About the Project

Wading through the Weeds aims to respond to the anti-Black racism that continues to exist in Canadian health and public health policies and practices, and to address to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Calls to Action (2015, p. 2-3) to “address gaps in the health, public health policy and healthcare practices between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.”

Our project builds upon a small body of critical health and social science research that focuses on cannabis use during pregnancy, breastfeeding and the postpartum period.

• Recognizing the shifting cannabis landscape

• Previous Research on cannabis, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and motherhood

• Our story/Mothers' stories

Wading through the Weeds aims to translate and mobilize new knowledge to improve public health approaches to supporting Black, Indigenous and other unjustly marginalized individuals who consume cannabis during pregnancy, breastfeeding, and motherhood.