Owen arguably staked his mayoral career on supporting the creation of Insite, the first legal safe injection site in North America, perhaps to the detriment of his political ambition. While drug user advocates Dean Wilson and Ann Livingston carry the bulk of the narrative in WildвЂ™s film, Owen is an empathetic presence throughout, lending his political weight to VANDU, the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users. Owen is remembered for taking a different approach to drug use in the city, adopting the Four Pillars drug strategy that advocated for harm reduction.

In FIX, late Vancouver Mayor Philip Owen is an active part of the story. It is interesting to watch both FIX and Love and see how little and how much has changed in Vancouver over two decades. Winner of the Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director at this yearвЂ™s DOXA Documentary Film Festival, Love in the Time of Fentanyl was described in the jury statement as вЂњa film that depicts an urgent crisis with compassion, empathy and most importantly centres the strength and care of the community of the DTES.вЂќ WeвЂ™re collecting readersвЂ™ pix of the season of rebirth. Have a Photo That Really Says Spring? Send It! Help us add 500 new recurring members by June 13. Responsible to you, we pursue the highest standards. Please enable JavaScript before you proceed.ДЄnnouncements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners Support Responsible Journalism. Your browser either doesn't support JavaScript or you have it turned off.

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