group
Call group facilitator at 236-558-8012.
Weekly Women’s Circle Group
Call 604-982-7806 or email wellness@squamish.net
Get Your Drugs Tested
Call 778-819-0922 or visit getyourdrugstested.com
Weekly Drug Checking Services (every Friday)
Call 236-788-1977 or email wellness@squamish.net
Weekly AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) Meetings (every Thursday)
Call 604-982-7610 or email Nicasio_Campos@squamish.net
Monthly Naloxone training (first Wednesday every month)
Call 236-788-1977 or email wellness@squamish.net
Support with getting into treatment and detox facilities
- Via Squamish Nation: Call 604-982-7806 or email wellness@squamish.net
- Via FNHA: Contact Virtual Substance Use and Psychiatry Services, call 1-833-456-7655 or email fnvsups@fnha.ca
Find details about these and other harm reduction education events in community on our Workshops and Recurring Programs page.
First Nations Virtual Substance Use & Psychiatry Service
Referral-based service (via FNHA doctor) Call 1-833-456-7655 or email fnvsups@fnha.ca
Mon-Fri Substance Use & Addictions: 9:30 am – 5 pm Psychiatry: 9:30 am – 3 pm
Opioid Treatment Access Line
Call 1-833-804 8111 7 days a week 9 am – 4 pm
Talk4Healing
Free & culturally safe help line for Indigenous women based in northern Ontario, but accessible across Canada.
Call 1-855-554-HEAL (4325)
NORS (National Overdose Response Service)
Call or Text: 1-888-688-NORS (6677)
Email: weloveyou@nors.ca 24/7
Squamish Overdose Prevention Site
Call 604-849-1991
7 days a week 12 pm – 10 pm
37930 3rd Avenue, Squamish BC
Under One Roof in Squamish
Call 604-390-3000 24 hrs
37871 3rd Avenue, Squamish BC
Detox Call
1-866-658-1221
7 days a week 9 am – 7:45 pm
Car 22 Team
Can be dispatched by calling 9-1-1 or the local police non-emergency line.
Car 99 (Nurse/RCMP) SV – M-Th, 7am-4pm, 604 892 6100 Car 22 (Nurse/RCMP) NS – M-Th, 7am-4pm, 604 892 6100
Our plan is to increase community access (both on- and off-reserve) to:
- Safe consumption (harm reduction) strategies, including a new harm reduction vending machine and community cupboard
- Drug checking sites & community education
- Distributing safe use supplies & naloxone training
- Supervised drug consumption site(s)
- Primary care providers (family physicians and nurse practitioners)
- Mobile outreach & overdose prevention unit
- Detox and addictions treatment (counselling, medication (e.g., OAT)
- Mental health and substance use disorder supports (sobriety and relapse prevention)
- Culturally appropriate temporary emergency housing options
- Further training for the Community Safety Team
- Additional social programs as required
Nation Updates
Letter from Nexwsxwníw̓ntm ta Úxwumixw | Update on Squamish Nation Distribution Program
To the Squamish People, The Squamish Nation Council is pleased to announce approval for a special payment, again this year, ahead of the holidays.
Our Children Our Way Society Welcomes New Ruling from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal, Demands Immediate Action from Canada on Jordan’s Principle
The Our Children Our Way Society is applauding the latest ruling from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) which reinforces the obligation of the Government of Canada to eliminate its systemic discrimination against First Nations children.
