Working Together for a Safer, Healthier Community
The Safe Community Action Alliance (SCAA) is an inter-sectoral collaboration of 35 agencies with expertise, experience, and interests in issues related to safety and well-being in Saskatoon.
A Collaborative Approach to Community Safety
The SCAA's work builds on the successes of past initiatives including the Safe Streets Commission and the Saskatoon Action Accord.
Community-Based Organizations
Organizations with expertise from their daily work of preventing and intervening on issues of safety and well-being in Saskatoon's communities.
Business Community
Business representatives bringing an economic perspective and a commitment to ensuring Saskatoon remains a vibrant, safe city for residents and visitors.
Government Representatives
City of Saskatoon, provincial and federal representatives working alongside community organizations to coordinate effective responses to community issues.
Active Working Groups
As of September 2019, two working groups are functioning within the SCAA structure, addressing the most pressing community safety challenges.
Crystal Meth Working Group (CMWG)
Addressing the escalating crystal methamphetamine crisis in Saskatoon through coordinated agency responses, training programs, and service access mapping across the city's support network.
Housing Working Group (HWG)
Developing strategies to increase the level of housing options available to those in need of specific facilities, including evaluation of managed alcohol programs and coordination of housing services.
Latest Articles
Regulated Gaming and Community Safety: How Harm Reduction Principles Apply
Communities that have built effective harm reduction frameworks understand that regulation, not prohibition, tends to reduce social harm.
Community-Based Addiction Recovery in Saskatchewan
Recovery from addiction in a city like Saskatoon rarely happens in a single treatment episode. It happens over months and years, through a combination of clinical care, peer support, stable housing, and consistent community connection.
Food Security and Neighbourhood Safety: The Connection That Gets Missed
The connection between food security and neighbourhood safety is not always obvious, but the research is consistent: communities with higher rates of food insecurity tend to show higher rates of property crime.
Supervised Consumption Sites: What Canadian Cities Have Learned
Supervised consumption sites — facilities where people who use drugs can do so under medical supervision without risk of arrest — have operated in Canadian cities since Insite opened in Vancouver in 2003.
The SCAA Membership Includes
35 agencies and organizations committed to collaborative community safety in Saskatoon.
Recent Announcements
Agencies across city joining forces to fight 'scourge' of crystal meth
Saskatoon agencies are uniting to tackle the growing crystal methamphetamine crisis as SCAA member organizations coordinate a comprehensive community response.
Read more →Sask. Health Authority fills training gap for non-profits at front line of meth epidemic
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is working to schedule more training sessions to help front-line non-profit staff safely manage crystal meth-related situations.
Read more →Safe Community Action Alliance (SCAA) Coordinator Contract Position
The SCAA is seeking a contract coordinator for a three-year term to manage administrative and operational functions of this growing inter-agency collaboration.
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