Fundamental elements for this quadrant include:
Vitality
Organizational vitality is a crucial aspect of any successful business. It refers to the overall health, resilience, and ability of an organization to adapt, innovate, and thrive in a dynamic, engaging environment. For CCSA, attention to vitality is focused on staff learning, growth and wellness.
Equity-Improving
Our way of working can help to reduce unjust and unfair differences among the people in our communities. Education, income, race, ethnicity, gender and physical environment can lead to the created of inequities. We must also pay special attention to regional disparities and Francophone language equity and continually ask ourselves whether what we are doing is helping to advance equity in a meaningful way.
Contributions to Indigenous Reconciliation
Organizations in Canada are working to advance reconciliation and implement the recommendations made by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Making real progress requires ongoing investment, commitment and effort. We need to move beyond words and take brave steps. As individuals, employees and employers, we can take important actions to establish respectful relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and tour work is informed by First Nations, Inuit and Métis experience, under their leadership. (Note: Contributions to Indigenous Reconciliation overlaps into Culture of Collaboration)
Learn more about the other three Quadrants of Culture:
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Guidance, Tools and Resources
CCSA produces research-based publications, tools, and resources to support evidence-based decision-making on substance use health issues. Select your area of interest from the six categories below:
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Substances
Delve into key resources on commonly used substances, such as alcohol, cannabis, opioids, stimulants and psychedelics. Learn about their effects, usage patterns, associated health and social consequences, and harm reduction considerations
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Personal and Societal Impacts
Get insights on the personal and societal impacts of substance use and addiction , including gambling and impaired driving, and their effects on health, safety, and social well-being. Learn about effective prevention and harm-reduction strategies in various sectors.
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Communities
Communities share common interests, values or goals, and interact with one another to build relationships and help networks. These materials support more inclusive, equitable, and community-informed responses to substance use and addiction. Dive into resources highlighting people with lived and living experience, stigma, sex- and gender-based analysis, Indigenous Peoples, and housing.
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Treatment and Prevention
Explore medical, psychological, and social approaches aimed at helping individuals avoid or recover from substance use disorders. Get the facts on public health topics and learn about collaborative efforts to reduce stigma and promote more equitable, inclusive responses to substance use.
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Youth
Learn about factors influencing substance use in young people, including childhood trauma and brain development, and get tools to support adult allies in leading meaningful, evidence-informed conversations with youth. Content promotes early prevention, harm reduction and supportive environments for youth up to age 25.
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Substance Use and the Workplace
Substance use has a significant impact on the workplace, potentially affecting safety, productivity and employee well-being. Explore research on substance use in various industries. Resources support workplace leaders in building more supportive, stigma-free environments through practical strategies, improved approaches and initiative-taking education.
