THEVOICE | 6 THURSDAY, NOV. 16,2017 | EDITOR JASON GILDER Bring naloxone party here s the opi- oid cri- sis continues to perpetu- ate problems within the drug community, a handful of local nonprofits are working around the clock, train- ing and shed- ding insight on harm reduction, but why haven't they made a debut at Langara? According to Health Canada Drug Analysis Service this past aN OPINION ALLISON HAYES week, there has been a 2,000 per cent increase in fentanyl in samples taken from street ated high demand for a second. Karmik, a Vancouver-based non- profit harm re- drugs. “Naloxone training | duction orga- Langara Health ss he ti f nization, which Services has the is just t e tip 6) helped host wrong idea about the iceberg and we the event, has what is going to come through best serve the should tune into the in big ways to student body. In- s) e418 educate, enroll, stead they should vulnerabilities of and encourage organize dialogue our communities. unity within about how fen- the UBC com- tanyl impacts communities, provide education and insight on effective solutions. ‘This past Friday, UBC held it’s second naloxone training party af- ter the success of the first party cre- munity. They have offered training and complimentary naloxone kits to people on campus. Langara Health Services spoke to The Voice last month about their concern that they do not have enough resources to offer students. They explained that they only have a few naloxone kits on campus, and must limit them to at-risk students only, not for the public. Langara should be looking to book nonprofits like Karmik or similar organizations like Good Night Out because this is a system- ic issue and the more people that engage and learn, the better. College programs like Langara’s Strategic Resilience Certificate only equips first responders with the necessary skills to address an overdose. But, Naloxone training is just the tip of the iceberg, and we should tune into the vulnerabilities of our communities. UBC recently held their second workshop to teach students how to use a naloxone kit, billing it as a naloxone training party. PERRIN GRAUER ILLUSTRATION Part-time profs need more pay C anada is climbing into the top tier of educational rankings, but at the cost of drowning non-regular faculty as sessionals into debt. ‘This year marked the 10th anni- versary of Fair Employment Week, a week of action to raise the pro- file of precarious employment in B.C.’s post-secondary institutions, organized by the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of BC (FPSE) and held from Oct. 23 to 27. As part of this year’s efforts, the FPSE continued to promote Precar- ious Profs BC, a campaign to share stories of sessional and non-regular faculty who are paid low wages, have limited access to benefits and have no job security. Full-time professors in B.C. receive around $90,000 annu- ally while non- regulars may live on $10,000 per semester without ben- efits. The = anni- versary is not to be consid- ered a joyous milestone but, rather a stark reminder that there is still work to be done. OPINION LISA TANH According to a 2017 BBC article, tests ran by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and De- velopment showed that Canada has the world's highest proportion of working-age adults who have been through higher education. Session- als and non-regular faculty make up more than half of staff in B.C.’s post-secondary institutions. In Vancouver, sessional and non- regular faculty are working odd part-time jobs such as delivering food and answering clinic calls to afford rent which they consider hu- miliating after years of study. One sessional instructor who requested to remain anonymous told The Voice that they have been forced to de- clare bankruptcy. According to a 2017 Point2 Homes study, Vancouver has the most unaffordable housing mar- ket in North America — exceeding Manhattan, N.Y. and San Fran- cisco, Calif. Currently, the FPSE is asking sessional and non-regular faculty from Canadian post-secondary institutions to fill out a survey on their teaching experiences and re- flections by Dec. 15. The data is go- ing to be used for a study that will aim to help improve their employ- ment conditions and inform public policy. Viewpoints Artificial turf is Safe, said no athlete cademic studies show there is no correlation between artificial turf fields and in- juries to the joints of athletes. However, the people actually playing on the artificial fields may have something else to say. From personal experiences of playing on that surface, slipping while running on an artificial turf is common, which can lead to se- vere injuries to joints like the knees, achilles and ankles. But my experi- ences and concerns are not rare, just ask professional athletes. Professional soccer players of the highest order have previously voiced their displeasure with the fake grass surface. The U.S. women’s national soccer team _ brought the issue to light in 2015 in an article writ- ten by TIME gi; magazine. The = team said they ¥ would suffer bad rub burns when OPINIO turf pellets got ———————— lodged in their JASON legs, and would GILDER trip or slide on lopsided surfaces. ‘The issues were raised after the U.S. squad played in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in June and July of 2015, where they played eight of their 10 games on artificial turf. Players in the National Foot- ball League have shared the same thoughts. The NFL Players Asso- ciation have conducted multiple in- depth surveys on the matter, as the most recent results are from 2010. According to the surveys, 89.7 per cent of NFL players said arti- ficial turf is more likely to end their career quicker than expected, and 89.1 per cent of players said they felt more sore after playing on an artificial turf. If professional athletes are con- cerned about their long-term health because of the playing sur- face, the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation should be aware of what the turf may do to the joints of growing kids. We want to hear from you Have a different point of view? Write to us. Have a concern with something we've said? Let us know. Think we got a fact wrong? Tell us. Journalism instructor Erica Bulman oversees The Voice. Email: ebulman@langara.ca The Voice is pub- lished by Langara College’s joumalism government and administration. 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