Season 5 Episode 1: Peer Inclusion and Engagement

<p>On today’s episode hosts Tracy Mooney and Jody Wagner discuss Peer Inclusion and Engagement within Mental Health and Substance Use planning and service deliver with guests Alison Kyte and Brock Thomas. </p> <p><strong>Learn more</strong></p> <ul> <li>Stories@IH: <a href= "https://www.interiorhealth.ca/stories/peers-are-being-engaged-share-their-substance-use-expertise"> Peers are being engaged to share their substance use expertise</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZV2YjrctdQ">The Role of the Peer within a Clinical Team</a> webinar provides background about the roots of Peer Support. It is delivered by Pat Deegan who is an international leader in Peer work.</li> <li><strong>IH staff</strong> can check out the <a href= "http://insidenet.interiorhealth.ca/Clinical/MHA/Pages/PeerEngagementInclusion.aspx"> Peer Inclusion and Engagement Toolkit</a> to learn more and to find out how to engage Peers in their work</li> <li><strong>People with lived or living experience with substance use</strong> visit the <a href= "https://www.interiorhealth.ca/health-and-wellness/mental-health-and-substance-use/substance-use/substance-use-peer-engagement-and-inclusion"> Substance Use Peer Engagement & Inclusion</a> webpage to learn more and to get involved.</li> <li><a href="https://lillanetwork.wordpress.com/about/">Lila Waston</a></li> <li><a href="https://peersupportcanada.ca/">Peer Support Canada</a></li> <li><a href="https://mentalhealthcommission.ca/">Mental Health Commission of Canada </a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17465709-braiding-sweetgrass">Braiding Sweetgrass</a>: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer- <a href= "https://eds.s.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=2&sid=04a7f617-7a8d-40b7-90cf-e6ce6bec9cea%40redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU%3d#AN=ihlc.4585&db=cat08670a"> available to IH staff through IH Library Services</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18050139-medicine-walk">Medicine Walk by Richa