Andrzej Celinski (Co-founder)

Harm Reduction Advocate & Drug Culture Advisor

Residing in Tkaronto (often referred to as Toronto, Ontario), Andrzej is a co-founder of Reclaim Collective and presently serves as a Board Member for the Workers for Ethical Substance Use Policy (WESUP). He has been active in harm reduction projects, advisory panels, research and working groups. He is a long-time member of the National Safer Supply Community of Practice (NSS-CoP), has worked for the Dr. Peter Centre in Knowledge Translation and as an Editor for The Drug Hub. As well, Andrzej also worked in Executive Administrator, Contract Manager and Stimulus Connect Liaison roles with the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs (CAPUD)

Andrzej has written chapters, articles, and op-eds for publications such as Filter, and presented on topics including Safe Supply, Peer Work, Substance Use in the Trades, among other drug policy and harm reduction-related topics. He feels strongly about the need to end drug prohibition, establish greater access to safer supply, modernize education about “street” drugs and advocate for the implementation of decriminalization and legalization models globally. He holds a Diploma in Law Clerk Studies from Seneca College and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Studies (MES with Urban Planning Certification) from York University where his graduate research focused on substance use and the housing crisis.