Holding and Untangling - A Lived Experience Lens: Women & Gender Expansive Populations' Access to Supervised Consumption/Overdose Prevention Sites

The Women and Gender Expansive Populations (WGEP) Project was developed to identify and address access barriers and facilitators at supervised consumption services (SCS) and overdose prevention sites (OPS). This project was led by the Lived Expertise Leadership Group (LEL Group) which is composed of women and gender expansive people who use(d) drugs. In addition, harm reduction service providers and academic researchers provided input through an advisory committee. In mid-2021, the project team developed and disseminated a survey to collect feedback about access of supervised consumption and overdose prevention services from women and gender expansive people who use drugs from across Canada. This report summarizes the survey results, provides recommendations from the Lived Expertise Leadership Group with insights from the stakeholder advisory committee, and a comprehensive literature scan.