Substance use and related harms have been a key concern for many Canadians over the last seven years, but there remain troubling gaps in school-based approaches to substance use education and intervention. This leaves children and youth without critical information and supports for their wellbeing now and throughout their lives.
Across Canada, teachers and other education professionals have been sounding the alarm about this gap for years. But a new National Centre for Innovation aims to change this, working with educational professionals in an historic collaboration that will create national standards to help teachers and school administrators do their jobs efficiently, effectively and in line with scientific evidence. This is a first step toward eliminating solutions that don't work.
