Advocating for Harm Reduction with Leigh Chapman

Nurses' Voices

10-05-2022 • 23 mins

In our latest episode of Nurses’ Voices, join Gail Donner and Mary Wheeler as they have an honest and personal conversation with Leigh Chapman, RN, PhD, Adjunct Lecturer, Graduate Program at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto.

Leigh shares the story of her brother Brad, who died of a drug overdose and homeless at the age of 43. After this, Leigh became an advocate for harm reduction amongst those experiencing homelessness, in order to reduce stigma and discrimination and increase care. Her journey has been challenging both personally and professionally, and sharing this story will hopefully encourage other nurses to help with meaningful causes that are important to them.

We would like acknowledge National Nursing Week 2022, taking place from May 9th - 15th. We are extremely thankful for all that nurses do, this week and every week!

We wish to thank Pfizer Canada for their sponsorship of Season Two of Nurses' Voices, and to the Canadian Nurses Foundation and the Canadian Nurses Association for their ongoing support.