Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Monitoring Drug Impaired Driving in Canada Through Toxicological Analyses of Injured Drivers
Agreement Number:
23191
Agreement Value:
$1,833,717.63
Agreement Date:
Apr 6, 2023 - Mar 31, 2025
Description:
The overall objective of the 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.
Organization:
Public Safety Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcome of this project is to increase capacity to monitor trends and patterns in drug-impaired driving, enhance knowledge of the trends in crash risk associated with a variety of substances in Canada and in participating jurisdictions, and ensure outcome policy makers decisions on drug-impaired driving are evidence based.
Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V5Z 1M9
Reference Number:
088-2024-2025-Q4-00172
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Academia
Additional Information:
The purpose of this amendment is to increase the Public Safety Canada funding amount from $761,999.20 to $958,532.00.
Amendment Date
Feb 28, 2025
Recipient's Operating Name:
University of British Columbia
Recipient's Legal Name:
University of British Columbia
Program:
(CPCSOC) Contribution Program to Combat Serious and Organized Crime
Program Purpose:
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
Amendments: