Health Canada's Substance Use and Addictions Program (SUAP) provides contribution funding for projects that respond to drug and substance use issues in Canada. The program funds time-limited projects addressing current and emerging priorities relating to substance use through periodic calls for proposals, and occasionally through targeted calls on specific issues.

Click here to learn more and apply.
Click here for the 2017 call for proposals.

The Honourable Jane Philpott, Federal Minister of Health and the Honourable Dr. Eric Hoskins, Ontario Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, hosted an Opioid Conference and Summit on November 18, 2016 in Ottawa, Ontario. The summit brought together regulators and key stakeholders to discuss the current opioid crisis in Canada and identify a path forward.

Click here to read the agenda.
Click here to watch the proceedings.

On April 26, 2016, a letter with 234 signatories from across Ontario was sent to Premier Wynne and Minister Hoskins requesting the immediate establishment of leadership to coordinate collaborative planning and responses, including emergency preparedness plans and a clearly defined pathway for invoking emergency health/outbreak measures related to opioid overdoses.

Click here to read the April 26, 2016 letter.
Click here to read the May 3, 2016 response from Premier Wynne.
Click here to read the April 27, 2016 Globe and Mail article.
Click here to read the May 17, 2016 Globe and Mail article.
Click here to watch the May 2016 CTV Kitchener News clip.