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Q3 Update from our Executive Director, Jerilyn Dressler See this update as a video! Hello everyone! I hope you all had a lovely long weekend and that you were able […]
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50 Stories Part 40: Carol Oliver – Woman With A Vision Image: Carol Oliver at the 2008 Distress Centre picnic. Read – 50 Stories Part 39 With the retirement of […]
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50 Stories Part 39: You Can Never Have Too Many Lawyers Image: The Distress Centre Board with Executive Director Barb Litchinsky at the 2004 volunteer banquet. Read – 50 Stories […]
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October 2 Update: Distress Centre’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic Distress Centre continues to support Calgarians by providing 24/7 crisis and 211 phone support, daily chat and ConnecTeen text support. […]
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50 Stories Part 38: Teen Line Goes On-Line Image: Teen Line volunteer Christmas party in 2000. Read – 50 Stories Part 37 In 2005 the Distress Centre’s youth program was […]
We miss you! Today would have been Lend An Ear 2020. A message from Roxanne Cote, Resource Development Manager: “Not having the Lend An Ear event is like missing a […]
50 Stories Part 37: Just To Hear Another Voice – Volunteers in the 2000s Image: Volunteers receiving recognition for their years of service with Distress Centre at the 2004 Volunteer […]
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50 Stories Part 36: Out is Okay Image: Volunteers in the Contact Centre in 2006. Read – 50 Stories Part 35 For many years, Distress Centre volunteer and staff training […]
Read – 50 Stories Part 34 Many people who call Distress Centre are looking for information to solve immediate problems. Social issues often require assistance from multiple organizations, who unlike […]
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Image: Counsellors at a team building event in 2000. Read – 50 Stories Part 33 Counsellors in the first half of the 2000s continued providing face-to- face meetings, referrals, volunteer […]
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In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, Distress Centre Calgary would like to honour and acknowledge Moh’kinsstis, and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government of the Métis Nation within Alberta Districts 5 and 6. Finally, we acknowledge all Nations – Indigenous and non – who live, work and play on this land, and who honour and celebrate this territory.
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