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At Distress Centre Calgary, we’re closely monitoring the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) situation. The risk to Albertans remains low at this time but we will continue to follow the guidance from […]
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Read – 50 Stories Part 9 In 1979, Board Chair Hilde Houlding proclaimed the departure of Dr. Stew Clark as Executive Director and the hiring of Jeanette McEachern as the […]
Read – 50 Stories Part 8 Throughout the 70s, funding was an ongoing challenge. Ken Low noted that generally: “Funding is a problem for any pioneering endeavour, funders use a […]
50 Stories Part 8: Day and Night, They Were the Ones Read – 50 Stories Part 7 From the first days of the Drug Information Centre, volunteers have been key […]
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Image: From old to new! Executive Director Jerilyn Dressler in our emptied contact centre in the old building (left) and then in our new contact centre bustling with volunteers and […]
Image: A contact card from 1979. Some information removed to protect confidentiality. Read – 50 Stories Part 6 Compared to the first five years of DIC operations, 1976-1979 were relatively […]
Image: From a December 1973 issue of the Calgary Herald. Read – 50 Stories Part 5 In the early 1970s, outreach to clients, to the local community and to other […]
Image: From a 1972 newspaper. Read – 50 Stories Part 4 At the end of 1971, the Drug Information Centre (DIC) continued at its original location, operating 24/7. Education, crisis […]
Self-care is any activity that we intentionally do in order to take care of our physical, mental and emotional health. Practicing self-care helps you avoid burn out, […]
Read – 50 Stories Part 3 While smoking dope and ‘finding themselves,’ Canadian youth were crossing the country in large numbers during the late 1960s and early 70s. It was […]
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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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