CoRE will ensure Alberta leads in developing data-driven policies and best practices for mental health and addiction recovery.
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🚫 Drug use is dangerous and every overdose has the potential to cause a brain injury.
The Alberta Recovery Model recognizes that a system of care must do more than reverse an overdose. It must help prevent the next one.
Navigating addiction treatment and recovery can feel overwhelming.
🎯 Recovery Coaches help people identify their goals, overcome barriers, and connect with the services they need to start and sustainrecovery.
Learn More: recoveryexcellence.org/wp-co…
Better data ➡️ better care.
Every person matters.
The Alberta Recovery Model is designed around this and was Dr. Nathaniel Day, CoRE’s Chief Scientific Officer's topic of choice at the @recovery_summit of Canada. With more than 2,000 attendees, this was the nation’s largest recovery forum.
In front of a sold out audience at the @recovery_summit CoRE’s Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Nathaniel Day told the story behind the development of Alberta’s Virtual Opioid Dependency programand how it is changing lives across the province.
#RCC2026 #recoverycapitalcanada
DYK that EMS Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) brings hospital-level care into the community for people facing challenges to traditional healthcare?
MIH can provide Naloxone and access to life saving OAT medication such as Sublocade. This is especially important for reducing opioid overdoses for people using shelters. It offers follow-up and operates 24/7 in Alberta.(link.springer.com/article/10…)
Learn more: albertahealthservices.ca/ems…
Alberta’s focus on recovery has created a mental health and addiction system that meets people where they are, providing almost immediate access to programs that actually improvepatient outcomes.
Listen to Kym Kaufmann, CoRE’s CEO explain why Alberta is different and why we are on the leading edge of mental health and addiction programming globally.
Learn more: recoveryexcellence.org
Better data ➡️ better care.
Guided by Compassion, Grounded in Science: Psychiatry for our Time is this year’s World Congress of Psychiatry theme.
Dr. Anees Bajhi presented on innovative two pieces of CoRE research.
☎️ Return on Investment of an Asynchronous Telehealth Program for Opioid Use Disorder Assessment in a Canadian Correctional Facility.
CoRE’s data shows that this program reduced access to opioid agonist treatment from 12 to 18 weeks to less than one day.
💊 Healthcare Utilization and Mortality following Overdose Prevention Site Closure: A Quasi-Experimental Study Linked Administrative Data.
CoRE’s outcomes showed that there was no increase in deaths or EMS calls for site users after the Red Deer Overdose Prevention Site closed.
Learn more by visiting the CoRE website: recoveryexcellence.org/news
Guided by Compassion, Grounded in Science: Psychiatry for our Time is this year’s World Congress of Psychiatry theme.
Dr. Anees Bajhi presented on innovative two pieces of CoRE research.
The final Alberta Recovery Day event was held on the weekend in Red Deer and featured the legendary band, Trooper. Many came out and enjoyed the activities.
CoRE staff answered questions on the important work we do and how we work with other agencies and partners to enhance Alberta mental health and addiction services and promote recovery.
To learn more about CoRE visit our website. recoveryexcellence.org
In Canada, no standard guide exists to monitor workers returning to safety-sensitive and decision-critical roles after treatment for substance use disorder.
CoRE brought together a group of experts, led by Dr. Charl Els, to review clinical best practices, Canadian legal frameworks, and international monitoring models.
4️⃣ Higher-risk roles require higher standards: Safety-sensitive and decision-critical roles demand stronger monitoring and accountability.
5️⃣ Monitoring must evolve: Programs should adapt over time to reflect recovery progress, clinical evidence, and risk.
👉 Evidence-based monitoring strengthens recovery, supports workers, and helps ensure safer workplaces and communities.
Learn more: recoveryexcellence.org/resea…
It’s Recovery Day in Red Deer.
Join the recovery movement for a street festival at City Hall from 12–5 p.m. with a FREE concert featuring Trooper.
More information about the festival can be found at recoverydayalberta.com/#top
The Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence retweeted
Do Safe Injection Sites actually help? Does the data support it? According to a study published in March of 2026, not necessarily. This is Kym Kaufmann, CEO of @RecovExcel explaining the study and it's findings out of Alberta 🇨🇦 Let's unpack. 🧵onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…