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Donald MacPherson, ([[Order of Canada]]) (born 1952) is a Canadian public health advocate who in 2010 co-founded the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) and was its first CEO. CDPC is a national organization based at [[Simon Fraser University]]'s Faculty of Health Sciences in Vancouver, BC where MacPherson was appointed adjunct professor in Health Sciences from 2010 to 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Donald MacPherson Director Canadian Drug Policy Coalition |url=https://www.sfu.ca/fhs/about/people/profiles/donald-macpherson.html |website=SFU |publisher=SFU |access-date=27 June 2025}}</ref> |
Donald MacPherson, ([[Order of Canada]]) (born 1952) is a Canadian public health advocate who in 2010 co-founded the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) and was its first CEO. CDPC is a national organization based at [[Simon Fraser University]]'s Faculty of Health Sciences in Vancouver, BC where MacPherson was appointed adjunct professor in Health Sciences from 2010 to 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Donald MacPherson Director Canadian Drug Policy Coalition |url=https://www.sfu.ca/fhs/about/people/profiles/donald-macpherson.html |website=SFU |publisher=SFU |access-date=27 June 2025}}</ref> |
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Donald MacPherson, (Order of Canada) (born 1952) is a Canadian public health advocate who in 2010 co-founded the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) and was its first CEO. CDPC is a national organization based at Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Health Sciences in Vancouver, BC where MacPherson was appointed adjunct professor in Health Sciences from 2010 to 2023.[1]
In 2019 MacPherson was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the BC Centre of Substances Use (BSCU)[2] and an Honorary Doctorate from Adler University (2019)[3]. In 2023 he received the National Public Health Hero Award from the Canadian Public Health Association[4], and was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada (2023)[5].
Career
Born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Donald (Alexander) MacPherson completed his undergraduate degree in Applied Social Science at Concordia University in Montreal (1982) and pursued his graduate studies in Adult Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies and Education (OISE) in Toronto from 1982-1986.
Donald MacPherson’s career in public health began at the Carnegie Community Centre in Vancouver where in 1987 he was appointed programmer and later director of the centre located at Main and Hastings. While director of Carnegie, MacPherson became involved in seeking solutions to the first overdose crisis in the Downtown Eastside, in a time where HIV and Hepatitis C were linked with injection drug use in this low-income neighbourhood[6]. In 1997 MacPherson left his work at the Carnegie Centre and was appointed Vancouver’s first drug policy coordinator. In total he worked for the City of Vancouver for 22 years, under four mayors.[7]
In 2001, MacPherson authored "Framework for Action: A Four Pillar Approach to Vancouver's Drug Problems"[8], which was a call to action for the City of Vancouver. This was a document that called for new approaches to drug problems based on public health principles and harm reduction with the appropriate regulation of psychoactive substances. The four pillars are: harm reduction, prevention, treatment and enforcement.[9]
In 2010 MacPherson co-founded and directed the Canadian Drug-Policy Coalition (CDPC) to be a national civil society organization that could respond to the drug crisis with evidence-based policy at local, national and international levels. The CDPC is part of the Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addictions (CARMHA) at Simon Fraser University and continues to operate. MacPherson retired from CDPC in 2023[10][11].
Throughout his career Donald MacPherson was involved internationally and served as a trustee/ board member and later chair of the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), a global network based in Amsterdam which advocates for drug policy reform (2018-2023)[12].
Publications
Over his career, MacPherson co-authored several books including, “Raise Shit! Social Action Saving Lives” in 2009[13], and “More Harm than Good” in 2016[14]. Academic articles include, “The evolution of drug policy in Vancouver, Canada: Strategies for preventing harm from psychoactive substance use” published in the International Journal of Drug Policy in 2006[15].
Awards
- 2007 - Kaiser Foundation National Award of Excellence in Public Policy in Canada
- 2009 - Richard Dennis Drug Peace Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Drug Policy Reform by the Drug Policy Alliance
- 2013 - Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee
- 2017 - Nora and Ted Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy[16]
- 2019 - Lifetime Achievement Award from the BC Centre of Substance Use
- 2019 - Honorary Doctorate from Adler University, Vancouver
- 2023 - National Public Health Hero Award by the Canadian Public Health Association
- 2023 - Appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada
References
- ^ "Donald MacPherson Director Canadian Drug Policy Coalition". SFU. SFU. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ "Annual BC Centre on Substance Use Awards". BCCSU. BCCSU. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ "Canadian Drug Policy Expert Donald MacPherson Awarded Honourary Doctorate". Adler University. Adler University. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ "2023 Honorary Awards". CPHA. CPHA. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ "Order of Canada appointees – June 2023". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ Lupick, Travis. "Recognized for controversy, Vancouver's former drug czar says the fentanyl crisis requires legalizing heroin". The Georgia Straight. The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ Mah, Sharon. "FHS adjunct professor Donald MacPherson appointed to Order of Canada". SFU. SFU. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ "Framework For Action: A Four Pillar Approach to Vancouver's Drug Problems". City of Vancouver. City of Vancouver. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ Katic, Gordon; Fenn, Sam. "Vancouver's Addiction Ambitions, Revisited". The Tyee. The Tyee. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ Woo, Andrea. "Longtime drug policy advocate Donald MacPherson steps down as CDPC executive director". The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ "Honouring Donald MacPherson – A Force for Change in National Drug Policy". drugpolicy.ca. Canadian Drug Policy Coalition. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ Fordham, Ann. "IDPC Board announces new leadership with huge thanks to harm reduction champion, Donald MacPherson". IDPC. IDPC. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ "Raise Shit! Social Action Saving Lives". Fernwood Publishing. Fernwood Publishing. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ "More Harm Than Good Drug Policy in Canada". Fernwood Publishing. Fernwood Publishing. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ MacPherson, Donald; Mulla, Zarina; Richardson, Lindsey (1 March 2006). "The evolution of drug policy in Vancouver, Canada: Strategies for preventing harm from psychoactive substance use". International Journal of Drug Policy. Elsevier B.V. pp. 127–132. doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2005.10.006. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ "2017 Sterling Prize Ceremony and Lecture with Donald MacPherson". SFU. SFU. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
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