Support Opioid Harm Reduction

Canadian Red Cross Opioid Harm Reduction training aims to reduce opioid-related deaths by eliminating stigma, promoting helpful behaviors, and training on how to administer naloxone. Your support is crucial in making this vision a reality. Act now!

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How you can help

First Aid for Opioid Poisoning Emergencies

Free online training (45–60 minutes)

Understand how opioids and naloxone affect the body.
Learn how to respond confidently to an opioid poisoning emergency and how to administer intranasal and intramuscular naloxone.
Explore ways to reduce stigma and learn strategies for self-care.
Receive a Red Cross certificate of completion.

Who is this course for? Anyone 16 years of age and older.

Becoming an Opioid Harm Reduction Champion

Free online training (30 minutes)

Learn more about the opioid crisis in Canada and how you can help.
Gain skills, knowledge, and resources to change community perceptions of opioid poisoning.
Help raise awareness and reduce stigma by promoting simple actions to protect against opioid poisoning emergencies.

Who is this course for? Anyone* 13 years of age and older.

* Residents of Quebec – see below the course Becoming an Opioid Harm Reduction Champion (For Quebec learners).

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Becoming an Opioid Harm Reduction Champion (For Quebec residents*)

Free online training (30 minutes)

Learn more about the opioid crisis in Canada and how you can help.
Gain skills, knowledge, and resources to change community perceptions of opioid poisoning.
Help raise awareness and reduce stigma by promoting simple actions to protect against opioid poisoning emergencies.

Who is this course for? Quebec residents of 13 years of age and older.

* Some programming under our Opioid Harm Reduction project is not offered in Quebec as similar programming is already in place.

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ON Workplace Naloxone Program – First Aid for Opioid Poisoning Emergencies

Online training (45–60 minutes)

Online and self-directed course meets all OHSA requirements.
Learn how to prevent, recognize, and respond to an opioid poisoning emergency, including how to administer nasal naloxone.

Who is this course for? Ontario-based employees meeting provincial requirements under OHSA and Bill 88.

CRC OHR Advisory Council

The Opioid Harm Reduction (OHR) initiative is guided by an advisory council of subject matter experts. This council includes individuals with lived experience of substance use, their families, and friends (LLEAFF), peers, advocates, and community members.

Discover the OHR Council