explore an area of addiction and to review the current
organizations, governmental and/or non-governmental agencies responding to this issue.
Students may choose an area of addiction that interests them. This is a research
assignment which will require exploring both addiction and community resources. You
may include our course resources and will need to look beyond. Some of the research may
be academic in nature i.e. articles/textbooks and some may be more popular e.g. reliable
websites and governmental/community agencies/organizations.
Tasks:
- Begin by choosing a population of interest and/or an addiction and provide a
rationale for your interest in an introduction.
o Populations of interest may include: adolescents, women, people
experiencing homelessness, Indigenous communities etc.
o Addictions may include: alcohol, caffeine, gaming, shopping, opioids,
gambling etc.
- Define the population and/or the addiction selected; discuss the current Canadian
statistics on the prevalence of the issue; any key factors and/or concerns related
to this issue including but not limited to social determinants of health, economic
and/or social costs, the BPS+ model, intersections with other populations and/or
addictions etc.
- List 3 Canadian organization/agencies designed to respond to the issue. Describe
