The BC Centre on Substance Use is a provincially networked organization with a mandate to develop, help implement, and evaluate evidence-based approaches to substance use and addiction.
BCCSU seeks to improve the integration of best practices and care across the continuum of substance use through the collaborative development of evidence-based policies, guidelines and standards. With the support of the Province of British Columbia, BCCSU aims to transform substance use policies and care by translating research into education and care guidance, thereby serving all British Columbians.
The BCCSU seeks to achieve these goals through integrated activities of its three core functions: research and evaluation, education and training, and clinical care guidance.
Awards
2024
Recipient
Andrew IvsinsAward type
Scholar Award
Project title
Exploring the shifting landscape of medication-based drug treatment and safer supply in the fentanyl era: a research program to address the evolving overdose crisis in BC
Recipient
Hudson ReddonAward type
Scholar Award
Project title
Evaluating the impact of cannabis exposure and access on substance use trajectories among people who use unregulated drugs during the fentanyl era
2023
Recipient
Brittany DennisAward type
Scholar award
Project title
The Road to Recovery Initiative (R2RI): A Prospective Evaluation of a Novel
Program for the Delivery and Coordination of Addiction Care in a Canadian Setting
2021
Recipient
Paxton BachAward type
Health Professional-Investigator award
Project title
Evaluating the use of prescription psychostimulants for the treatment of methamphetamine use disorder
2020
Recipient
Jade BoydAward type
Scholar award
Project title
Investigating women's socio-structural risk environment of overdose
2017
Recipient
Nadia FairbairnAward type
Scholar award
Project title
Opioid addiction research program to improve prescribing practices and reduce overdose