August 1, 2017 carnegie newsletter

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Tracey Morrison; pre~ident of the Western~Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society.

Tracey Morrison remembered for her tenderness and tirelessness ~ David P.Ball [This appeared in the Metro, July 18] A longtime advocate for drug policy reforms in Vancouver is being mourned after her unexpected death on Friday (July 14). Tracey Morrison was of Anishinabe ancestry and

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president of the Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society. Also involved in the city's leading harm-reduction community organization, the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users CVANDU), Morrison earned the nickname Tracey the-Bannock Lady for her many years selling homemade fly bread in the Downtown Easfside. "She's been a major staplein the community, fighting for the rights of Aboriginal people, especially Aborig-


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