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Bernadette Pauly

ResearcherCanadian Institute for Substance Use ResearchUniversity of Victoria

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Bernadette Pauly

Researcher

Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research

Health Sciences

University of Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
11 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 17 research grants (16 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 4 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Harm Reduction Health Equity Substance Use Health Policy Mixed Methods Overdose Safer Supply Alcohol

Latest papers

Pathways to healing: balancing the tensions between harm reduction and cultural practices in a managed alcohol program for Indigenous adults in Calgary, Canada.
Frontiers in public health · 2026
Barriers and facilitators to safer supply pilot program implementation in Canada: a qualitative assessment of service provider perspectives.
Harm reduction journal · 2025
Access and barriers to safer supply prescribing during a toxic drug emergency: a mixed methods study of implementation in British Columbia, Canada.
Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2024 · senior author

All 34 publications

Latest funding

Evolution of prescribed safer supply in Canada: Shifting policy landscapes and implications for population health
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$1,346,400
Advancing health system transformation of perinatal substance use services in British Columbia: A patient journey mapping study
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$54,250
The facilitators, barriers, and potential outcomes of community-led safer supply in a large urban centre: A case study of grassroots drug user-led models
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$105,000

All 37 grants and awards

34 publications.

Pathways to healing: balancing the tensions between harm reduction and cultural practices in a managed alcohol program for Indigenous adults in Calgary, Canada.

McLean A, Lucas K, Chief Moon J, Prairie Chicken A, Pauly B, Nixon L, Lamping S, Robinson J, Brown M, Wan-Sai-Cheong L, Zaretsky L, Morin T, Milaney K

Frontiers in public health2026

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1833954 PMID: 42305747

Barriers and facilitators to safer supply pilot program implementation in Canada: a qualitative assessment of service provider perspectives.

Nafeh F, Martignetti L, Strike C, Kolla G, Bonn M, Brunelle C, Boyd J, Hyshka E, Morris C, Eeuwes J, Hobbs H, Haywood E, Pauly B, Werb D, Karamouzian M

Harm reduction journal2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-025-01177-0 PMID: 40296096

Access and barriers to safer supply prescribing during a toxic drug emergency: a mixed methods study of implementation in British Columbia, Canada.

Urbanoski KA, van Roode T, Selfridge M, Hogan KC, Fraser J, Lock K, McGreevy PB, Burmeister C, Barker B, Slaunwhite A, Nosyk B, Pauly B

Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s13011-024-00625-7 PMID: 39285270

Influence of physician networks on the implementation of pharmaceutical alternatives to a toxic drug supply in British Columbia.

Kurz M, Guerra-Alejos BC, Min JE, Barker B, Pauly B, Urbanoski K, Nosyk B

Implementation science : IS2024

DOI: 10.1186/s13012-023-01331-x PMID: 38184548

Challenges of implementing safer supply programs in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative analysis.

Karamouzian M, Rafat B, Kolla G, Urbanoski K, Atkinson K, Bardwell G, Bonn M, Touesnard N, Henderson N, Bowles J, Boyd J, Brunelle C, Eeuwes J, Fikowski J, Gomes T, Guta A, Hyshka E, Ivsins A, Kennedy MC, Laurence G, Martignetti L, Nafeh F, Salters K, Tu D, Strike C, Pauly B, Werb D

The International journal on drug policy2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104157 PMID: 37574645

Everywhere and for everyone: proportionate universalism as a framework for equitable access to community drug checking.

Wallace B, van Roode T, Burek P, Hore D, Pauly B

Harm reduction journal2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-022-00727-0 PMID: 36539747

The North American opioid crisis: evidence and nuance on prescribed safer supply.

Urbanoski K, Barker B, McGreevy PB, Slaunwhite A, Pauly B

Lancet (London, England)2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(22)01592-6 PMID: 36273476

Supporting community overdose response planning in Ontario, Canada: Findings from a situational assessment.

Khorasheh T, AbuAyyash CB, Mallakin M, Sellen K, Corace K, Pauly B, Buchman D, Hamilton M, Boyce N, Ng K, Strike C, Taha S, Manson H, Leece P

BMC public health2022

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13762-0 PMID: 35854231

"There are solutions and I think we're still working in the problem": The limitations of decriminalization under the good Samaritan drug overdose act and lessons from an evaluation in British Columbia, Canada.

Xavier J, Greer A, Pauly B, Loyal J, Mamdani Z, Ackermann E, Barbic S, Buxton JA

The International journal on drug policy2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103714 PMID: 35561485

"I have such a hard time hitting myself, I thought it'd be easier": perspectives of hospitalized patients on injecting drugs into vascular access devices.

Brooks HL, Salvalaggio G, Pauly B, Dong K, Bubela T, Taylor M, Hyshka E

Harm reduction journal2022

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-022-00637-1 PMID: 35619121

Evolution of prescribed safer supply in Canada: Shifting policy landscapes and implications for population health

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Urbanoski, Karen A; Ali, Farihah; Barker, Brittany M; Kolla, Gillian; Pauly, Bernadette M; Penn, Rebecca

Keywords: Health Equity; Health Policy; Health Service Use; Mixed Methods; Overdose; Safer Supply

$1,346,400

Advancing health system transformation of perinatal substance use services in British Columbia: A patient journey mapping study

SupervisorCIHR2025Health System Impact Fellowships - PostDoc Western Canada 2-year

Principal investigators: Norton, Alexa B

Keywords: Cultural Safety; Health Services Evaluation; Indigenous Health And Wellness; Perinatal Substance Use; Women'S Health

$54,250

The facilitators, barriers, and potential outcomes of community-led safer supply in a large urban centre: A case study of grassroots drug user-led models

SupervisorCIHR2023Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Henderson, Nancy

Keywords: Case Study; Community-Based Participatory Research; Community-Led Safer Supply; Drug Toxicity Crisis; Drug Use; People Who Use Drugs; Safer Supply

$105,000

The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness - Mobilizing Partnerships to Prevent and End Homelessness

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Grants

Keywords: homelessness prevention; policy; knowledge mobilization; Indigenous homelessness; promising practices; youth

$336,992

The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness - Mobilizing Partnerships to Prevent and End Homelessness

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: homelessness prevention; policy; knowledge mobilization; Indigenous homelessness; promising practices; youth

$693,526

The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness - Mobilizing Partnerships to Prevent and End Homelessness

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: homelessness prevention; research; policy; knowledge mobilization; Indigenous homelessness; promising practices; youth

$20,000

A Perinatal Collaborative Community Laboratory on Substance Use and Harm Reduction: The Mothering Co/Lab

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Race, Gender and Diversity Joint Initiative

Principal investigators: Shahram, Sana

Keywords: Perinatal substance use; Harm reduction; Health equity; Surveillance and monitoring; Disaggregated data; Sex and gender; Indigenous research; Community-based research; Determinants of Health; Health systems transformation

$158,400

A mixed methods evaluation of safer supply initiatives to reduce illicit drug overdose in BC

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Urbanoski, Karen A; Barker, Brittany M; Nosyk, Bohdan P; Pauly, Bernadette M; Slaunwhite, Amanda K

Keywords: Epidemiology; Harm Reduction; Health Policy; Indigenous Health; Mixed Methods; Overdose; Safer Supply; Substance Use

$2,050,200

A Perinatal Collaborative Community Laboratory on Substance Use and Harm Reduction: The Mothering Co/Lab

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Race, Gender and Diversity Joint Initiative

Principal investigators: Shahram, Sana

$289,250

Decolonizing and Reorienting Health Systems Towards Health Equity: The xaqana itkini (Many Ways of Working Together) Research Project

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Shahram, Sana; Horsethief, Christopher; Pauly, Bernadette M

Keywords: Community-Based Participatory Research; Decolonized Health System; Decolonized Methodology; Health Equity; Health Promotion; Health Systems And Health Services Research; Indigenous Knowledge Systems; Indigenous Wellness; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Social Determinants Of Health

$100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Bernadette Pauly

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Pathways to healing: balancing the tensions between harm reduction and cultural practices in a managed alcohol program for Indigenous adults in Calgary, Canada.

Barriers and facilitators to safer supply pilot program implementation in Canada: a qualitative assessment of service provider perspectives.

Access and barriers to safer supply prescribing during a toxic drug emergency: a mixed methods study of implementation in British Columbia, Canada.

Influence of physician networks on the implementation of pharmaceutical alternatives to a toxic drug supply in British Columbia.

Challenges of implementing safer supply programs in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative analysis.

Everywhere and for everyone: proportionate universalism as a framework for equitable access to community drug checking.

The North American opioid crisis: evidence and nuance on prescribed safer supply.

Supporting community overdose response planning in Ontario, Canada: Findings from a situational assessment.

"There are solutions and I think we're still working in the problem": The limitations of decriminalization under the good Samaritan drug overdose act and lessons from an evaluation in British Columbia, Canada.

"I have such a hard time hitting myself, I thought it'd be easier": perspectives of hospitalized patients on injecting drugs into vascular access devices.

Evolution of prescribed safer supply in Canada: Shifting policy landscapes and implications for population health

Advancing health system transformation of perinatal substance use services in British Columbia: A patient journey mapping study

The facilitators, barriers, and potential outcomes of community-led safer supply in a large urban centre: A case study of grassroots drug user-led models

The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness - Mobilizing Partnerships to Prevent and End Homelessness

The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness - Mobilizing Partnerships to Prevent and End Homelessness

The Canadian Observatory on Homelessness - Mobilizing Partnerships to Prevent and End Homelessness

A Perinatal Collaborative Community Laboratory on Substance Use and Harm Reduction: The Mothering Co/Lab

A mixed methods evaluation of safer supply initiatives to reduce illicit drug overdose in BC

A Perinatal Collaborative Community Laboratory on Substance Use and Harm Reduction: The Mothering Co/Lab

Decolonizing and Reorienting Health Systems Towards Health Equity: The xaqana itkini (Many Ways of Working Together) Research Project

Frequent collaborators

Bruce Wallace

Karen Urbanoski

Bernadette Pauly

Carol Strike

Elaine Hyshka

Dennis Hore

Amanda Slaunwhite

Jade Boyd

Marjorie MacDonald

Bohdan Nosyk

Bohdan Nosyk

Mohammad Karamouzian

Heather Manson

Daniel Buchman

Tara Gomes

Skye Barbic

Katrina Milaney

Sheena Taha

Warren O'Briain

Kathryn Dong

Ginetta Salvalaggio

Ruta K Valaitis

Helen Brown