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Improving Client Care; CCSA’s Updated Competencies for Canada’s Substance Use Workforce are now available.

Construction for Anne Oake women's recovery centre in Winnipeg to start 'as fast as humanly possible'

Tale of two SCS cities: How does Guelph stack up to Barrie?

Talking to Youth About Cannabis Vaping: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals

This guide provides healthcare professionals with the questions they need to ask youth to start a meaningful conversation about the risk associated with vaping cannabis.

Youth in Wellness — Activity Checklist

Features a list of activities that youth can participate in to boost their mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The activity list is part of CCSA’s Youth in Wellness challenge.

Standing Committee on Health: Canada’s Health Workforce Brief (Policy Brief)

A version of this document was submitted to the Standing Committee on Canada’s Health Workforce in May 2022.

Addiction and Mental Health Care: Resources to Support Collaboration

Compiles a list of resources to support collaborations between addiction and mental health systems.

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CCSA's Issues of Substance Conference

This biannual, national conference brings together people from across the country, including addiction workers, healthcare professionals, researchers, policy makers, and people with lived and living experience
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Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harms

This project provides comparable and up-to-date data on the costs and harms of substance use in Canada and allows people to explore and analyze the data through its data visualization tool.
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Workforce Competencies

CCSA developed measurable technical and behaviour competencies in knowledge, skills and values for the substance use workforce, providing consistent care across the wide range of settings.
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Drink Less Live More

Canada has new guidance on alcohol and your health. CCSA wants you to be able to make the most informed decisions you can about drinking alcohol.
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Lower Risk Gambling Guidelines

Learn about the world’s first Lower-Risk Gambling Guidelines to help people in Canada make informed decisions about their gambling and lessen their risk of gambling-related harms. Use the Interactive Risk Assessment Tool to assess your personal gambling choices.
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The Highway Home

This interactive website takes an experiential approach to increasing youth’s and young drivers’ awareness of the risks and harms of drug-impaired driving, using real-life scenarios involving cannabis use and driving.
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