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Learning about therapeutic communities

February 16th, 2012 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (0 Comments)

People live in organized and structured environments to promote change, support a drug-free life in outside society

Therapeutic communities are drug-free environments in which people with addictions and other problems can live together in an organized and structured way. The community environment promotes change and can make a drug-free life possible. A number of therapeutic communities are operating on Vancouver Island. A symposium in Nanaimo will provide an overview of therapeutic communities and provide opportunities for partnerships to explore the development of therapeutic communities. (more…)

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Social housing providers in place

December 8th, 2011 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (0 Comments)

Non-profit groups are named as operators for two new social housing projects in Nanaimo, but will controversy fade?

Pacifica Housing and Nanaimo Affordable Housing Society, in partnership with Columbian Centre Society and Haven Society, have been selected as the successful non-profit providers to develop, manage and operate two new supportive housing developments for those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Nanaimo. The announcement came from B.C. Housing on November 30th. (more…)

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An award for mental health activism

December 8th, 2011 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on An award for mental health activism)

Ruth Ruth Stackhouse, a Mad Pride pioneer, is recognized by the City of Toronto for her outstanding work

Ruth Ruth Stackhouse is a proud member of the psychiatric survivor community and a long-standing social and health activist. Her extensive community work includes organizing Mad Pride, establishing The Friendly Spike Theatre Band, working with anti-violence education, and academic research work on a project about the exploitation of mental hospital patient labour called Out From Under. (more…)

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Out of mind and into creativity

November 10th, 2011 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (Comments Off on Out of mind and into creativity)

Art and mental health symposium tackles the deep-seated social ignorance and stigma accompanying mental illness

Out of Mind—Into Creativity is a symposium co-sponsored by Artbeat, a Winnipeg gallery focused on mental health and art, and the Winnipeg Art Gallery. The event will explore the relationship between individual creativity and artists’ mental health, shedding light on the links between social inclusion and the participatory arts. It also provides a forum for subverting the myths, stereotypes, and stigma that continue to surround discussions of mental illness. (more…)

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Radio-UP premieres in Montreal

November 4th, 2011 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (0 Comments)

Clubhouse members are working toward realizing their full potential, and now that includes broadcasting to a wider world

Donald Berman UP (Urban Pardes) House is a clubhouse that helps adults living with a mental illness achieve greater self-determination, self-esteem and self-worth. The Clubhouse is based on the International Center for Clubhouse Development model, founded in New York in 1948. There are currently 350 accredited clubhouses world-wide and 20 in Canada (including the Phoenix Centre Clubhouse in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island). (more…)

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Author makes third Great Lake Walk

September 15th, 2011 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized - (0 Comments)

Andy Sibbald will walk to benefit Columbian Centre Society and its mental health programs on Saturday September 17

Andy Sibbald is a Nanaimo author with an interest in the Canadian arctic, mental health, addictions and satire. He’s been working on a trilogy of books for teens called Ishigaq. Andy is also working on a book called The Trubble with Normall that is about a man who struggles with mental health and addictions issues throughout his life.

The Great Lake Walk and Ultramarathon is a 56 kilometre walk or run around Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It takes place each September; the next walk is Saturday September 17th. Andy plans to participate, for the third time, in the Great Lake Walk, and he while he walks he raises funds for Columbian Centre Society. (more…)

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