Each of the 10 short films of the video series tells the story of a young person in Ontario who lost their life before the age of 30 due to the opioid crisis.

One of those stories belongs to Zach Tilson-Ozarko who died in June 2019 at age 26. Susan Tilson, his mother from Thunder Bay, took part in the project.

"I want to focus on how my son lived and not how he died. And this is a perfect tribute," Tilson said.

The YouTube series honours the lives of young people who died from fentanyl-related overdoses. It pairs oral storytelling with intricate, hand-drawn illustrations to capture the lives of individuals who were more than statistics.

The numbers are staggering. According to the federal health information database, there have been a total of 46,835 opioid-related poisoning hospitali

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