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 […]
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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 […]
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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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 […]
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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50 Stories for 50 Years: Exploring the history of Distress Centre Calgary from 1969 to present
Welcome to 50 stories for 50 years, the history of Distress Centre Calgary from 1969 to the present. My name is Donna Crawford, and I am a volunteer who has […]
