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. Alexander is a bilingual family physician specializing in substance use issues. He r…
Tags:The Chair of CCSA’s Board of Directors, Vaughan Dowie makes the announcement and looks back on her remarkable career. December 14, 2021 Dear colleagues, As Chair of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), it is with mixed feelings that I share …
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Published: 2021
Tags:The recruitment notice for the Chief Executive Officer position at the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse has now been posted on the Government of Canada listing of Governor in Council appointment opportunities. The Centre now operates under the name of the Canadian Centre for Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA).
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The Evidence recorded this special episode onsite at CCSA’s Issues of Substance conference in Ottawa. CCSA held the conference in November 2019 and over 650 delegates attended.
Tags:Ottawa, December 19, 2019 - The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) welcomes the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada’s Annual Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2019 and its attention to the stigma associated with substance use and addiction.
Tags:December 6, 2019 — Ottawa, Ontario
The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) and the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) applaud the federal government for putting mental health and addiction squarely on the map in its December 5th throne speech. Mental illness and substance use — and more specifically, the opioid crisis — are among our country’s most pressing public health policy concerns.