BCCSU Researchers Secure New CIHR Funding
Researchers affiliated with the BC Centre on Substance Use have been awarded CIHR Project Grants to advance research on substance use, addiction care, and public health. We congratulate the following...
View ArticleQ&A with Dr. Hudson Reddon
As a research scientist at the BCCSU and assistant professor in the Department of Medicine (UBC), Dr. Reddon’s program of research is focused on improving the health and social inequities among...
View Article10 years of the public health emergency: behind the numbers
On April 14, 2016, BC's Provincial Health Officer declared a provincial health emergency in response the dramatic increase in toxic drug poisoning deaths. Since that time, countless British Columbians...
View ArticleQ&A with Dr. Lindsey Richardson
Dr. Lindsey Richardson is a Research Scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use and an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. She holds the Canada...
View ArticleQ&A with Dr. Andrew Ivsins
Dr. Andrew Ivsins is a Research Scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He employs innovative...
View ArticleQ&A with Dr. Kora DeBeck
Dr. Kora DeBeck is a Research Scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use and Distinguished Professor in the School of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University. She holds a CIHR Applied Public Health...
View ArticleSolutions are within reach as B.C nears 10-year anniversary of declaring...
Every year on August 31, Overdose Awareness Day reminds us of the immense loss of life due to the toxic drug poisoning crisis. We mark this day each year as a time of what seems to be unrelenting grief...
View ArticleAddiction Medicine Fellowship Research Day Showcases Expertise & Community of...
On June 2, 2025 the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) hosted the annual Addiction Fellowships Research Day at UBC Robson Square. The event not only showcased research from across the interdisciplinary...
View ArticleQ & A with Dr. Mary Clare Kennedy
Dr. Mary Clare Kennedy is a Research Scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU). She is also a Canada Research Chair in Substance Use Policy and Practice Research. Her research focuses on...
View ArticleQ & A with Erica McAdam
The At-Risk Youth Study (ARYS – pronounced ‘Arise’) began in 2005 to evaluate existing programs and services for street-involved youth who use unregulated drugs. For over nearly two decades, the study...
View ArticleBC Drug Checking Symposium brings together experts to share knowledge, best...
The second Drug Checking Symposium was hosted on February 27 and 28 by the BCCSU Drug Checking team in partnership with Fraser Health Authority and with funding from the Ministry of Health. More than...
View ArticleQ & A with Carmen Verdicchio
The At-Risk Youth Study (ARYS – pronounced ‘Arise’) was created in 2005 at the BC Centre on Substance Use to evaluate programs and services available for street-involved youth who use substances. The...
View Article“Painting the Full Picture”: A lens on the nuances behind 2SLGBTQIA+ youth...
Christian Barborini (left) and Trevor Goodyear (right) Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and other sexual and gender minority (2SLGBTQIA+)...
View ArticleQ & A with Michelle Bridgeman
The At-Risk Youth Study (ARYS – pronounced ‘Arise') began in 2005 at the BC Centre on Substance Use to bridge these gaps. The study evaluates programs and services through data based on the lived...
View ArticleDriving Actionable Drug Policy Research: The At-Risk Youth Study Team
The ARYS team at the Granville office The drug poisoning crisis in British Columbia and Canada is having devastating effects on young people and their loved ones. Since an official public health...
View ArticleYoung people at the centre of the toxic drug poisoning crisis
Vancouver may be considered by many as the “best place” to live, but many young people living in the city are facing unprecedented challenges that are making their futures more precarious than ever....
View ArticleAll About Drug Checking (Part 3): Check’It! Peer-led Drug Checking at...
Including people with lived and living experience in harm reduction services is an essential component to any interventions’ success, and drug checking is no exception. Mountainside Harm Reduction...
View ArticleAll About Drug Checking (Part 2): The Team and the Tech of Music Festivals
Summer time in British Columbia means the start of music festival season and one of the busiest times of year for drug checking. There were 735 samples checked at Bass Coast alone this year, according...
View ArticleStatement on BCCSU Research Independence
It is common practice in the health system to evaluate novel (ie. new, different, or innovative) solutions to urgent and emerging public health crises. Examples of previous such life-saving research...
View ArticleNew RN & RPN Certified Practice for Opioid Use Disorder
The BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) has approved new and amended standards, limits, and conditions creating a new designation of certified practice for opioid use disorder (OUD) for...
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