Enhancing the Capacity of the Mental Health and Substance Use Health Workforce to Meet Population Needs: Insights From a Facilitated Virtual Policy Dialogue

Background: Timely knowledge mobilization has become increasingly critical during the COVID-19 pandemic and complicated by the need to establish or maintain lines of communication between researchers and decision-makers virtually. Our recent pan-Canadian research study on the mental health and substance use health (MHSUH) workforce during the pandemic identified key policy barriers impacting this essential workforce. To bridge the …