The Timiskaming District Board of Health endorsed Planet Youth and the Icelandic Prevention Model (IPM) as a local strategy to reduce youth substance use at their April 5, 2023 meeting. The board received a briefing report prepared by staff at … Read More
Participating, from left to right, were Planet Youth CEO Pall Ríkhardsson, Joanne Pinnow, Director of Akak’stiman, United Way Calgary, Dr. Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, Melanie Cormier, Planet Youth New Brunswick, and David Somppi, Planet Youth Lanark … Read More
The first step of the Planet Youth process was to build a coalition of organizations to guide the approach. In February 2023, 37 community partners from across the district came together to explore Planet Youth as a local strategy to … Read More
On September 20th, the Prevention Pillar of the Timiskaming Drug and Alcohol Strategy received a presentation from the Timiskaming Health Unit on the need for a comprehensive youth substance use prevention approach in Timiskaming District. The Icelandic Prevention Model (IPM) … Read More
