Become a Member
Network members live and work in more than 160 urban, northern, rural, remote, and Indigenous communities across Ontario, representing a combined population of more than seven-million people.
With a wide range of substance use related expertise, the network coordinates more than forty local, cross-sectoral, community, municipal or regional-based drug strategies. Drug strategies are tailored to each community, and are based on the integrated components of prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery, and community safety/justice.
The network aims to reduce the harms of substance use in Ontario. It is a place for collaboration and knowledge sharing, and for developing evidence-informed strategies that lend support to provincial, regional, and local community initiatives.
The Drug Strategy Network of Ontario (DSNO) (formerly Municipal Drug Strategy Coordinator's Network of Ontario - MDSCNO) also provides space for peer-to-peer connection, support, and collaboration, with a focus on strengthening and sustaining local drug strategy operations, including governance, communications, human resources, and fundraising.
Members are those who have a mandated role and responsibility to develop and/or implement their drug strategy. Members can also include organizations or individuals that provide a resource/support function to local drug strategy development or implementation, subject to approval by consensus of the network.
To learn more about DSNO, click here.
With a wide range of substance use related expertise, the network coordinates more than forty local, cross-sectoral, community, municipal or regional-based drug strategies. Drug strategies are tailored to each community, and are based on the integrated components of prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery, and community safety/justice.
The network aims to reduce the harms of substance use in Ontario. It is a place for collaboration and knowledge sharing, and for developing evidence-informed strategies that lend support to provincial, regional, and local community initiatives.
The Drug Strategy Network of Ontario (DSNO) (formerly Municipal Drug Strategy Coordinator's Network of Ontario - MDSCNO) also provides space for peer-to-peer connection, support, and collaboration, with a focus on strengthening and sustaining local drug strategy operations, including governance, communications, human resources, and fundraising.
Members are those who have a mandated role and responsibility to develop and/or implement their drug strategy. Members can also include organizations or individuals that provide a resource/support function to local drug strategy development or implementation, subject to approval by consensus of the network.
To learn more about DSNO, click here.
Knowledge Exchange and Connection
Network members are invited to join a private online subgroup on the Evidence Exchange Network (EENet) for Mental Health and Addictions. With EENet, DSNO members can engage in private or public discussion forums and resource-sharing on any topic related to the harms associated with substance use. EENet is also a place to post events for network members or the broader mental health and addictions sector in Ontario. Events are also posted on the DSNO News and Events website page. EENet also acts as a file repository for network-related documentation and members can also use EENet for creating basic online surveys.
Regular member meetings are another place to build relationships and talk face-to-face about current issues. Meetings occur bi-monthly on the last Wednesday of the month from 1pm to 3pm Eastern. Meetings are usually on Zoom, with the goal of having one face-to-face gathering each year.
There is no membership fee to join the DSNO. To become a network member, please contact us.
Regular member meetings are another place to build relationships and talk face-to-face about current issues. Meetings occur bi-monthly on the last Wednesday of the month from 1pm to 3pm Eastern. Meetings are usually on Zoom, with the goal of having one face-to-face gathering each year.
There is no membership fee to join the DSNO. To become a network member, please contact us.
"There is a unity about what we are all up against. We can see our local work in the context of the bigger picture. This network is a group that understands what I'm going through."
- DSNO member