Higher Learning: Empowering Cannabis Harm Reduction through Digital Storytelling
Presented by the University of Calgary's Cumming School of Medicine, hosted in partnership with the Calgary Public Library.
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Where: Central Library, 800 3 St SE, Calgary, AB
Doors Open: 5:30 pm
Begins at: 6 pm
About the film:
Join us for a special screening featuring a series of powerful short films created by young adults for young adults. Sharing their real-life experiences of cannabis use, these digital stories highlight strategies for safer use, reducing stigma, and making informed choices.
Following the screening, a panel of University of Calgary experts and youth advocates will explore key themes from the stories, including harm reduction strategies for young people, guidance for parents and caregivers, and approaches to fostering open, non-judgmental conversations.
- Read more about this project:
Researchers capture the youth voice as they craft harm reduction policy for cannabis use - For additional resources and on campus supports, visit:
Safer cannabis use
FREE admission and popcorn, seating is first-come, first-serve. Before and after the screening, be sure to visit our resource booths for more information.
Meet the Speakers
Moderator - Dr. Rebecca Haines-Saah, PhD (she/her)
Dr. Rebecca Saah is an associate professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine. She is a public health sociologist, with a PhD (2008) in Behavioural Health Sciences and Addiction Studies from the University of Toronto. Her research interests are in public health and harm reduction approaches to substance use and drug policy reform.
Noor Hadad (she/her)
Noor Hadad is a harm reduction educator, researcher, and MSc student in Counselling Psychology at the University of Calgary. Her work focuses on improving substance use education, policy, and services, with a focus on youth. She conducts research on youth cannabis use and 2SLGBTQIA+ substance use and is actively involved in campus and community-based harm reduction initiatives.
Dr. Mike Lang, PhD (he/him)
Dr. Mike Lang is a health researcher, award winning filmmaker, digital storytelling facilitator and adjunct assistant professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary. His professional and research focus is on using digital storytelling and documentary film making in education, advocacy, research, and a therapeutic capacity within healthcare and wellness contexts.
Dr. Tanya Mudry, PhD, R.Psych (she/her)
Dr. Tanya Mudry is an associate professor in Counselling Psychology at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary. She is a registered psychologist with specialized training in family therapy and child and adolescent mental health. Dr. Mudry researches substance use and excessive behaviours using a relational, family systems lens.
Hunter Trombley (they/he/she)
Hunter Trombley is an autistic, transmasculine, harm reductionist, community organizer and person who uses drugs. Their professional experience ranges from frontline harm reduction to beekeeping, and he has been involved in several grassroots harm reduction and mutual aid projects throughout Alberta.
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