The evidence continues to grow on the effectiveness of trauma-, gender-, and sex-informed (TGS) approaches in all areas of the substance use field, including prevention, education, harm reduction, treatment, policy, and research. Trauma-informed practice (TIP) is a critically important approach to improving substance use services, programming, policy and health promotion initiatives. Further, unless we integrate a gender transformative approach into TIP, issues of equity can easily be ignored, or perpetuated.
These resources are provided as an aid to integrating the TGS approach.
Guides
New Terrain: Tools to Integrate Trauma and Gender Informed Responses into Substance Use Practice and Policy English version French version
50 Trauma, Gender, and Substance Use Cards English version French version
Trauma Informed Practice & the Opioid Crisis: A Discussion Guide for Health Care and Social Service Providers English version French version
Women and Opioids: Media View PDF
Resource Lists
TGS Trauma-Informed Practice resource list View PDF
TGS Gender Informed Approaches to Substance Use resource list View PDF
TGS Gender Transformative resource list View PDF
Conversation Starters
TGS Trauma Informed Practice Principles in Action: Reflective Questions
English version French version
Building a Trauma-Informed Aftercare Network in Saskatchewan
English version French version
TGS Trauma-Informed Approaches to Seclusion and Restraint Reduction View PDF
Grounding Activities and Trauma-Informed Practice View PDF
TGS Trauma-Awareness, Sex, and Gender Skills for Trauma-Informed Practice
English version French version Inuktitut version
Strengths-Based Conversation Skills for Trauma-Informed Practice
English version French version Inuktitut version
Grounding Skills for Trauma-Informed Practice
English version French version Inuktitut version
Evidence Summaries
Sex, Gender and Cannabis English version French version
Sex, Gender and Tobacco English version French version
Sex, Gender and Alcohol English version
Sex, Gender and Opioids English version
Academic Research Summaries English version French version