Portage inaugurated a brand new music room for the adolescents in treatment at Portage lac Écho in May, naming it the Salle de musique Fondation Simple Plan, in recognition of the generous donations that the Simple Plan Foundation has made to Portage over the years. It is with one such donation that Portage was able… Read more »
Onde de choc Ayant grandi dans une famille où la religion était omniprésente, Débora-Rose voit sa vie basculer lorsque ses parents se séparent et que sa mère dévoile son homosexualité. Ébranlée et se sentant jugée, elle subit un véritable choc qui l’amène à rejeter son entourage. Dès le début du secondaire, elle expérimente différentes… Read more »
Alexandrina Anduze, professeure à l’Académie Portage Alexandra Anduze a travaillé à l’Académie Portage de Beaconsfield de l’automne 2004 au printemps 2014. Bien qu’elle n’ait pas pu suivre l’équipe lors de la relocalisation temporaire au lac Écho, l’enseignante s’est confiée sur ses années de bonheur au sein de la grande famille de Portage. C’est en 2004,… Read more »
Interview with Todd Willoughby, teacher at Portage Academy, in Elora A combination of circumstances led Todd Willoughby to Portage Ontario, six years ago. Today, the Phys Ed teacher wouldn’t leave his job for anything in the world! After a decade teaching in a regular high school, Todd decided to pursue his career at Portage Academy…. Read more »
Interview with Naomi Kleinschmidt, teacher at Portage Keremeos Everyone will agree with the fact that being a teacher takes patience, creativity and devotion. We all can think of someone who, throughout our school years, changed our perspective on the world or taught us to be a better person. Naomi Kleinschmidt, teacher at Portage BC, is certainly… Read more »
For most of Tyler’s life, he was a “normal kid” and had never had any behavioural problems until the age of 14, when someone from high school introduced him to drugs and alcohol. With plenty of drugs readily available in his area, it wasn’t long before Tyler became addicted, and Oxycontin was one of his… Read more »
The time a person spends at Portage can best be described as a time of self-discovery. In the supportive and nurturing environment of the Portage community, our clients encounter, sometimes for the first time, their emergent self. This is not so much about treatment as it is about freeing the beautiful person within, to face… Read more »
Reintegrating back into mainstream society after residential therapy is one of the most challenging parts of the recovery process, as new values, behaviours, and attitudes are put to the test. To help the youth who have completed the addiction rehabilitation program at Portage Elora to manage the stress of this phase, Portage Ontario has been… Read more »
One person’s addiction affects many more than that one person. Parents often feel helpless and guilty in the face of a child’s addiction, and loved ones often want desperately to help, but don’t know how. At Portage, we recognise that a healthy family support network is the bedrock of an individual’s recovery from addiction, which… Read more »
One out of eight adolescents has admitted to using prescription medication Many youth mistakenly believe that prescription drugs are safer than illegal drugs, since they have been approved for consumption. They don’t necessarily understand that taking medication for non-medical reasons carries severe risks: intoxication, dependency, overdose, and death. to get high, and 70% of them… Read more »
