Barbara Fornssler PhD is an Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan. She has been working in substance use health research since 2011 and teaches the graduate courses 'Studies in Addictions' and 'Advanced Concepts in Harm Reduction' yearly for the School of Public Health. Dr. Fornssler is the Director of the Graduate Certificate in Substance use Health and Wellbeing and leads the micro-credential course "Municipal Leadership in Addressing Substance use Harms". Dr. Fornssler also works with the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters (CRISM) Prairie Node, where she facilitates Knowledge Translation and Exchange. Her research areas include substance use, harm reduction, decriminalization, research-creation methods, intercultural communications, and philosophies of technology, gender, and health. When she’s not in the classroom or community, Barb enjoys camping adventures alongside her partner and their dogs, a Great Dane named Opal and Lab named Kal. Their cat Raziel prefers to sunbathe in the window at home.