The Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence

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.

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Waitlists for opioid agonist therapy (OAT) in Alberta correctional facilities have been virtually eliminated.

Read:
👉 The news release: https://t.co/NCUnn6P9Gt
👉 The article in the @RedDeerAdvocate : https://t.co/Y3oJ3qeWfd

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Alberta’s recovery-oriented system of care is focused on connecting people immediately to effective treatment while supporting lasting recovery, stability, and wellness.

Learn more about the unexcepted outcomes of the site closure by reading the full study. https://t.co/oIkh2T0LQo

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CoRE's research, released in March 2026, found that supervised consumption site users accessed opioid agonist treatment more frequently after the site closure was announced, this increase persisted after closure.

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“A lot of people don't realize that Alberta is at the forefront of some of the most transformative and important work that's happening anywhere in the world.” Dr. Nathaniel Day, Chief Scientific Officer, CoRE

Learn more about Alberta’s addiction recovery innovations on https://t.co/0PMIAOuVne or on https://t.co/ZefkmKfls4

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🔎 This distinction is important because a clearer understanding helps ensure that the right supports are available at the right time to those who need them.

Learn more: https://t.co/kwQxrrz86s

Because better data ➡️ better care. #MentalHealth #EvidenceMatters

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🧠 Mental health and mental illness are NOT the same thing. In our June Mental Health and Addiction Brief, we explored why clarity matters.

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Mental health changes affects everyone and is based on life events while mental illness affects ~20% of people and refers to diagnosable medical conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder.

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Recovery Coaches inside Navigation Centres help clients access everything from housing and healthcare to mental health and addiction treatment.

Learn more: https://t.co/loWNWdbfQq

Better data ➡️ better care.

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Alberta's Navigation Centers help make every door a door to recovery by bringing together essential services in one place.

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They bring essential services together in one place, helping people experiencing homelessness or housing instability, including those with complex health, mental health and addiction challenges, access the care and support they need. People can also access life-saving addiction treatment the same day, at no cost.

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People like Robert are hailing the TLU program for its innovation in recovery treatment for people just like him.

Learn more: https://t.co/GOoAxzsiXd

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On October 24, 2026, Dr. Shannon Gravely, Principal Scientist at CoRE, presented at the National Commission on Correctional Health Care Conference in Las Vegas.

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She highlighted how Alberta’s Therapeutic Living Units (TLUs) in correctional facilities can help people address mental health and addiction challenges, rebuild their lives and successfully reintegrate into their communities.

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The Alberta Recovery Model and TLUs are helping more people, like Robert and Alex, every day live better lives in recovery.  Visit the CoRE website to read more recovery stories: https://t.co/6551MHBrMx
@Richard4Alberta @MikeEllisUCP @edmontonjournal

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Therapeutic Living Units (TLUs) are helping break the cycle of addiction within Alberta's correctional system. Meet Robert who found the help he needed in a TLU.  @Richard4Alberta @MikeEllisUCP

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You can also read about Alex's TLU journey and his remarkable results: https://t.co/XREueATgH8
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🎤 Dr. Stryder Zobell discussed the outcomes of a new research study on the rapid induction of Extended-release Buprenorphine and how a novel approach to using it is helping engage high risk population in recovery.

Better data ➡️ better care.

Learn more: https://t.co/rd1FUV8zPW

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The International Society of Addiction Medicine Congress was held from October 1 to 3, 2026 in the Netherlands.

As a result of Alberta’s innovations in addiction treatment, CoRE had several speaking opportunities:

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🎤 Dr. Dan Devoe spoke to supervised consumption, service withdrawal, and low-barrier pharmacotherapy and explored where we go from here in helping people recover.