Changemark Research + Evaluation

01/15/2026

Hi community!

Reclaim Collective, Changemark Research + Evaluation, and Substance Use Health Network are co-hosting a webinar to introduce Changemark's new toolkit: Shared Purpose: A community guide to ethical research partnerships

Thurs Jan 29th - 12-1:30 pm ET (9 am PT, 10 am MT, 11 am CT, 1 pm AT, 1:30 NL)

Join us for a practical webinar introducing Shared Purpose, a community-informed guide designed to support more ethical, respectful, and mutually beneficial research partnerships. The guide draws on real-world experience to address challenges communities often face in research, such as extractive practices, misaligned priorities, and limited benefit sharing.

During the session, you’ll learn why Shared Purpose was created, what it includes, and how it can be used throughout the full research process, from early relationship-building to data use and sharing results. The presentation will highlight core principles including respect, reciprocity, relational accountability, and relevance. It will also walk through the guide’s seven chapters and the concrete tools communities and partners can use to assess fit, ask critical questions and set clear expectations.

This webinar is well suited for community organizations, researchers, and partners who are interested in or striving towards research relationships that are grounded in trust and aligned with community priorities. To help make the session as useful and relevant as possible, we encourage you to review the guide in advance and come with questions.

Register below:)

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UkDP-RngQC--SWDtapuhpQ #/registration

12/02/2025

🌱 PRO BONO INITIATIVE — SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS ANNOUNCEMENT

Earlier this year, Changemark Research + Evaluation launched an initiative to support the organizations on the front lines of harm reduction by offering no-cost proposal development and grant-writing services to community-based and non-profit groups working in substance-use care.

We committed $100,000 in professional services to help close the growing gap between community need and available funding — a gap that continues to widen as life-saving, evidence-based programs face shrinking resources.

The response was overwhelming.

We received 63 applications from extraordinary organizations doing courageous, complex, and essential work in communities across the country.

🙏 THANK YOU COMMUNITY REVIEW COMMITTEE

Our sincere thanks to our Community Review Committee, who gave their time, care, and insight to an incredibly difficult selection process.

We are proud to announce that 18 organizations have been selected to receive no-cost fundraising and grant-writing support. A few have chosen to remain confidential at this time.

💚 2025 PRO BONO INITIATIVE RECIPIENTS
• Aboriginal Front Door Society
• Avenue B Harm Reduction
• Conayt Friendship Society
• Frontline Baddies
• Health Equity Alliance of Nova Scotia
• P.E.E.R.S Alliance
• Positive Health Network (The AIDS Network)
• Positive Living Niagara
• Prairie Harm Reduction
• Q***r and Trans Health Collective Society
• RECAP Health Services
• 4B Harm Reduction Society
• Unlocking the Gates Services Society

To every organization who applied, and to everyone working tirelessly to save lives and support communities — thank you.

We are honoured to walk alongside you.

11/17/2025

Today, we’re excited to launch a redesigned online home for Changemark Research + Evaluation, showcasing our work as a social purpose agency specializing in substance use, mental health, and community-based research.
For us, this isn’t just a website — it’s a statement of intent: www.changemark.ca

What you’ll find inside:
✔︎ Our full suite of services rooted in driving systems change and equity
✔︎ Our approach to clinical trials that pair scientific rigour and lived experience
✔︎ Our commitment to reinvesting expertise into community organizations
✔︎ Stories and examples of research that drives real-world impact
✔︎ New leadership team members and showcased experts in the field of public health and clinical research

Our focus areas:
▪︎ Substance use care and programming
▪︎ Mental health promotion, treatment and programming
▪︎ Clinical trials specifically working with controlled substances
▪︎ Community-driven programs and Indigenous-led partnerships
▪︎ Evaluation and evidence-generation that strengthen systems of care

Why this matters:
Research in substance use and mental health requires deep relationships, passion, advocacy, a strong commitment to systems change and is also deeply personal. Our website reflects our belief that science should be grounded in dignity, collaboration, and social purpose — not just compliance checkboxes.

This launch marks another step in building a model that puts community first and impact at the centre.

If you’re curious about partnering, exploring trial support, or co-developing meaningful research, we’d love to connect: [email protected].

Here’s to research that’s ethical, accessible, and built for change.



A big thank you to Matt at Rowdy for your collaboration on this over the past few months.

Changemark Research + Evaluation partners with clients to create meaningful change for individuals with substance use and mental health challenges in Canada.

08/28/2025

Changemark will be managing a Phase 2 study of inhaled cannabis for PTSD in Veterans, advancing evidence-based treatment options. Over the past several years, we’ve built a strong track record in managing complex Phase II–IV trials. We offer extensive experience managing trials for various mental health indications, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and substance use disorders, and have overseen studies exploring the therapeutic potential of cannabis, M**A, psilocybin, ibogaine, and ketamine. Our team combines advanced regulatory knowledge, trusted relationships with top investigators, and a reputation for delivering high-quality, high-impact results. As a woman-owned and led contract research organization, we bring an anti-prohibition, harm-reduction approach to research, rooted in human rights, equity, and justice.

MAPS, which has long stood at the forefront of research and advocacy to dismantle outdated barriers to care, has selected Changemark as its contract research organization on this pivotal trial, placing trust in our expertise to apply the highest standards of research to an area of care that matters deeply to veterans, their families, and the future of health policy.

We’re excited to continue expanding our clinical trial collaborations with organizations that share our commitment to excellence and impact.

08/02/2025

THANK YOU!

We want to express gratitude for the 61 community/grassroots organizations across Canada that took the time and space to submit an application to the pro bono grant and proposal writing services!

The Changemark team was reviewing these applications/programs we want to express the most sincere love, gratitude and deep, deep appreciation for those who are working on the frontline right now while carrying the burden of grief and experience of funding cuts to these life saving programs.

We will continue to walk alongside you and do anything that we can to support.

07/09/2025

July 25th is the last day to apply for PRO BONO grant writing services from Changemark, the application window is open for two more weeks.

We are hoping to include organizations from across what is now known as Canada, we know that communities from coast to coast need support in funding for community-based harm reduction services.

✅ Are you a non-profit or grassroots organizations in need of funding?
✅ Do you have an amazing program in the area of harm reduction?
✅ Are you in need of extra hands to support a funding application?

All of our grant writers are subject matter experts in the area of harm reduction, substance use and hold expertise working across and submitting to various federal, provincial and regional funding opportunities. Members of the grant writing team at Changemark are located in 8 provinces. We will strategically line up grant writers with required subject matter expertise, and familiarity with local landscape.

Submit you application and tell us about your amazing program!!

Changemark Research + Evaluation partners with clients to create meaningful change for individuals with substance use and mental health challenges in Canada.

07/03/2025

Hello Facebook Community!!

Only 3 WEEKS remaining to submit your application for your organization to receive PRO BONO grant writing services from Changemark!

✅ Are you a non-profit or grassroots organizations in need of funding?
✅ Do you have an amazing program in the area of harm reduction?
✅ Are you in need of extra hands to support a funding application?

All of our grant writers are subject matter experts in the area of harm reduction, substance use and hold expertise working across and submitting to various federal, provincial and regional funding opportunities. Members of the grant writing team at Changemark are located in 8 provinces. We will strategically line up grant writers with required subject matter expertise, and familiarity with local landscape.

Submit you application and tell us about your amazing program!! www.changemark.ca

Changemark Research + Evaluation partners with clients to create meaningful change for individuals with substance use and mental health challenges in Canada.

06/25/2025

ANNOUNCING PRO BONO GRANT WRITING SERVICES

Please repost and help us spread the word to Canadian, non-profit community-based organizations providing harm reduction services in your network!

Changemark is announcing the launch of a program to provide no-cost proposal and grant writing services to non-profit, community based, organizations offering harm reduction services in the area of substance use. We’re dedicating $100,000 in professional services to support this critical work. Eligible organizations are now invited to apply.

Canada is nine years into a public health emergency, with over 50,000 lives lost due to toxic drug poisonings since 2016. Ongoing shifts are taking place in provincial and federal funding priorities, and as a result, evidence-based harm reduction programs have experienced a decrease in funding — Altogether, this has left a gap between community need and the availability of services. Those on the frontlines providing immediate response cannot be left behind. Changemark is offering a new initiative where eligible organizations are able to apply for pro bono grant writing services including:

✅ Grant Writing
✅ Grant Research & Prospecting
✅ Fund Development Strategy
✅ Grant and Proposal Writing Training & Support

Due to the enduring impacts of colonialism and systemic racism, toxic drug-related deaths and events have disproportionately impacted First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples. As a result of funding disparities and inequitable access to lifesaving supports, people living in Northern, rural, and remote locations are also disproportionately impacted. Changemark will prioritize applications from Indigenous-led organizations or those offering services and programs in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities. We will also give priority to groups supporting other underserved populations disproportionately affected, including Black and racialized people, 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, youth, trades workers, s*x workers, people experiencing housing insecurity and/or poverty, those recently incarcerated, people who have lived experience with the child welfare system, and individuals with co-occurring mental health challenges.

Organizations are invited to apply by 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝟱:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺 𝗣𝗧, for a limited number of pro bono service spots, selected through a formal review process.

Apply and learn more here:

Changemark Research + Evaluation partners with clients to create meaningful change for individuals with substance use and mental health challenges in Canada.

01/09/2025

The end of the fiscal year is approaching, and grant writing season is upon us!

At Changemark, our grant writing and fund development teams have been successful in supporting clients with over 50 million dollars in funding toward research, programs, and social and clinical services.

We specialize in supporting initiatives in the areas of substance use, mental health, and Indigenous health and wellness, allowing the offering of tailored solutions to meet the needs of this sector.

Our consultants have experience in funding proposal development in the areas of substance use, mental health, and Indigenous initiatives and projects, across federal, provincial and local opportunities in several provinces across Canada.

Services we offer in this area include:
· Grant Prospecting: ongoing identification of funding opportunities
· Proposal Development: expertly crafted submissions for public bids
· Philanthropic Funding: exploring avenues with foundations and donors.

We also understand the unique resource challenges nonprofit and grassroots organizations face, which is why we offer sliding scale services and hands on support every step of the way.

If you are in need of these services and would like to learn more, please reach out for a 30-minute discovery meeting and we can talk through your needs and goals. To learn about all our services, visit our website at

Changemark Research + Evaluation partners with clients to create meaningful change for individuals with substance use and mental health challenges in Canada.

11/18/2024

If you are attending the "Misinformation and the Toxic Drug Crisis" event tomorrow from 6:00-9:30pm at Science World in Vancouver, come by and chat with us and find out more about the company, our services and where our core values lie in relation to this important topic. Looking forward to the continued learning from this timely and anticipated event.

Science World Spotlights

10/24/2024

Changemark had the pleasure of engaging Margaret August to create a Coast Salish logo for the company. The meaning: "The Raven's design represents change, they bring an imminent and constant change as gatekeepers of the dark void. Raven's carry messages from the ancestors in the spirit world and raven medicine helps bring light to people on earth."

Please visit her page to see more of her beautiful creations:) https://www.instagram.com/salish_artist_margaret_august/

Visit her bio page to read more: https://www.changemark.ca/margaret-august

10/24/2024