Nat Kaminski
Nat Kaminski holds lived experience as a person who uses drugs and spent sixteen years embedded in homelessness, poverty, the child welfare system and in various conflicts with the law and justice system. They began advocacy and policy work at a very young age and have continued these efforts at social service organizations across the GTA for over a decade. They currently hold Research Assistant positions at the University of Victoria and University of Toronto, contributing to the literature on community care models for drug users, and consult and lead on the Drug Policy Gender Equity Project at the Dr. Peter Centre in Vancouver. Since 2017, Kaminski has been a Harm Reduction Outreach and Peer Programs Supervisor with Moyo Health and Community Services. They are also President and Co-founder of the Peel Drug Users Network and Ontario Network of People who Use Drugs, and sat on the Board of CAPUD from 2019–22.