We envision a world where substance users are informed, safe, supported and respected, both socially and legally, and where psychedelic therapies are affordable, diverse and accessible for all those that wish to participate.

By providing evidence-based education, harm reduction services, policy change and spreading radical compassion, we believe psychedelics will play a pivotal role in the larger movement of human rights and world peace. 

It’s Time For Atlantic Canada to Play Its Part

We believe that it is an important time to have a platform to have safe and open conversations about psychedelics. With mainstream media picking up on ongoing research into psychedelics as healing tools and the failures of the Drug War, conversations about substances are going to spread and grow.

We aim to link together researchers, policy makers, educators and everyday people to create a culture of understanding and responsibility.

We also host events where we educate people about drug harm reduction, share ongoing scientific research, discuss possible futures, and facilitate the sharing of peoples psychedelic experiences, both difficult and wonderful.

It is time for society to stop pushing psychedelic users and discussions underground, and time we create space to transform what was once a taboo topic into one of acceptance and growth.

Our Mission and values

We seek to foster positive change and to build community around a culture of compassion, evidence-based research, and harm reduction for those affected by substance use. 

Accessibility: diversity, inclusiveness, anti-oppression, equity

Transparency: open communication, integrity, authenticity

Community Care: peer support, compassion, respect, courage 

Harm Reduction: public education, mental health support

Scientific advancement through unbiased research/education

What We've Achieved

LAND Acknowledgement

We’d like to take a moment to acknowledge where we are. This is Mi’kma’ki, the traditional, ancestral and current territory of the Mi'kMaq people. Land acknowledgements are becoming more and more popular at events from screenings to workshops to radio shows. I applaud all those who want to recognize the privilege we have to live here and acknowledge those who came before us, the past, present and future stewards of this land. However, while this is important, I’d like to encourage you to take it a step further to learn about exactly what this means.

The Peace and Friendship Treaties that were signed in the late 1700s promised mutual partnership between the Mi’kMaw and the government. As we know, this did not happen, and the Canadian government did not honour this long-standing agreement and persecuted indigenous folks across the country, attempting to erase languages, cultures, and entire nations.

As we learn more about the ways so-called Canada has treated our indigenous siblings, we have a duty to hold our government responsible and to honour those agreements. We must build and repair relationships. We must cultivate a shared future that prioritizes the needs of this land's first people and caretakers. We must reflect on what we are doing to learn, and to unlearn. I encourage you to do your own research about these treaties, about the Land Back movement, and about the incredible Indigenous businesses organizations here in Kjipuktuk. There are always ways to offer help and support. It’s time for us to use whatever privilege we have to advocate for all our relations when our voices are needed.

It is also important to acknowledge that the criminalization of psychoactive substances disproportionately targets Indigenous people. There is an overrepresentation of Indigenous people and other people of colour incarcerated in Canadian prisons, particularly for nonviolent drug crimes. I would also like to acknowledge on that note, that people of African descent have shared these lands for over 400 years. Despite Nova Scotia’s historical and ongoing practices of anti-Black racism and displacement, over 50 strong African Nova Scotian communities exist today.

Reflecting on our role as Settlers and Treaty People is very important as we navigate conversations about drug policy, and the distinctions between medical and recreational drug use. The latter, often still criminalized. As psychedelics are becoming formally recognized as medicine within our healthcare system, we must also recognize the historical and current damage done to indigenous groups. These are not new medicines. People have been using psychedelics for healing for thousands of years. But while psychedelics are being positioned to become big businesses, the last few years have seen an increase in arrests around the world for ceremonial plant medicine practitioners.

As an organization, we take these concerns seriously and will continue to advocate for the legal rights of traditional wisdom keepers, who have kept this knowledge alive. We also advocate for psychedelic therapies to be widely accessible. In line with the action I mentioned at the beginning, we are committed to providing subsidized options to our services (such as integration circles) to Indigenous people and other underserved communities.” Finally, while our organization’s name suggests we are here to serve Nova Scotia, we remind you again that we are in Mi’kma’ki. We stand in solidarity with all Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island. Thank you.