Pubdate: Wed, 12 Jul 2006
Source: Saanich News (CN BC)
Copyright: 2006 Saanich News
Contact:  http://www.saanichnews.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1209
Author: Thomas Winterhoff
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/hr.htm (Harm Reduction)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/youth.htm (Youth)

NEWS FROM UVIC

Kid Face Greater Risk Of Addiction

Dr. Stanton Peele is becoming increasingly concerned  that drug 
addiction is more prevalent among North  American children, despite 
steps taken to curb drug  use. The addiction consultant and 
psychologist is an  international leader in the field of "harm 
reduction"  and will speak on the subject July 24, starting at 4:30 
p.m., in Room A240 of UVic's Human and Social  Development Building.

Public health officials and health-care professionals  in Canada and 
the United States continue to combat  substance abuse in young people 
and yet Peele is seeing  no corresponding decrease in the level of 
addiction.  During his lecture, entitled Is Society 
Training  Children to Be Addicts? Peele will discuss some of 
the  factors he believes may be at the heart of this ongoing  social problem.

The talk is presented in conjunction with UVic's Centre  for 
Addictions Research of B.C. and the B.C. Mental  Health and 
Addictions Research Network. For more  information, call 472-5445 or 
check the website at  www.carbc.uvic.ca. Admission to the lecture is free.

First Nations Encouraged To Attend University

UVic hosts its third annual Aboriginal Student  Mini-University 
Summer Camp this week, inviting 30  students in Grades 8 to 11 to get 
a better sense of  what university life is about and encourage them 
to enroll in post-secondary studies once they graduate  from high school.

The week-long program, organized by UVic's office of  student 
recruitment, involves kids from all over  Vancouver Island and the 
Lower Mainland.

While at camp, the students live in campus residences  and sample a 
variety of academic, athletic, creative,  cultural and social 
activities both at the university  and elsewhere in Greater Victoria.

The high school graduation rate for First Nations  students is an 
ongoing concern for the university, as  is their lower-than-average 
participation in  post-secondary education.
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