Programs Directorate

• Drug Analysis Services
• Office of Demand Reduction
• Official Languages Community Development Bureau
• Program Management Division
• Programs and Knowledge Exchange Division
• Gender and Health Unit

Drug Analysis Services

The Programme provides drug analysis services to analyze suspected illegal drugs that are seized by Canadian police forces and Canada Customs. The results of these analyses (90,000 samples per year) confirm the identity, and in some cases the purity, of the controlled substances that are seized by police and are used as evidence in Canadian courts.

The Programme also has regional drug analysis laboratories throughout the country where analysts are involved in the investigation and dismantling of clandestine laboratories that make illegal drugs. Expert advice and training is provided to police on sampling illicit drug seizures and on health and safety issues related to shutting down clandestine laboratories.

Office of Demand Reduction

The Office of Demand Reduction coordinates efforts to prevent substance abuse and provides funding to support prevention activities at the community level. Funding is also provided to provinces and territories to support treatment services that will address substance abuse.

Program Management Division

Mandate

The Program Management Division (PMD) fosters excellence in Grants and Contributions Programs management and delivery in the Programs Directorate and the Regions and Programs Branch (RAPB). The Division will accomplish this by stewarding a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge exchange, fostering and nurturing strategic partnerships across the Department and by encouraging innovation.

• Grants and Contributions Innovation (GCI)
  GCI fosters excellence by innovating, facilitating and leading initiatives to improve Grants and Contributions management within the Directorate and across the Branch. GCI works through strategic partnerships with RAPB programs, Departmental program stakeholders as well as external stakeholders/recipients.
• Performance and Knowledge Initiatives (PKI)
  PKI fosters excellence by facilitating, leading and implementing initiatives to strengthen Grants and Contributions performance measurement and knowledge transfer across the Directorate and Branch. PKI works through strategic partnerships with RAPB programs, Policy Branches and Departmental Audit and Evaluation experts as well as external stakeholders/recipients.
• Program Delivery (PD)
  PD demonstrates excellence in program delivery by modelling effective and efficient application of established practices and testing innovations to Grants and Contributions management. PD works through strategic partnerships with RAPB programs and external stakeholders/recipients to ensure due diligence and accountability for results.

Programs and Knowledge Exchange Division

The Programs and Knowledge Exchange Division works with provincial, territorial governments and non governmental organizations to plan, implement and evaluate prevention, cessation, and protection initiatives which help to reduce the number of Canadians who smoke and which help to reduce the number of Canadians who are exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke.

Gender and Health Unit

The Gender and Health Unit supports capacity building for the implementation of sex and gender-based analysis in the development of research, policies and programs at Health Canada and within the Health Portfolio.