50 Stories Part 9: Money, money, money
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 […]
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50 Stories Part 8: Day and Night, They Were the Ones
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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We moved!
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 […]
50 Stories Part 7: Moving towards the 80s
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 […]
50 Stories Part 6: Venturing out
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 […]
50 Stories Part 5: From drugs to distress
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 tips from crisis line volunteers
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, […]
50 Stories Part 4: Rocky Mountain High(lights)
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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50 Stories Part 3: Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll
Image: An ad in the Calgary Herald in 1970. Read – 50 Stories Part 2 Although it was the general concern for youth encountering the drug culture that prompted the […]
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50 Stories Part 2: In the beginning… there were drugs
Pictured: The Drug Information Centre logo. Read – 50 Stories Part 1 Distress Centre got its start in 1970 as the Drug Information Centre (DIC). It came to life at […]
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