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Skye’s Story of Freedom from Addiction at Portage Ontario
Skye delivered the following address at the Portage Ontario Recognition Ceremony 2016. I’d like to start by thanking Portage for the opportunity to express my gratitude to so many of...
Celebrating freedom from addiction at the Portage Ontario Recognition Ceremony
This past fall, more than 130 people gathered at the Grand Theatre in Fergus for Portage Ontario’s annual Recognition Ceremony, to pay tribute to twenty-nine youth who have completed the...
Graduate’s speech at Portage Atlantic Recognition Ceremony
Josh, a Portage graduate, gave a powerful speech earlier in October, during the 2016 Portage Atlantic Recognition Ceremony, at Cassidy Lake. Watch Josh's speech here
Drug addiction and young women: Focusing on the various elements at play
Young women today are subject to increasing pressure from aggressive marketing, the prevalence of social media, and the feminine ideals portrayed in the media. To deal with this pressure, some...
Portage Workbook helps clients take control of their own recovery
As Portage’s drug rehabilitation treatment approach has evolved over the years, there has been an increasing focus on clients’ unique attributes and individual needs, enabling the client to set the...
New Community Housing for the graduates of Portage’s rehabilitation programs
Even with the support of Portage's social reintegration and aftercare services, the transition from the structured and secure environment at Portage to an autonomous lifestyle as a graduate can be...
Fredéric Laforge – Testimonial of a Portage Atlantic graduate
Fifteen years of Sobriety and counting. If you're reading this and are thinking about getting help: Go get it NOW! I promise you, the sober life gets better with time....
30 years helping Ontario youth overcome drug addiction at Portage Elora
This year marks thirty years that Portage’s drug treatment centre in Elora has been helping youth and families to develop the necessary tools and confidence to take back control of...
Fall behind in school while in treatment? Not at Portage!
All Portage centres for adolescents offer mandatory on-site high school programming recognised by local school boards and adapted to the needs of the residents. Though some residents have been good...
Brand new music room at lac Écho: Salle de musique Fondation Simple Plan
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...
Une histoire d’amour de dix belles années
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...
The benefits of sports
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...
‘‘I get to change the world everyday’’
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,...
Tyler’s story from addiction to recovery at Portage Ontario
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...
The Portage Experience, from the perspective of the Executive Director
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...
Portage Ontario’s Aftercare Program expands to further support graduates
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....