Amendments for: 088-2023-2024-Q4-00031

Agreement Value: $1,637,184.83
Agreement: Monitoring Drug Impaired Driving in Canada Through Toxicological Analyses of Injured Drivers Mar 28, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
Description:

This study is to measure the prevalence and characteristics of a wide variety of substances, including cannabis, among injured drivers, and assess impaired driving crash risk and associated demographic factors and crash characteristics. Eleven (11) hospitals and trauma centres, in five provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and Alberta) will be involved in the study. It will involve a combination of paid researchers and research assistants, as well as voluntary medical practitioners in the participating jurisdictions, collecting and analyzing the blood samples of injured drivers.

Expected Results:

Increased capacity to monitor trends and patterns in drug-impaired driving. Intermediate outcome Enhanced knowledge of the trends in crash risk associated with a variety of substances in Canada and in participating jurisdictions. Long-term outcome Policy makers’ decisions on drug-impaired driving are based on evidence.

Organization: Public Safety Canada
Recipient: University of Brisitsh Columbia (Not-for-profit organization or charity)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V6T 1Z3
Type: Contribution
Additional Information:

An amendment to increase PS funding by $98,185.83.

Program Name: (CPCSOC) Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime

CPCSOC supports initiatives, research, partnership building, specialized police services, projects and programs to increase knowledge, raise awareness and/or help advance efforts to combat serious and organized crime, through funding allocations to eligible recipients