Dr. Tim Stockwell
About Tim
Tim held the position of director of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR, formerly the Centre for Addictions Research of BC) since its inception in 2004 until 2020. He has also been a professor in the Department of Psychology at the 番茄社区 since 2004. He has published over 400 research papers, book chapters and monographs, plus several books on prevention and treatment issues.
Dr. Stockwell was engaged in both clinical and research work in the UK before spending 16 years with Australia's National Drug Research Institute as deputy director and then director. He studied psychology and philosophy at Oxford University and obtained a PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London. In 2018, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and was president of the international Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol, 2005-2007. He received the 2013 EM Jellinek Memorial Award for outstanding research on social, cultural and policy aspects of alcohol with special mention of his work on minimum alcohol pricing. He also received a 2014 Health Research leadership award from Research Canada on behalf of CISUR.
Tim is committed to the advancement of public policy on substance use issues, and has established CISUR as a research institute which aims to shed light on the social, cultural and psychological determinants of harmful substance use, which applies rigorous measures of patterns of use and related harms, and which advances knowledge of effective policy and practice.
His research interests include: prevention of alcohol and other drug related harm; alcohol and other drug policy; measurement of alcohol consumption and related harms; public health and safety impacts of substance use; alcohol harm reduction; and regulatory policies to reduce alcohol-related harm.
Videos of Tim
Projects
- Alcohol, energy drinks and other stimulants: An emergency room study assessing the effects of gender, context and substance use on injury risk
- Alcohol and Health Web App
- Alcohol outlet privatization: The British Columbia experiment
- An estimation of the health and economic costs of alcohol use in Finland and the impact on these of the privatization of the Finnish government alcohol monopoly, Alko
- An evaluation of alternative methods of presenting health risks of alcohol to young adults
- An evaluation of the impact of the Sudbury Managed Alcohol Program
- An evaluation of the Kwae Kii Win Centre alcohol management program, Thunder Bay, Ontario
- An updated rapid review on the potential effectiveness of alcohol warning labels
- An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of alcohol use and all-cause mortality
- A review of the evidence regarding alcohol and COVID-19
- Assessing the impacts of cannabis legalization on traffic-related injuries among youth and adults in Alberta and Ontario
- A study of unintended consequences of increased minimum alcohol prices in a population of street involved alcohol dependent drinkers
- BC Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) monitoring project
- BC Co/Lab
- Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation
- Cannabis Substitution of Alcohol as a Component of Managed Alcohol Programs: Pilot Intervention and Evaluation
- Clearing the air: a systematic review of the evidence on the harms and benefits of e-cigarettes and vapour devices
- Developing an Internet based resource for reporting alcohol attributable harm in Australia
- Does minimum pricing reduce the burden of disease and illness attributable to alcohol?
- Effects of COVID-19 on alcohol and cannabis sales and alcohol- and cannabis-related hospitalizations and deaths in BC
- Estimating the impact of alcohol use on health harms and the effects of having different price policies in Quebec
- Estimation of impacts on premature death, injury and hospitalisation of alternative approaches to federal alcohol taxes
- Evaluating the Impact of Minimum Pricing in Saskatchewan on Crime and Health Outcomes
- Evaluation of the public health impacts of Systembolaget, the Swedish government alcohol monopoly
- How much do people under-report their drinking in surveys, and by how much?
- Impact of alcohol labelling on health outcomes in Canada
- Managed alcohol and cannabis substitution: A feasibility study
- Modelling the relationship between tax and price policies and impacts on alcohol consumption and harms in different socio-economic groups in Canada
- Northern Territories Alcohol Labels Study
- Pilot evaluation of a BC managed alcohol program
- Stakeholder evaluation of impacts of a national alcohol policy implementation review across all provinces and territories
- Strengthening the foundation of the home: Developing staff wellness strategies in Indigenous alcohol harm reduction services
- Systematic error and confounding: Meta-analyses of alcohol and disease
- The Canadian Managed Alcohol Program Studies (CMAPS)
- The economic costs of substance use in Canada (CSUCH)
- The impact of immediate roadside prohibitions for drinking drivers on alcohol-related collisions
- The impact of minimum pricing on low, medium and high income areas of British Columbia
- The International Model of Alcohol Harms and Policies (InterMAHP)
- The potential impact of alcohol minimum unit pricing and alcoholic beverage labelling as a cancer prevention intervention in Canada, by socioeconomic status, at the national, provincial and territorial levels
- The promotion of alcohol consumption in bars through social media: an assessment of compliance of digital promotions with traditional alcohol advertising regulations in Canada
- Youth Experiences Project: Police discretion with youth who use illicit substances
Publications
- A Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Canadian Managed Alcohol Program
- Adolescent substance use and related harms in British Columbia (PDF 524kb)
- Alcohol and health in Canada: A summary of evidence and guidelines for low-risk drinking (PDF 882kb)
- Alcohol and injuries: Emergency department studies in an international perspective (PDF 2mb)
- Alcohol consumption in British Columbia and Canada: A case for liquor taxes that reduce harm (PDF 334kb)
- Alcohol policy and public health implications in a global perspective. In: Alcohol and injuries (PDF 96kb)
- Alcohol pricing, public health and the HST: Proposed incentives for BC drinkers to make healthy choices (PDF 402kb)
- Alcohol pricing and public health in Canada: Issues and opportunities (PDF 1mb)
- A review of research into the impacts of alcohol warning labels on attitudes and behaviour (PDF 1mb)
- A submission to the BC Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services regarding the 2015 BC budget (PDF 200kb)
- Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation (CAPE): Federal Results
- Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation (CAPE): Policy Domain Results (Federal)
- Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation (CAPE) 3.0: Best Practice Policy Leaders (Provincial/Territorial)
- Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation (CAPE) 3.0: Methodology and Evidence (Federal and Provincial/Territorial)
- Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation (CAPE) 3.0 Project: Policy Domain Results Summary (Provincial/Territorial).
- Cannabis use in British Columbia: Patterns of use, perceptions, and public opinion as assessed in the 2004 Canadian Addiction Survey (PDF 1mb)
- Clearing the Air: A systematic review on the harms and benefits of e-cigarettes and vapour devices
- Does knowing alcohol causes cancer improve support for alcohol policies?
- Do relaxed trading hours for bars and clubs mean more relaxed drinking? A review of international research on the impacts of changes to permitted hours of drinking (PDF 198kb)
- Drinking guidelines: Supporting health and life (PDF 147kb)
- Drug use trends in Victoria and Vancouver, and changes in injection drug use after the closure of Victoria鈥檚 fixed site needle exchange (PDF 919kb)
- Evaluating Effectiveness of Alcohol Harm Reduction and Housing Instability (PPT) (PDF 1mb)
- 脡valuation des politiques canadiennes sur l鈥檃lcool (CAPE) 3.0 R茅sultats f茅d茅raux
- Evaluation of a managed alcohol program in Vancouver, BC: Early findings and reflections on alcohol harm reduction
- Every Washroom: De facto consumption sites in the epicenter of an overdose public health emergency
- Finnish alcohol policy at the crossroads: The health, safety and economic consequences of alternative systems to manage the retail sale of alcohol
- How much does alcohol increase women's risk of breast cancer compared to non-drinkers? (PDF 63kb)
- How should we label our alcohol? (PDF 726kb)
- Identifying alcohol-related injuries in the emergency department. In: Alcohol and injuries (PDF 63kb)
- Legalization of Cannabis in Canada: Implementation strategies and public health
- Market share of alcohol products and price incentives (PDF 176kb)
- M茅thodologie et revue des 茅l茅ments probants (脿 l鈥櫭ヽhelle f茅d茅rale, provinciale et territoriale)
- Model-based appraisal of alcohol minimum pricing in Ontario and British Columbia
- Model-based appraisal of alcohol minimum pricing in Ontario and British Columbia: A Canadian adaptation of the Sheffield Alcohol Policy, Model Version 2 (PDF 1mb)
- Northern Territories Alcohol Label Study: Baseline Report Executive Summary
- Operator and regulatory best practices in the reduction of violence in and around licensed premises: A review of Australian and Canadian research (PDF 442kb)
- Overdose events in British Columbia: Trends in substances involved, contexts and responses (PDF 585kb)
- Patterns of risky alcohol use in British Columbia: Results of the 2004 Canadian Addiction Survey (PDF 522kb)
- Per adult consumption of alcohol in British Columbia: 2002 to 2005. In: Mapping Substance Use in BC and Canada (PDF 265kb)
- Prevalence report 2008-12: Alcohol, cannabis, cigarettes & other drugs in BC & other provinces (PDF 262kb)
- Prevalence report 2008-12: Alcohol, cannabis, cigarettes & RX drugs in BC & other provinces (PDF 391kb)
- Prevalence report 2008-12: Cocaine, ecstasy, heroin & other drugs in BC & other provinces (PDF 341kb)
- Prevention (PDF 3mb)
- Prevention of alcohol-related injuries in the Americas: From evidence to policy action (PDF 2mb)
- Projet 3.0 de l鈥櫭塿aluation des politiques canadiennes sur l鈥檃lcool (CAPE) : R茅sum茅 des r茅sultats par domaines d鈥檃ction (provinciaux et territoriaux)
- Reducing alcohol-related harms and costs in Alberta: A Provincial summary report (PDF 285kb)
- Reducing alcohol-related harms and costs in British Columbia: A provincial summary report (PDF 553kb)
- Regional variations and trends in substance use and related harm in BC (PDF 349kb)
- Sales and Revenue from Regulated Cannabis Products in BC: October 2018-December 2020
- Scale up of Managed Alcohol Programs
- Strat茅gies pour r茅duire les m茅faits et les co没ts li茅s 脿 l鈥檃lcool au Canada : Une revue des politiques F茅d茅rales
- Strat茅gies pour r茅duire les m茅faits et les co没ts li茅s 脿 l鈥檃lcool au Canada : Une revue des politiques provinciales et territoriales (sommaire)
- Strategies to prevent alcohol-related injury targeted to high-risk products, settings and populations (PDF 245kb)
- Strategies to reduce alcohol-related harms and costs in Canada: A comparison of Provincial policies (PDF 385kb)
- Strategies to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harms and Costs in Canada: A Review of Federal Policies
- Strategies to Reduce Alcohol-Related Harms and Costs in Canada: A Review of Provincial and Territorial Policies
- Submission to the Inquiry into Modernizing BC's Liquor Laws from the Centre for Addictions Research of BC at the 番茄社区 (PDF 153kb)
- Surveillance and monitoring of acute alcohol-related problems in the emergency room. In: Alcohol and injuries (PDF 116kb)
- Surveillance systems and trauma care: What can be done in the emergency department? In: Prevention of alcohol-related injuries in the Americas (PDF 319kb)
- The introduction of Happy Hours to bars, pubs and clubs in Victoria, BC: Did alcohol become cheaper? (PDF 149kb)
- The potential of alcohol labelling to promote public health and safety in Canada: A Rapid Review
- The price of getting high, stoned and drunk in BC: A comparison of minimum prices for alcohol and other psychoactive substances (PDF 423kb)
- Towards alcohol harm reduction and housing stability: Preliminary findings of Thunder Bay managed alcohol programs (PDF 645kb)
- What are the public health and safety benefits of the Swedish government alcohol monopoly?