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Read – 50 Stories Part 19 Counselling and public education continued to be a significant part of the Distress Centre/Drug Centre’s (DC/DC) services. Fred Burns was Clinical Supervisor, and Suzanne Rosebrugh the Drug Counsellor. Along with five crisis counsellors they saw a variety […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 20: You Just Felt Honoured – Counselling in the ’90s
Read – 50 Stories Part 18 In January of 1994, AADAC added a province-wide Gambling Line to their services. The government had put newly available VLTs in all the bars […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 19: Know When to Fold ‘Em – The Gambling Line
Read – 50 Stories Part 17 With its roots as a Drug Information Centre, Distress Centre has always had addiction support as a mandate. In September of 1990, as part […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 18: High Hopes – The Youth Drug Line
Read – 50 Stories Part 16 Happy Anniversary! Twenty years after its beginnings as the Drug Information Centre, Calgary Mayor Al Duerr proclaimed Distress Centre/Drug Centre week, March 18-24, 1990. […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 17: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary
Read – 50 Stories Part 15 Counselling continued to be a key aspect of the Distress Centre/Drug Centre services. At the 10th anniversary reception, Jeanette noted that there were 1000 […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 16: More Than a Warm Heart: Counselling in the 80s
Image: Volunteer in a 1982 newspaper. Read – 50 Stories Part 14 During the 80s, The Board of Directors was able to move slowly towards more of a governance-only role. […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part Story 15: Taking care of business
Image: This image of volunteers appeared in our 20 year anniversary publication in 1990. Read – 50 Stories Part 13 At the 1980 AGM, Jeanette McEachern was proud to say […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 14: Lending an Ear in the 80s
Image: Appeared in our 20 year anniversary publication in 1990. Read – 50 Stories Part 12 By 1980, the first location of the Drug Information Centre had turned into Bandito’s […]
Read – 50 Stories Part 11 In the early 70’s, most Drug Information Centre callers were adolescent. By the early 80’s, the Distress Centre/Drug Centre “found that teenage service users […]
Read – 50 Stories Part 10 1980 marked the 10th anniversary of the Distress Centre/Drug Centre. At the Annual General Meeting, Chair Hilde Houlding was pleased to note that: “The […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 11: A time to grow, Distress Centre in the 80s
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 Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. 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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