Jul 30, 2026 · 25 min · 11 segments
Today, we sit down with Ottawa Public Health to talk about partying safely – and why it’s so important. Whether you’re dancing at the club or grilling at a backyard bash, look out for yourself and…
Megan FrancaGuestElizabeth Bélanger-HardyGuest
Shirley MannHost
It's really for those moments, you know, you mentioned partying, you like partying, festivals, events, maybe even nights out with friends.
Doing that planning before, during and after to make sure everybody is having a safer experience.
We also have resources on our partysafer.ca website for mental health, safer sex, violence prevention, and supports for bystander intervention too.
Yeah, so we know that alcohol and drug use are common in the party settings.
So our goal is really to reduce the potential risk associated with those environments.
And we really reinforce this idea of not to judge or shame people who use substances.
We realize that people have different experience and choices when it comes to substance use.
So one of our responsibilities is to put out there some information that is reliable and based on the best data so people can make the best decisions for themselves.
The party initiative itself focuses on initiatives that prevent harms for the population.
And we have a lot of trainings and workshops that are in person, but also online and have a lot of like outreach components to them.
So we're like directly with the population that we seek to inform and help.
And also, of course, the Party Safer initiative is for everyone, not just people who use substance use.
So it's for family, friends, community members, night event workers.
It's really for those moments, you know, you mentioned partying, you like partying, festivals, events, maybe even nights out with friends.
Doing that planning before, during and after to make sure everybody is having a safer experience.
We also have resources on our partysafer.ca website for mental health, safer sex, violence prevention, and supports for bystander intervention too.
Yeah, so we know that alcohol and drug use are common in the party settings.
So our goal is really to reduce the potential risk associated with those environments.
And we really reinforce this idea of not to judge or shame people who use substances.
We realize that people have different experience and choices when it comes to substance use.
So one of our responsibilities is to put out there some information that is reliable and based on the best data so people can make the best decisions for themselves.
The party initiative itself focuses on initiatives that prevent harms for the population.
And we have a lot of trainings and workshops that are in person, but also online and have a lot of like outreach components to them.
So we're like directly with the population that we seek to inform and help.
And also, of course, the Party Safer initiative is for everyone, not just people who use substance use.
So it's for family, friends, community members, night event workers.
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