ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to thank the following organizations and harm reduction programs in Ontario that helped us organize focus groups and participated in the development of the reference guide: Regional HIV AIDS Connection, London; Grey Bruce Health Unit, Owen Sound; Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit, Smiths Falls; Northwestern Health Unit, Kenora; Eastern Ontario Health Unit, Cornwall; Toronto Public Health, The Works, Toronto; HIV/AIDS Resources and Community Health ARCH, Guelph; Kingston Community Health Centres, Street Health Centre, Kingston; Lambton Public Health, North Lambton Community Health Centre, North Lambton; Public Health Sudbury & Districts, Sudbury; John Howard Society of Durham Region, Oshawa; Positive Living Niagara, St. Catharines; Ottawa Public Health, Ottawa; Somerset West Community Health Centre, Ottawa; Elevate NOW, Thunder Bay; City of Hamilton Public Health Services; Porcupine Health Unit, Timmins and The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit.

Throughout this project, our team has benefited from the wisdom and advice from the following people on the Advisory Committee:

Dr. Carol Strike (University of Toronto), Fiona Sillars (Ontario Ministry of Health), Nick Boyce (Ontario Harm Reduction Network), Karen Lomax (HIV/AIDS Resources and Community Health ARCH, Guelph), Kier Martin (Queen West Community Health Centre, Toronto), Debra Neil (South Riverdale Community Health Centre, Toronto), Matt Perin (Peterborough AIDS Resource Network – PARN), Caitlyn Dobratz (AIDS Committee of North Bay & Area), Marjan White (Ottawa Public Health), Sarah Beanlands (Ottawa Public Health), Jennifer Adams (Leeds, Grenville & Lanark District Health Unit) and Gillian Lunny (Northwestern Health Unit).

We also owe thanks to Melisa Dickie (CATIE) and Camille Arkell (CATIE) for their feedback on the draft version of this guide.

This project would not have been possible without the financial support from the Public Health Agency of Canada and continued support from the AIDS and Hepatitis C Programs of the Ontario Ministry of Health.

This project was coordinated by Miroslav Miskovic with the assistance of Denise Beaumont , Josée Conway and Nadia Zurba from OHRDP.

Suggested citation: Miskovic, M., Zurba, N., Beaumont, D., Conway, J. (2020). Connecting - A Guide to Using Harm Reduction Supplies as Engagement Tools, Ontario Harm Reduction Distribution Program, Kingston Community Health Centres, Kingston Ontario.