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Barr, A. M., Panenka, W. J., MacCallum, C. A., Lo, L. A., Yau, J. C.., Rintoul, K., & Schjelderup, L.

In 2018, CCSA partnered with the Alberta Family Wellness Initiative to launch the Brain Builders Lab, a community-based effort to align policies, practices, and perceptions of substance use with the neuroscience of childhood trauma and resilience…

Ottawa, March 29, 2019 — More young Canadians are using community detoxification services than older adults, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA).

National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW) highlights ways to address harms from alcohol and other drugs. It’s an opportunity for people in Canada to learn more about prevention and harm reduction, talk about treatment and recovery, and discuss…

Antoinette Gravel-Ouellette is a Métis woman whose spirit name is Wankiya ska Shunka wanka wi, which means “white thunder horse woman.” She got involved in substance use health–related work from facing many barriers and misconceptions while…

Mental Health and Substance Use Support

If you are in immediate danger or need urgent medical support, call 9-1-1.If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8.

Das, A., Hendershot, C., Husin, I., Knyahnytska, Y., Le Foll, B., Wang, W., Elsaid, S., & Kloiber, S..

Substance use is an issue of such magnitude and complexity, touching all sectors of society, that individual organizations and sectors cannot address it by themselves.