Increasing Awareness and Understanding of Problematic Substance Use Reducing Alcohol-Related Harms Addressing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Preventing the Problematic Use of Pharmaceuticals Addressing Enforcement Issues Sustaining Workforce Development Implementing a National Research Agenda and Facilitating Knowledge Transfer Improving the quality, accessibility and range of options to treat harmful substance use including substance use disorders (Treatment) Modernizing Legislative, Regulatory and Policy Frameworks Focusing on Children and Youth Reaching Out to Canada’s North Supporting First Nations, Inuit and Métis People in Addressing Their Needs Responding to Offender-Related Issues Raising Public Awareness About Addictions: Creating Momentum for Action National Alcohol Policy Thematic Workshop National Thematic Workshop on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Preventing the Harmful Use of Psychotropic Pharmaceuticals National Thematic Workshop on Enforcement Police and Policing Partners: Supply Management and Demand Reduction Workforce Development Thematic Workshop National Thematic Workshop on Research National Thematic Workshop on Improving the Quality, Accessibility, and Range of Options to Treat Harmful Substance Use Including Substance Use Disorders (Treatment) National Thematic Workshop on Corrections National Symposium on Language
 
Easy to print
Font size  Increase font size  decrease font size

National Symposium on Language

National Symposium on Language - convened as a first step in addressingissues and concerns around language. 

  • Held – January 31, 2006
  • Hosted by the Centre for Addictions Research of BC, the BC Provincial Health Services Authority, BC Ministry of Health
  • Participants representative of the federal and provincial governments, NGOs, health authorities and academia
  • Objectives:

To explore approaches towards developing a common understanding of the meaning(s) associated with language in the field of addictions and substance use within the context of The National Framework For Action to Reduce the Harms Associated with Alcohol and Other Drugs and Substances in Canada.