Projects

Featured Projects

The Canadian Managed Alcohol Program Study

What is a Managed Alcohol Program (MAP)? Where are they being implemented? Are they effective? CISUR is leading CMAPS, a Canada-wide study on Managed Alcohol Programs.

The BC Co/Lab Project

CISUR's Collaborative Community Laboratory on Substance Use and Harm Reduction (Co/Lab) is a collaborative network for research and knowledge exchange that aims to promote health and health equity for people who use drugs and alcohol.

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 Dr. Nathan Lachowsky Dr. Karen Urbanoski Dr. Marion Selfridge Dr. Kiffer Card Dr. Alissa Greer
Visions: BC's mental health and substance use journal	Dan Reist Dr. Trudy Norman
Evaluation of the Victoria SAFER Initiative	Dr. Bernie Pauly Dr. Karen Urbanoski Hobbs, Heather Ginger Sullivan Cameron, Fred Stuart, Heather McCall, Jane Ranger, Corey
Reducing alcohol-related harm for people experiencing homelessness and housing instability during COVID19: A Vancouver Island case study	Dr. Bernie Pauly Dr. Jennifer Robinson
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.
Socio-cultural and environmental health risks and resilience among street-based women and transgender sex workers	Orchard, T. Dr. Cecilia Benoit Burch, M. Mohoney, R. Oliver, V.
Sex workers as educators: networking HIV prevention strategies	Dr. Cecilia Benoit Reading, C. Dr. Mikael Jansson Atchison, C. Shumka, Leah Dr. Rachel Phillips Potvin, N. Clouthier, D. Salvati, S. Belle-Isle, Lynne
Alcohol and other drug screening and education	Dan Reist Dyck, Tim
A mixed methods evaluation of safer supply initiatives to reduce illicit drug overdose in BC	Dr. Karen Urbanoski Dr. Bernie Pauly Nosyk, B. Dr. Amanda Slaunwhite Dr. Brittany Barker
Perspectives of People who use Drugs on Safer Supply: A concept mapping study	Dr. Bernie Pauly Dr. Karen Urbanoski Hobbs, H. Ginger Sullivan Cameron, F. Stuart, H. McCall, J. Ranger, C.
Prescribed safer supply in BC evaluation	Dr. Karen Urbanoski Dr. Bernie Pauly Dr. Brittany Barker Noysk, B.
The Safer Bathroom Toolkit	Dr. 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. Dr. Rachel Phillips Reimer, W. Shaver, F.
Promoting Dialogue	Dan Reist
P2P: Peer 2 Peer Support	Buxton, Jane Dr. Bernie Pauly
Developing a roadmap for nurse-assisted injection in BC’s supervised consumption services	Dr. Marilou Gagnon Gauthier, Tim McLaughlin, Kirstin Ka Hun Chu, Sandra Dalpé, Virginie
Northern Territories Alcohol Labels Study	Dr. Erin Hobin Dr. Tim Stockwell Hammond, D. Greenfield, T. Paradis, C. Kate Vallance Weerasinghe, A. Rosella, L. Shokar, S. Schoueri-Mychasiw, N. McGavock, J. Dr. Jinhui Zhao
The Canadian Managed Alcohol Program Study (CMAPS)	Dr. Bernie Pauly Dr. Tim Stockwell Meaghan Brown Dr. Jinhui Zhao Goulet-Stock, Sybil Ratenberg, Dierdre Brittany Graham 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	Dr. Sana Shahram 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 Dr. Gerald Thomas 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 Dr. Kiffer Card 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	Dr. Rachel Phillips Dr. Cecilia Benoit
The International Model of Alcohol Harms and Policies (InterMAHP)	Dr. Adam Sherk Dr. Tim Stockwell Dr. Jürgen Rehm Sam Churchill Dorocicz, J. Dr. Kevin Shield
Integration of HIV and Hepatitis C Care in Overdose Prevention Sites: What are the Gaps?	Dr. Marilou Gagnon Guta, Adrian Dr. Gillian Kolla Dr. Bernie Pauly
Implementing innovations in drug checking: A harm reduction pilot in response to illicit drug overdose	Hore, D. Dr. Bruce Wallace
Exploring the Ethical Tensions and Professional Implications of Incentivized Health Care: A Case Study	Dr. Marilou Gagnon Guta, Adrian Bungay, Victoria A. Murray, Stuart J. Upshur, Ross E.
Here to Help (information products)	Dan Reist 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	Dan Reist Dyck, Tim
Girls Experiencing Multiple Challenges	Dr. Cecilia Benoit 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. Dr. Rachel Phillips Dan Reist Shabna, A. Shannon, K., Shaver, F. Spittal, P,
Gambling online resource	Dan Reist Dr. Trudy Norman Dyck, Tim
Evaluation of an inpatient Addictions Medicine Consult Service in Island Health	Dr. Karen Urbanoski Hering, R. Jankowski, T. Inglis, Dakota
An evaluation of the public health and safety impacts of the 2014 BC Liquor Law reforms	Dr. Tim Stockwell Dr. Adam Sherk Dr. Jinhui Zhao Sam Churchill
Estimation of impacts on premature death, injury and hospitalisation of alternative approaches to federal alcohol taxes	Dr. Tim Stockwell Sam Churchill Sorge, Justin Dr. Adam Sherk
Estimating the impact of alcohol use on health harms and the effects of having different price policies in Quebec	Dr. Tim Stockwell Dr. Adam Sherk
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.
A review of the evidence regarding alcohol and COVID-19	Andreasson, S. Chikritzhs, T. Danghardt, F. Holder, H. Dr. Tim Naimi Dr. Adam Sherk Dr. Tim Stockwell
Compulsory addiction treatment: toward evidence-based policy and practice	Dr. Karen Urbanoski Hering, R. Dr. Scott Macdonald Wild, T.C.
BC Co/Lab	Dr. Bernie Pauly Dr. Karen Urbanoski Dr. Tim Stockwell Dan Reist Dr. Bruce Wallace Dr. Sana Shahram Dr. Nathan Lachowsky Dr. Adam Sherk Buxton, Jane Connie Carter Thea van Roode 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.
Cannabis Use and Symptom Management Among People Living with HIV: A Cross-Sectional Survey	Dr. Marilou Gagnon Guta, Adrian Nickerson, Jason W. Strike, Carol J. Dr. Zach Walsh 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
Assessing the impacts of cannabis legalization on traffic-related injuries among youth and adults in Alberta and Ontario	Dr. Russel Callaghan Dr. Tim Stockwell Dr. Scott Macdonald Asbridge, M.
Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug Survey	Manske, S. Dr. Marjorie MacDonald Thompson, J. Underahl, K. Thompson-Haile, A. Zehr, W. MacKenzie, A. McGrath, E. Card, A. Asbridge, M. Mancuso, M. Murnaghan, D. Montreuil, A. Bourhis, R. Muhajarine, N. Wild, C. Schonlau, M. Brown, S. Elton-Marshall, T. MacDonald, J. Turner, D.
Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation	Dr. Tim Naimi Dr. Tim Stockwell Norman Giesbrecht Dr. Marilou Gagnon Dr. Russel Callaghan Dr. Adam Sherk Mark Asbridge Jacob Shelley Kevin Shield Robert Solomon Dr. Kara Thompson Amanda Farrell-Low Ashley Wettlaufer Kate Vallance Nicole Vishnevsky Elizabeth Farkouh Bella Priore Tina Price Julie McEachern
Beyond the ‘missing women inquiry’: Empowering sex workers as social justice advocates	Dr. Cecilia Benoit
BC Partners Evaluation	Dan Reist Dr. Trudy Norman
BC Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) monitoring project	Dr. Tim Stockwell Dr. Adam Sherk Sam Churchill Dr. Jinhui Zhao Dorocicz, J.
Resources to support municipal leaders in decision-making related to the unsupervised public consumption of alcohol on municipal properties	Dr. Tim Naimi Kate Vallance Amanda Farrell-Low Johnston, Kate
Review of methodologies used to estimate alcohol health harms, analysis of low alcohol doses on health protection and comparison of drinking and alcohol-caused harms in Australia and Canada	Dr. Adam Sherk
Systematic error and confounding: Meta-analyses of alcohol and disease	Chikritzhs, T. Dr. Tim Stockwell Dr. Tim Naimi Dr. Jinhui Zhao
Effects of COVID-19 on alcohol and cannabis sales and alcohol- and cannabis-related hospitalizations and deaths in BC	Dr. Tim Naimi Kate Vallance Dr. Tim Stockwell Sam Churchill Dr. Russel Callaghan Amanda Farrell-Low
The promotion of alcohol consumption in bars through social media: an assessment of compliance of digital promotions with traditional alcohol advertising regulations in Canada	Goatley, S. Dr. Tim Stockwell Paradis, C.
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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