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Ghost in the Machine: Tackling Structural Stigma in Health-Care Environments webinar (Mental Health Commission of Canada)

Description: Learn more about the Mental Health Commission of Canada's multi-year project to better comprehend and address mental health- and substance use-related structural stigma in health care.

Following Up: Overdose prevention app finds success in Thunder Bay

Announcing new CEO Dr. Alexander Caudarella

Dear colleague,

As Chair of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), I am excited to announce that Dr. Alexander Caudarella has been appointed as our new CEO.

As Overdoses Soar, Rhode Island Embraces a Daring Addiction Strategy

In 2024, what will the NWT do about drugs and treatment?

Partners and Collaboration (National Treatment Indicators)

The National Treatment Indicators Working Group

The NTI project was established in 2009 with the goal of collecting consistent information about substance use treatment across jurisdictions to fill information gaps and help improve the quality,…

Councillors back needle boxes, other addictions measures

Yukon’s opioid fatality rate now highest in Canada, overtaking B.C.: coroner

Hay River public meeting on addictions focused on call for N.W.T. treatment centre

What a researcher learned following young drug users in Vancouver for 15 years

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Calgary will test allowing alcohol consumption in city parks this summer

Browse the CCSA Network of Websites

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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