Projects

The Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research is committed to both conducting high-quality research and contributing to constructive communication and cooperation between producers, intermediaries and users of various types of knowledge. This knowledge is vital to the implementation of evidence-based policy and practice related to substance use, addiction and related harms in our province and beyond. Ultimately, we aim to promote health for everyone in our society. This involves attention to

- the epidemiology of substance use,
- population level and the setting of specific health promotion strategies, and
- treatment systems and innovative intervention programs.

Active projects

The following is a current A-Z list of active projects. You can also view information on some of the archived projects CISUR has been involved in previously.

Title	Researchers
Youth Experiences Project: Police discretion with youth who use illicit substances	Dr. Scott Macdonald Dr. Bernie Pauly Dr. Eric Roth Dr. Scot Wortley Dr. Mikael Jansson Dr. Steven Baron Dr. Tim Stockwell Dr. Zina Lee Dan Reist Dr. Cecilia Benoit Lachowsky,. N. Dr. Karen Urbanoski Dr. Marion Selfridge Card, Kiffer Greer, Alissa
Visions: BC's mental health and substance use journal	Dr. Trudy Norman
Evaluation of the Victoria SAFER program	Dr. Bernie Pauly Dr. Karen Urbanoski Heather Hobbs Gillian Kolla Nancy Henderson Fred Cameron Heather Stuart John Nelken Jane McCall Corey Ranger Kim Toombs Jack LeMaistre Jerry Majalahti Carissa Pozzi
Reducing alcohol-related harm for people experiencing homelessness and housing instability during COVID19: A Vancouver Island case study	Dr. Bernie Pauly Dr. Jennifer Robinson
Vancouver Island Drug Checking Project	Dr. Bruce Wallace Hore, D.
An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of alcohol use and all-cause mortality	Dr. Tim Stockwell Dr. Jinhui Zhao Dr. Tim Naimi
Comprendre le travail du sexe	Dr. Cecilia Benoit Dr. Mikael Jansson
Understanding Sex Work	Dr. Cecilia Benoit Dr. Mikael Jansson Dr. Andrea Mellor
Strengthening safety nets to improve access to substance use and mental health services to optimize youth-determined health and wellness	Dr. Cecilia Benoit Cloutier, D. Surrounded by Cedar Child and Family Services (SCCFS) Victoria Youth Clinic Society (VYCS) Dr. Andrea Mellor BC for Children and Youth (RCY) Premji, Z. Dr. Tim Naimi
Strengthening the foundation of the home: Developing staff wellness strategies in Indigenous alcohol harm reduction services	Dr. Bernie Pauly Dr. Tim Stockwell Hunt-Jinnouchi, F. Dueck, M.
Spectroscopy for the masses: Training the community to operate drug-checking technologies as a response to the overdose crisis	Dr. Bruce Wallace Hore, D. Aasen. J. Cartwright, J. Davison, C. Jensen, K. Phillips, P. Price, M. Stanwick, R.
Sex workers as educators: networking HIV prevention strategies	Dr. Cecilia Benoit Reading, C. Dr. Mikael Jansson Atchison, C. Shumka, Leah Phillips, Rachel Potvin, N. Clouthier, D. Salvati, S. Belle-Isle, Lynne
Alcohol and other drug screening and education	Dyck, Tim Dr. Trudy Norman
A Scoping Review and Developing a Continuum of Safer Supply Models	Dr. Bernie Pauly BC Public Health Officer
A mixed methods evaluation of safer supply initiatives to reduce illicit drug overdose in BC	Dr. Karen Urbanoski Dr. Bernie Pauly Dr. Bohdan Nosyk Dr. Amanda Slaunwhite Dr. Brittany Barker Jenny Cartwright
The Safer Bathroom Toolkit	Marilou Gagnon Shannon Riley Kali-olt Sedgemore Trevor Goodyear
The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act: A structural intervention impacting health equity for sex workers	Dr. Cecilia Benoit Dr. Mikael Jansson Atchison, C. Dan Reist Abel, G. Aveline, D. Casey, L. Field, E. Magnus, S. Orchard, T. Phillips, R. Reimer, W. Shaver, F.
Promoting Dialogue	Dyck, Tim Dr. Trudy Norman
P2P: Peer 2 Peer Support	Buxton, Jane Dr. Bernie Pauly
Northern Territories Alcohol Labels Study	Hobin, Erin Dr. Tim Stockwell Hammond, D. Greenfield, T. Paradis, C. Vallance, Kate Weerasinghe, A. Rosella, L. Shokar, S. Schoueri-Mychasiw, N. McGavock, J. Dr. Jinhui Zhao
The potential impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing and alcoholic beverage labelling as a cancer prevention intervention in Canada, by socioeconomic status, at the national, provincial and territorial levels	Dr. Tim Stockwell Cukier, S. de Groh, M. Haligan, M. Hobin, E. McEachren, J. Dr. Tim Naimi Dr. Adam Sherk Shield, K. Thomas, G.
The Mothering Co/Lab	The Mothering Co/Lab Team is evolving as we work to extend and include more Nation and community partners. Our team so far includes: Ms. Gwen Phillips Hereditary Chief Sophie Pierre Dr. Sana Shahram Dr. Karen Urbanoski Dr. Bernie Pauly Dr. Christopher Horsethief Ms. Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh Mr. Rob Finch Dr. Sue Pollock Dr. Dee Taylor Dr. Sarah de Leeuw Ms. Lisa Knox
The Canadian Managed Alcohol Program Studies (CMAPS)	Dr. Bernie Pauly Dr. Tim Stockwell Dr. Jinhui Zhao Sybil Goulet-Stock Dierdre Ratenberg Brittany Graham Jenny Cartwright There are over 50 additional co-investigators, knowledge users, collaborators, students and community partners working with us on the study.
Decolonizing and Reorienting Health Systems Towards Health Equity: The xaȼqanaǂ ʔitkiniǂ (Many Ways of Working on the Same Thing) Research project	Shahram, S. Dr. Bernie Pauly Horsethief, C. Pierre, S. Kent, A. Sumac, S. Keyes, S. Sam, S. Murray, K. Driscoll, J. Elders Advisory Council Ktunaxa Nation Council Interior Health National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health
Managed alcohol and cannabis substitution: A feasibility study	Dr. Bernie Pauly Dr. Tim Stockwell Sutherland, Christy Thomas, Gerald Dr. Bruce Wallace Dr. Karen Urbanoski Dr. Russel Callaghan Crabtree, Alexis Dr. Jinhui Zhao Jordan, Michelle Keating, Katie MacDonald, Patty Page, Scott Kuhelke, Ron MacQuatt, Ray Muckle, Wendy Manuel, Nelson McGuinness, Julie Phillips, Jack Wishart, Michelle
Youth-Led Development of Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines for Individuals Aged 13 To 18: A Pathway to Better Mental Health and Wellness	Dr. Cecilia Benoit Card, Kiffer Dr. Mikael Jansson Korol, K. Koenig, B. Lee, J. Thompson, B. Dr. Marion Selfridge
Integrating a low-barrier drug checking platform into public health responses to overdose	Hore, D. Dr. Bruce Wallace Storey, M.A. Barnes, R. Cameron, F. Jensen, K. Jones, R. Thompson, T. Stanwick, R. Davison, C.
Investing in Police and Non-Profit Organizational Partnerships to Enhance Responses to Sexual Assault of Sex Workers	Phillips, Rachel Dr. Cecilia Benoit
The International Model of Alcohol Harms and Policies (InterMAHP)	Dr. Adam Sherk Dr. Tim Stockwell Dr. Jürgen Rehm Dorocicz, J. Dr. Kevin Shield
Implementing innovations in drug checking: A harm reduction pilot in response to illicit drug overdose	Hore, D. Dr. Bruce Wallace
Impact of alcohol labelling on health outcomes in Canada	Dr. Adam Sherk Dr. Tim Stockwell
Realizing the Right to Housing: The Housing Justice Project	Dr. Bernie Pauly Gibson, D. Chaland, N. Swain, S. Cujeko, M. Sweetnam, S.
Here to Help (information products)	Dr. Trudy Norman
Healthy mothers, healthy families: Evaluating integrated treatment for pregnant and parenting women with addictions	Dr. Karen Urbanoski Milligan, K. Henderson, J. Niccols, A. Gomes, T. de Oliveira, C. Cain-Moroz, D. Hume, L. Acco Weston, N.
Healthy Minds \| Healthy Campuses	Dyck, Tim
Girls Experiencing Multiple Challenges	Dr. Cecilia Benoit Dr. Andrea Mellor Premji, Z
Gender, violence and health: Contexts of vulnerabilities, resiliencies and care among people in the sex industry	Dr. Cecilia Benoit Abel, G. Atchison, C. Davies, S. Goodyear, M. Hallgrimsdottir, H. Dr. Mikael Jansson McCarthy, B. Pacey, K. Phillips, Rachel Dan Reist Shabna, A. Shannon, K. Shaver, F. Spittal, P,
Drug user knowledge and drug checking evidence: Knowledge synthesis actions to reduce overdose in Island Health	Dr. Bruce Wallace Russell, G. Gill, C. Hore, D. Tupper, K. Piotr Burek Abby Hutchison Strosher, H.
Drug Checking: A new tool in the toolbox	Dr. Bruce Wallace Hore, D.
Drug checking: Enhancing scalability to effect systems change	Dr. Bruce Wallace Hore, D. Cartwright, J. Davison, C. Jensen, K. Dr. Bernie Pauly Stanwick, R. Tupper, K. Wilson, M.
The economic costs of substance use in Canada (CSUCH)	Dr. Tim Stockwell Matthew Young Dr. Scott Macdonald Dr. Adam Sherk Wallingford, S. Sorge, J. Kent, P. Dorocicz, J. Fairbank, J. Dr. Jinhui Zhao Biggar, E. Hall, B.
BC Co/Lab	Dr. Bernie Pauly Dr. Karen Urbanoski Dr. Tim Stockwell Dan Reist Dr. Bruce Wallace Shahram, Sana Lachowsky, Nathan Dr. Adam Sherk Buxton, Jane Jenny Cartwright Van Roode, Thea The project team includes partners from BC/Yukon Association of Drug War Survivors (BCYADWS), SOLID Outreach Society, Rural Empowered Drug Users Network (REDUN), Island Crisis Care Society, AVI Health and Community Services, AIDS Network Kootenay Outreach and Support Society, Interior Health Authority, Island Health, BC Centre for Disease Control, BC Ministry of Health, BC Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, Overdose Emergency Response Centre, National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use, and Canadian Drug Policy Coalition.
The role of child protection in substance use services for women	Dr. Karen Urbanoski Milligan, K. Cummings, K. Goodman, D. Gordon, S. Patricelli, S. Cheung, C.
What happens after cannabis legalization? Documenting the experiences of people who use cannabis for therapeutic purposes	Dr. Marilou Gagnon Guta, Adrian Nickerson, Jason W. Strike, Carol J. Walsh, Zac McNeil, Ryan Chow, Nancy Elliot, Richard Stratton, Trevor
Cannabis Substitution of Alcohol as a Component of Managed Alcohol Programs: Pilot Intervention and Evaluation	Dr. Bernie Pauly Dr. Tim Stockwell Sybil Goulet-Stock Dr. Jennifer Robinson
Impact of Marijuana Policies on Alcohol Use and Alcohol-Related Mortality	Dr. Tim Naimi
Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation	Dr. Tim Naimi Dr. Tim Stockwell Dr. Norman Giesbrecht Dr. Marilou Gagnon Dr. Russel Callaghan Dr. Adam Sherk Dr. Mark Asbridge Dr. Jacob Shelley Dr. Kevin D. Shield Robert Solomon Dr. Kara Thompson Amanda Farrell-Low Ashley Wettlaufer Kate Vallance Nicole Vishnevsky Elizabeth Farkouh Bella Priore Tina Price
BC Partners Evaluation	Dr. Trudy Norman
BC Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) monitoring project	Dr. Tim Stockwell Dr. Adam Sherk Dr. Jinhui Zhao Dorocicz, J.
An evaluation of alternative methods of presenting health risks of alcohol to young adults	Dr. Tim Stockwell Priore, Bella Sybil Goulet-Stock Dr. Tim Naimi
An updated rapid review on the potential effectiveness of alcohol warning labels	Dr. Tim Stockwell Sybil Goulet-Stock O'Brien, P. Hobin, E. Hammond, D. Paradis, C. Greenfield, T. Zuckermann, A. Vallance, Kate
KnowAlcohol.ca: an Alcohol and Health Web App	Dr. Tim Naimi Dr. Tim Stockwell Dr. Adam Sherk Dr. Kevin D. Shield Priya Johal Andrea Cowan Keegan Lawrence The project team also includes partners from the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), an advisory group of knowledge users from across Canada, and other CISUR staff.
Estimates of Alcohol-Attributable Deaths and Years of Potential Life Lost in the United States and Analytic Methods	Dr. Tim Naimi Dr. Adam Sherk
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