[Ottawa, April 11, 2024) – The RSC has released its latest report titled “Health Research System Recovery: Strengthening Canada’s Health Research System after the COVID-19 Pandemic." The report goes beyond preparing for the next pandemic or health emergency by outlining how to comprehensively reshape Canada’s health research system. 

This webinar will discuss findings of the recently released report, "Urgent and Long Overdue: Legal Reform and Drug Decriminalization in Canada." Panelists will address Canada's drug crisis, focusing on elements of a national approach to decriminalization.

The RSC Policy Briefing entitled “Urgent and Long Overdue: Legal Reform and Drug Decriminalization in Canada” is now freely and publicly available here. 

“Criminalization of substance use is a strategy that perpetuates harm and stigma. In this report, we consider Canada's past and current approach to substance use, joining the call for a new path forward rooted in a human rights approach," said Co-Chair of the Working Group, Vanessa Gruben.