Events

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Stigma Ends With Me - The Foundations

Thursday, April 2nd from 10am-12pm EST via Zoom

Join this transformative, evidenced-based, 2-hour training, that will uncover biases and shift perspectives towards people who use substances. Gain valuable insights into the negative effects of stigma and how this impacts everyone.  Learn practical approaches to eliminate stigma in your professional and everyday life and explore the power of words by learning how to use person-first language. Engaging in this training is your opportunity to contribute to more compassionate societies and systems.

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The WOW (Working on Wellness) Festival will bring together Substance Use Health, Mental Health and Physical Health communities under one umbrella. It is an opportunity for you to engage with Ottawa’s wellness communities and its allies.

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National Substance Use Health Week of Action

Week of September 7th-11th , 2026

CAPSA is excited to launch National Substance Use Health Week of Action, a national campaign to promote equitable access to substance use health care in Canada.

Past Events

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Enhancing Workplace Health through a Substance Use Health Lens

Join our upcoming webinar to:

  • Learn how substance use stigma impacts employees and workplaces
  • Understand why Substance Use Health is a key contributor to workplace health and productivity
  • Explore how you can leverage CAPSA’s Healthy Workplace Services to improve your organization’s health and success
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Improving health outcomes related to tobacco use

Join CAPSA’s webinar on “Improving health outcomes related to tobacco use” that will provide attendees with the knowledge and tools on effective health strategies, guiding principles and key recommendations around tobacco use, informed by people with lived and living experience across Canada.

  • Are you interested in learning from people of lived and living experience about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to improving tobacco use health?
  • Are you a health professional interested in learning best practices for improving health outcomes related to tobacco use?
  • Do you want to know important considerations for policy development around tobacco use?