The Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation (CAPE) Community of Practice is hosted by the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR). The CAPE CoP emerged from the CAPE project, which evaluates evidence-based alcohol policies across provincial, territorial, and federal governments in Canada. The overall goal of the CAPE project is to increase awareness, uptake and implementation of alcohol policies proven to reduce alcohol-caused harms in Canada.

The CAPE CoP is a cross-jurisdictional, intersectoral alcohol policy community that facilitates knowledge sharing, networking, and collaboration among practitioners, policy makers, researchers, advocates, and people with lived and living experience (PWLLE), to support meaningful policy change towards improved population health.

Membership and Eligibility
All individuals, groups and organizations demonstrating an interest in Canadian alcohol policy and representing a range of different government and non-government perspectives, are welcome to register as members of the CAPE CoP. This includes individuals, groups and organizations located outside of Canada. Each membership registration form is reviewed for eligibility upon submission. There is no cost associated with joining the CAPE CoP and members are welcome to participate in whatever capacity works best for them. In accordance with CISUR’s guiding principles of ensuring independent research activities to further promotion of public health, protection from vested interests is essential. Therefore, those who are:
representatives of, paid by, affiliated with, or have within the past five years received research funding from the alcohol, gambling, cannabis, or tobacco industries or their foundations, lobby groups, trade associations, or third-party alcohol industry-supported social aspects/public relations organizations ‘SAPROs’ are NOT eligible for membership in the CAPE CoP.
Government representatives involved in the regulation, financial oversight, retail or wholesale sale and distribution of alcohol, or those who have received research funding from government entities involved in the sale of alcohol, ARE eligible for membership in the CAPE CoP.
Eligibility for those with potential conflicts of interest related to the pharmaceutical industry (e.g., treatment, clinical trials etc.), will be reviewed by the CAPE Project Leads on a case-by-case basis.
The CAPE CoP Coordinators and Project Leads reserve the right to deny or terminate membership in instances where participation does not support the underlying spirit and intention of the group. This may include, but is not limited to, conflicts of interest and solicitation.

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* Please confirm below that you are free of any vested interests as defined above. If unsure about your eligibility please declare your potential conflict below for review by the Project Leads.

Please tell us about yourself and why you would like to become a member of the CAPE CoP.

Member contact information is collected and used by the CAPE CoP Coordinators for the purpose of communicating with members and to better understand the jurisdictions and affiliations of the membership. Members’ personal information is not shared with other members without informed and prior consent. Members may choose to share their information with other members upon request.

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* Please enter your email address 

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* Please enter your first and last name

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* Which jurisdiction do you or your organization serve?

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* Which best describes your affiliation?  (Please select all that apply)

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* Honorariums for attendance at meetings and webinar events are available for people with lived and living experience (PWLLE) who reside in Canada. If you identify as PWLLE, would you like to receive attendance honorariums?
Payment is mailed via cheque. We will contact you directly for your mailing address. For a description of PWLLE, please see the Terms of Reference.

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* What is the name of your organization? (if applicable)

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* What is your current job title or role? (if applicable)

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* What alcohol policy topics or issues are you most interested in?

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* Would you like to receive invitations to meetings of CAPE CoP working groups?
If yes, please select which working groups.
See Terms of Reference for more information.

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* How did you hear about the CAPE CoP?

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* In which language/s do you prefer resources, materials and communications?
Where possible, activities and resources are provided in both English and French. This includes simultaneous interpretation for webinar presentations, event summaries and presentation slides. Translation may be ‘upon request’ for very large and/or highly technical materials. Members are invited to communicate via the email listserv in either English or French. Email correspondence from the CAPE CoP Coordinators to members via the listserv, and discussion in working group meetings, is primarily in English.

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* What are you hoping to get out of the CAPE CoP?

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