1. CRISM: Prairie Node Update
November, 2017

2. Node governance Members Advisory Node steering committee Researchers
Program/System Managers and Front-Line providers
Decision-Makers
Advisory
Indigenous wisdom group
People with lived/living experience group
Service provider group
Researcher group
Node steering committee
Principal Investigators:
C Wild, David Hodgins (U Calgary), Colleen Dell (U Saskatchewan)
Principal Knowledge User (Vacant)
Person with lived experience (Stacy Petersen; Fresh Start Recovery Centre)

3. Node development programs
Node Infrastructure
Website
E-newsletter
Node development programs
Staff

4. Original CIHR proposal
Principal Investigators
Cam Wild (NPI, U Alberta)
David Hodgins (U Calgary)
Colleen Dell (U Saskatchewan)
Co-Investigators
Darren Christensen (U Lethbridge)
Cheryl Currie (U Lethbridge)
Serdar Dursun (U Alberta)
Bonnie Lee (U Lethbridge)
Arto Ohinmaa (U Alberta)
Knowledge Users
Allan Aubry (PKU, AHS)
Brett Enns (Prince AB RHA, SK)
Cindy King (AHS)
Cora Weber-Pillwax (Nechi Institute)
Person With Lived Experience
Orrin Lyseng (AAMIMH)
Original CIHR proposal
59 people
26 institutions

5. Node growth Current Node membership 176 people 56 institutions
Original CIHR proposal
59 people
26 institutions

6. Node-affiliated researchers
Regional engagement
Node-affiliated researchers
University of…
Members
Alberta 23
Calgary 12
Lethbridge 6
Saskatchewan 14
Regina 3
Manitoba
First Nations University of Canada (SK) 2

7. Regional engagement – Institutional affiliations
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
NWT
AB Health
SK Health
Addictions Foundation of MB
NWT Regional Health
Alberta Health Services
Saskatoon RHA
Winnipeg RHA
AB Rural Development Network
Heartland RHA
Manitoba Harm Reduction Network
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Prince Albert RHA
AAWEAR, Streetworks
Metis Addiction Council
Access to Medically Supervised Injection Services Edmonton
SK Prevention Institute
AB Addiction Service Providers
Aboriginal Women’s Justice Foundation
AB Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health

8. Infrastructure funding
Prairie Node
activities
Infrastructure funding
Demonstration Projects
Project ENGAGE
Screening, Self-Management, Referral to Tx
Therapy dogs/veterans
Member supports
Node development grants ($15K)
Regional projects and events
Support for grant applications
OPTIMA
AHS opioid tx clinics (Calgary, Edmonton)
Health Canada
Knowledge Exchange
National opioid tx guideline dissemination
s. 56 exemption consultation
Scoping review of psychosocial interventions
Implementation science program

9. Node development program: $15K sub grants
Lead
Topic
Kay Rittenbach (AB Health Services, U Alberta)
Take-home naloxone evaluation
Darren Christensen (U Lethbridge)
Online contingency management - feasibility
Elaine Hyshka (U Alberta)
In-hospital needle exchange evaluation
Julie Kaye (U Sask)
Sex worker safety, substance use, and harm reduction
Kristina Brache (Foothills Hospital, Calgary)
Adaptation of contingency management to adolescent addiction treatment
Anas el-Aneed (U Sask)
Harm reduction training for pharmacists
Bonnie Lee (U Lethbridge)
Couples congruence intervention training
Geoffrey Maina (U Sask)
Prince Albert municipal substance misuse needs assessment
Darlene Chalmers (U Regina)
Animal-assisted interventions
JoAnn Saddleback (AB)
Gathering of addiction wisdom from Indigenous Elders from across the Prairies

10. Target population and setting
Regional projects and events
Group/Project
Work supported
Target population and setting
Approach
Manitoba Harm Reduction Network
Research ethics support; briefing note for Govt of MB; advising on province-wide harm reduction policy and supply distribution model
Injection drug users
Consultation
Access to Medically Supervised Injection Services Edmonton (AMSISE)
Community needs assessment and planning for federal exemption application
Structured survey of current drug users on substance use, service needs, parameters for supervised injection services.
Alberta Addicts Who Educate and Advocate Responsibly (AAWEAR)
Advocacy and outreach
Marginalized substance users
Supporting expansion of advocacy activities and recruitment of similar groups in SK, MB
Cannabis Legalization in Canada: Implications for public health in Alberta
Contributions to U of Calgary provincial forum
Service providers, researchers, public
Event support and presentations
Maskwacis, Alberta
Community gathering of 18 elders from 4 bands; community health service leaders
Views on addictions and community responses
Supported this community event, led by Node advisors JoAnn & Jerry Saddleback

11. Node-affiliated CIHR proposals
Investigator
(Node affiliation)
Title
Target population and setting
Substance(s)
Approach
Design
Rebecca Haines-Saah (University of Calgary)
Engaging youth and parents in cannabis use education and prevention (TRACE V)
Marginalized youth and families
Cannabis
Scan of existing prevention materials; co-create new prevention materials
Participatory inquiry
Amanda Newton (University of Alberta)
Check your drinking
Adolescents years presenting to 9 EDs across Canada
Alcohol
Selective prevention: brief intervention for youth attending EDs with alcohol involvement
Cluster-randomized RCT
Karen Urbanoski (University of Victoria/CARBC)
Motivation in compulsory addiction treatment
Treatment-seekers (outpatient and residential)
Multiple
Describing trajectories of treatment engagement and retention
Prospective observational cohort