Series on toxic drug series continues Feb 26 and March 26

/in , /by

Panelists at Jan. 29 opening event

Our first event is a wrap in our speaker series on the toxic drug crisis, “Out of Harm’s Way: Insight, Innovation and Action on the Toxic Drug Crisis.” More than 200 people attended the event at First Metropolitan Church sanctuary.

Bookmark these dates/times for the next two events, which we expect will be equally enlightening: Wednesday Feb. 26, 3-6 p.m. for a look at BC interventions and evidence related to the toxic drug crisis; and Wednesday, March 26, 2-5 p.m., for a powerful dialogue among people with lived experience talking about their own experiences with recovery (in the broadest definition of that word). Click here for updated information on these events as the dates draw closer.

Thank you to the participants of our opening dialogue on Jan. 29 – from left to right in the photo above: harm reduction and recovery advocate Guy Felicella; former BC chief coroner Lisa Lapointe; Canadian Drug Policy Coalition Executive Director DJ Larkin; Qom Qem outgoing director Lacey Jones (and incoming Director of Toxic Drug Response for the First Nations Health Authority); Moms Stop the Harm co-founder Leslie McBain; and moderator Dr. Perry Kendall, BC’s former provincial health officer.

Check back here for more details as those dates approach. Admission is free for all events. See you there!

Public dialogue on toxic drug crisis starts Wednesday

/in , /by

Peers is excited to launch our speaker series this week on the toxic drug crisis. “Out of Harm’s Way: Insight, Innovation and Action on the Toxic Drug Crisis” gets underway Wednesday with the first of three events.

Join us Wednesday Jan. 29, 1-4 p.m. in the sanctuary at First Metropolitan Church (corner of Quadra and Balmoral streets) for our opening event, featuring a dialogue with former BC Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe, Leslie McBain of Moms Stop the Harm, harm reduction and recovery advocate Guy Felicella, QomQem Director Lacey Jones, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition ED DJ Larkin, and BC’s former provincial medical health officer, Dr. Perry Kendall.

More details at the link, where we’ll be posting more information about the next two events soon. All events are free – hope to see you there for one of the most important conversations of this decade.

We are hiring Sacred Coordinator

/in /by

Sacred is a group made up of Indigenous folks that currently or formerly worked the sex trade. They meet monthly to connect and share experiences as Indigenous sex workers and to draw strength from culture and coming together. This position will focus on providing support services to Sacred group members, coordinate monthly meetings and coordinating the Sacred Peer Outreach Program. The Sacred Coordinator will report to the Indigenous Programs Director at Peers Victoria. Overall, this position is posted for between 20-25 hours per week at $33 per hour. Sacred meetings are once a month, on the second Friday of each month. There is also one night a week required for Sacred outreach on Tuesday or Thursday from 5-10 pm. The position is funded by CAI, Civil Forfeiture, and Giving Voice until March 31, 2025 with the possibility of renewal.

2409 Sacred Job Posting

 

We are hiring! Outreach Facilitator for Immigrant and Migrant Sex workers

/in /by

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Outreach Facilitator for Immigrant and Migrant
Sex workers is skilled in relationship building, harm reduction, group facilitation,
workshop delivery, knowledge of community resources, and providing general support.
They must work collaboratively with the Executive Director, as well as allied organizations
who are already connected with these communities to provide a continuum of ethical,
peer‐ based, responsive supports informed by our service recipients’ perspectives and
preferences. Mentorship and training opportunities from an allied organization that
currently serves im/migrant sex workers will be provided.

Job Description

Peers Victoria 是一个创新及提供多种服务的基层机构，自 1995 年以来一直致力于服务维多利亚
的性工作者。通过直接服务和合作伙伴关系，Peers 提供不断演变的外展、减害和支援服务。我
们维护一个欢迎和易于接触的服务环境，促进现时当性工作和前性工作者的赋权。
我们目前的目标是有意识地扩大服务范围，以涵盖属于种族化群体的移民/移居的工人，以确保我
们能够覆盖和服务维多利亚一个服务不足的性工作者群体，这个群体可能面临不同的障碍和需求
，而我们作为一个组织可以更好地解决这些问题。我们正在寻找一位外展协调员，与这些社区成
员建立联系，并促进一个由移民/移居性工作者组成的晚餐小组/顾问委员会，帮助建立这些关系，
并直接向当地社区成员学习，提升我们组织的能力，以提供更好的支持。
该职位向执行董事汇报，移民和移居性工作者外展协调员需要具备关系建立、减害、团体协调、
工作坊主持、社区资源知识和提供一般支援的技能。他们必须与执行董事以及已经与这些社区建
立联系的合作组织进行合作，以提供一个道德的、基于同伴的、响应性的支持体系，依据服务对象
的观点和偏好进行调整。将提供来自目前服务移民/移居性工作者的合作组织的指导和培训机会。

Job Description translated

We are Hiring Housing Support Worker

/in /by

Through a funding agreement with the CRD and Canada’s Reaching Home Initiative, the Housing Support Worker supports unhoused and precariously housed current and former sex workers to locate and maintain housing, as well as to assist with basic needs and eviction prevention. 

Reporting to the Program Manager, The Housing Support Worker supports the maintenance of participant files and records associated with reporting for Reaching Home funding, as per Peers Victoria contract with the Capital Reginal District (CRD), who administers the Reaching Home funding stream provided by the federal government. 

Job Description

We are Hiring QomQem Housing Coordinator

/in /by

QomQem Coastal Connections is a grassroots Indigenous-led outreach program that
developed in partnership with Peers Victoria Resources Society. We offer harm reduction
and health care services to Indigenous peoples who are unhoused, precariously housed, and
who may be using substances and/or alcohol. This position is posted for 35 hours per week.
The rate of pay for the housing coordinator position is $33 per hour. Shifts will generally be
Monday-Friday with the possibility of some weekend shifts. The position is funded by Reaching
Homes until March 31, 2025 with the possibility of funding renewal. This position is focused
on supporting Indigenous folks who are unhoused or precariously housed to obtain and
maintain housing as well as support with basic needs and eviction prevention.

Job Description