Substance use is a complex issue, with many causes and manifestations. It ranges from nonproblematic use to addiction and dependency, chronic disease, and death. It
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CanFASD STATEMENT: Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) during the COVID-19 pandemic
CanFASD-Statement-on-Coronavirus The Canada Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Research Network and the Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health are committed to supporting Canadians, our stakeholders, and
Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health: Supporting Change: Preventing FASD- Video series
A resource to support service providers in their work with women These clips supplement provincial training on alcohol and pregnancy. They grew out of requests
Videos: Trauma Gender Substance Use (TGS)
The following videos are meant to enhance TGS evidence, resources and materials and their translation to practice and policy. These videos are intended as an
Trauma-Informed Practice Resources
Trauma-informed practice (TIP) is a critically important approach to improving substance use services, programming, policy and health promotion initiatives. Further, unless we integrate a gender
Gender Informed Resources: Substance Use Field
The evidence continues to grow on the effectiveness of trauma-, gender-, and sex-informed (TGS) approaches in all areas of the substance use field, including prevention,