Street Cats YYC is an organization that brings awareness to, as wells as actively provides supports for PWUD, sex workers, and street-involved. A brief description from their page that shares much more insight about their work:

"During the eruption of the pandemic, there was a shift in social inequities that highlighted the harms and barriers for underserved folks throughout the city. Street Cats came to fruition in an attempt to bridge the gaps of the stigma and shame leaving so many in the community behind. Street Cats is dedicated to operating from a trauma informed, inclusive, anti-racism, anti-oppressive framework; we are a sex positive, drug positive, anti capitalist organization grounded in principles of mutual aid."

" It is our intent to treat our community with the compassion & understanding we have needed ourselves, to come from an evidence based public health perspective, to prioritize social justice, to do our best to be good to each other, and to be vocal about social misconceptions and hatred. We intend to speak up about injustice and keep our boots on the ground for direct action. We believe in the rights, dignity, and autonomy of PWUD, sex workers, and the street-involved. They are our community; WE are current and former and/or the family of PWUD, sex workers, and street-involved"

“When we talk about harm reduction, we often reduce it to a public health framework, [one of] reducing risk. That’s harm reduction with a small ‘h-r’. Harm reduction is meeting people where they are but not leaving them there. But Harm Reduction with a capital ‘H’ and ‘R’—this is the movement, one that shifts resources and power to the people who are most vulnerable to structural violence. This includes: building community for and empowering directly impacted people, or “people who are not seen;” disruption; changing narratives; solidarity; and fighting for social justice."

-Monique Tula

The Street Cats provides support in a way that is caring and understanding which is something that is greatly needed in Toronto. 

Their Instagram contains further information about topics that need to be addressed, or ways that they actively make a change, such as a post with the title "We Don't Kick Boots". This post further explains that when the police are checking someones consciousness they often kick their boots. The Street Cats have practiced more ethical ways of checking someones consciousness.

The Street Cats YYC will truly be beneficial in Toronto due to the rise in overdoses and increase in supports needed for those on the streets. This organization will provide a better sense of care for those who need it. 

Their Instagram also shares so much more insight about them and some of the wonderful practices that they use in the field that can have a greatly positive impact on Toronto. 

They can be found at @street.cats.yyc

https://www.streetcatsyyc.com/#:~:text=HARM%20REDUX,-It%20is%20our&text=We%20intend%20to%20speak%20up,workers%2C%20and%20street%2Dinvolved