The Substance Use Health Network (SUHN) aims to facilitate knowledge exchange, skill-sharing, and capacity building to strengthen the continuum of substance use health care and improve the well-being of people who use drugs.
The work of the SUHN is grounded in a harm reduction, anti-oppressive and anti-racist frameworks, and anchored on core values of respect, collaboration, equity, integrity, and curiosity.
Communicating
Webinars
We have two webinar series: our Research Spotlight webinars showcase newly published research and evaluation. Our Hot Topics webinars explore trending issues and innovative work, amongst other things.
Newsletter
Members receive our monthly newsletter, with resources, events, and other news of interest.
Google group
Members are invited to join the Google Group so that they can communicate directly with others, ask questions, share resources, and support each other.
Social media
Follow us on Instagram, and Facebook and YouTube.
Connecting, collaborating, and convening
Learning from each other
This is not a teaching space, but rather a space where healthcare and social service providers and people with living and lived experience exchange information, including clinical experiences, program and operational experiences, and client experiences.
We hold weekly drop-in calls where members can ask and answer questions, share information, and discuss current issues.
Our working groups address practical and policy issues such as diversion and interdisciplinary teams.
We have affinity groups for people in similar roles, such as people who use(d) drugs, program managers, prescribers, and pharmacists.
Interested in connecting with others in some way we haven’t covered here? Drop us a line at info [at] substanceusehealth.ca (info[at]substanceusehealth[dot]ca) or through our Contact form.
Prescriber mentoring
New prescribers can connect with more experienced providers for support and to learn from clinical experiences.
Curating and creating
Our searchable resource and literature collection as over 2200 items. You can also see Our Publications for resources developed by our team and working groups. Our YouTube channel has over 65 recordings of past webinars, as well as workshops, conference presentations, and information videos.
We have an evidence brief about safer supply / prescribed alternatives that we update twice per year.
We also keep track of evaluation reports from SUAP funded safer supply / prescribed alternatives pilot projects. And we have curated pages of information useful for healthcare providers, program operators, and people who use drugs.
Keep in touch
Interested? Questions? Ideas? You can reach us at info [at] substanceusehealth.ca (info[at]substanceusehealth[dot]ca) or through our Contact form.
