Position: Director, Indigenous Partnerships and Strategies Reports to: Chief Operating Officer The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) changes lives by bringing people and knowledge together to reduce the harms of alcohol and other drugs on society. We partner with public, p…
CCSA brings together knowledge and provides targeted materials to support quality treatment services in Canada.
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The research section features information on quality care, recovery and opioid use treatment for youth.
Shawna’s areas of expertise include substance use affecting the workplace, impaired driving, heavy episodic drinking among post-secondary students and international relations.
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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. For this initiative, CCSA selected 65 Brain Buil…
A Roadmap for Cannabis Equity in Canada to Inform the Legislated Review of the Cannabis Act by the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation Werb, D., Owusu-Bempah, A., Maghsoudi, N. The introduction of a legal regulatory framework for adult cannabis use in Canada represents a significant departure f…
Wading through the weeds: A public health response to supporting pregnant and breast/chest feeding people who consume cannabis Greene, S., Ion, A., Gabel, C., Ryan, C., Blake, M., Ali, A., Kozack, T., Griffith, G., Carinal, C., Bernier, A, & Maurice, R. The goal of this study was to mobil…
Cannabis Use Among Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island: Motives for Use, Substitution and Impacts of Legalization Farrell, L. & Walsh, Z. This project looked at motives for cannabis use among Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island living in British Columbia and Alberta, with an emphasis on a…
Nguyen, H., Mital, S., Grootendorst, P., & Bornstein, S. This study had three objectives: (i) investigate the impact of recreational cannabis legislation on cannabis use among Canadian youth; (ii) examine if a higher minimum legal age in Quebec reduced youth cannabis use; and, (iii) quantify…