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Portage Awarded Exemplary Standing by Accreditation Canada
Accreditation Canada, a national organization that supports and assesses good practices in health and social services establishments, conducted an on-site survey of Portage’s centres and administrative offices in late October...
The Decriminalization of Drugs: Are All Drug Users Guilty?
Are all drug users criminals? The debate came up once again in Canada following a request by several public health researchers and police forces dealing with the current devastating opioid...
Saint John Fundraising Event
A unique fundraising event in the form of a three-course take-out dinner was held on October 7, 2021 at the Lily Lake Pavilion restaurant in Saint John. The organizing committee...
The Portage Mobile
Have you seen this vehicle? For over 38 years, Nashwaaksis Lion, Bill Scott has featured many decals on his vehicles with a purpose of reaching vulnerable youth. The decals project...
Annual Reconition Ceremony
A beautiful day for the Annual Portage Atlantic Reconition ceremony at Cassidy Lake today. 19 youth were recognized for their courage and determination to have taken the steps towards a...
Portage’s 26th Golf Omnium at Club de Golf Royal Québec
While golf experienced an unprecedented interest during the pandemic, and despite everything being ready for the 26th Edition of the Golf Open in the Quebec City area, Mother Nature decided...
Portage’s 23rd Golf Omnium at Club Laval-sur-le-Lac
After a difficult winter season and an unprecedented year, a day outdoors practising golf was just what everyone needed. The reinvented 23rd Edition of the Portage Golf Open took place...
Graduation Day 2021 at Portage Lac Echo
Graduation Day 2021 at Portage Lac Echo On Tuesday, June 22nd 2021, Portage Lac Echo held an intimate graduation ceremony for three of Portage's anglophone program residents. This graduating class...
ivari Helps Ontario Youth in Need
Portage Ontario is happy to announce a new partnership with ivari. One of Canada’s leading individual life insurance providers, the company made a generous donation of $20,000 in support of...
Portage and Energy Valero Foundation of Canada Join Forces to Bring Mothers Happiness
For the past two years, the partnership between Portage and Energy Valero Foundation of Canada has made it possible to provide fun and recreational activities to Portage’s mother and child...
Your Community Garden at Cassidy Lake
A Portage Atlantic and District N1 Lions Project. About Portage Atlantic The bilingual residential programs and services offered at Portage have helped thousands of Atlantic youth overcome their dependencies and...
Addiction Services: Have 18 to 21-Year-Olds Emerged From Their Adolescence?
Recent questions about caring for young adults battling drug and alcohol addiction are changing mindsets about where these young people belong in social and health services. Portage considered this matter...
Portage “West Island” Celebrates 20 Years
Portage's Anglophone Youth Program (commonly known as the West Island program) welcomed its first resident on January 18, 2001. Since then, 988 Anglophone youth have come through its doors. "Imagine...
The Users Committee of Montreal is Recruiting!
A short message of interest to all Portage residents, both current and past. Portage’s Users Committee (of Montreal) is looking for new passionate members to fill current vacancies. This committee...
Mental Health and Addiction: Access Services in Dire Straits
There is a strong connection between addiction and mental health disorders and the two are often mutually sustaining. People with this dual diagnosis often have to contend with a lack...
We All Have a Journey to Share… This is Caroline’s
Stories like Caroline’s are at the core of what we do at Portage. We are proud to share her story and to encourage other residents to share theirs. *Names are...
