Community Engagement

This International Overdose Awareness Day event is organized by the Health Service Executive (HSE) National Social Inclusion Office, Ireland

Times listed here are in Eastern Daylight Time (Toronto/Ontario).

To mark International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) 2026, the HSE National Social Inclusion Office will host a free live webinar on Monday 31st August from 8:00-9:30 am. 

As part of the world’s annual campaign to raise awareness of drug-related overdose, the HSE invite guests to join the event to help end overdose, remember those who have died without stigma and acknowledge the grief experienced by family and friends left behind. 

This International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) Event is organized by the Harm Reduction Advocacy Collective

Woven Memories is a community gathering marking International Overdose Awareness Day and creating space to remember and honour people whose lives have been lost to the overdose crisis. The event will include a grief gathering alongside the We Miss You Still installation and the launch of the Memorial Quilt Project. Community members are invited to come together in remembrance, grief, connection and solidarity.

This in-person International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) event is presented by On The Road 4 Mental Health.

The event concludes the 2026 Steps to Remember initiative, a series of walks marking ten years since the recognition of Canada's opioid crisis. The August 31 closing event will include a vigil and speakers representing mental health, overdose awareness and harm reduction organizations.

The event will begin at the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights Monument in Ottawa and end at Parliament Hill. 

This International Overdose Awareness Day event is led by a peer group in Midland.

Midland Public Library, 320 King Street, Midland, ON

A peer-led gathering to remember people lost to the drug toxicity crisis and strengthen the call for compassion, justice and meaningful change. The event features an interactive memorial project, harm reduction information, naloxone, refreshments and opportunities for community connection.

Registration is not required.

This International Overdose Awareness Day event is presented by Wellington Guelph Drug Strategy.

This International Overdose Awareness Day event is organized by Chatham-Kent Public Health, Reach Out Chatham-Kent and the Chatham-Kent Community Drug Strategy.

Kathy Moreland of Moms Stop the Harm will share her lived-experience journey as a mother who lost her 18-year-old son, Austin, to fentanyl toxicity. The session will connect personal experience with the need to challenge stigma and advance harm reduction, naloxone, voluntary treatment, supportive housing and equitable substance-use healthcare.

To register, email jordynne.linsday@ckoht.ca. 

This community event is presented by PASAN, Parkdale Queen West CHC, Regent Park CHC, Sherbourne Health, South Riverdale CHC, Street Haven, StreetHealth, and The Neighbourhood Group

This community event is presented by Women's Health in Women's Hands CHC (WHIWH CHC)