CBC News | Prince Edward Island Youth addictions outpacing treatment Currently the province has an eight-week addiction treatment day program, that sends youth home on weekends. For years, addicts, former addicts and their parents have been calling for 24-hour residential treatment, the kind offered at the Portage clinic in New Brunswick, where P.E.I. sends a… Read more »
The adolescent community at Portage Prévost is very proud to welcome their new physical education instructor, Steve O’Brien. An Olympian and track and field champion, Steve visits the centre to provide an hour and a half of physical education every week to both the boys’ and the girls’ community, as part of the Regroupement Courant-Nord… Read more »
La Presse Toxicomanie: les thérapies longues plus efficaces pour les cas lourds Les thérapies longues, dont la durée tourne autour de six mois, sont les plus efficaces pour réhabiliter les toxicomanes au passé lourd, démontre une étude réalisée dans un centre de la maison Portage. Les mesures Maltais, qui limiteraient les traitements à trois… Read more »
On February 27, 2013, Portage Elora joined the national Pink Shirt Day movement, focusing the day’s programming on combatting bullying. Many Portage residents seeking rehabilitation treatment have either been a victim of bullying or have been a bully themselves, events that have, in some instances, ignited or fuelled their drug addiction problems. For this reason, Portage… Read more »
Le centre de Portage à Elora a souligné la Journée anti-intimidation, le 27 février dernier, en se joignant au mouvement national Journée chemise rose consacrée à la lutte à l’intimidation. Plusieurs résidants en réadaptation chez Portage ont été victimes d’intimidation ou ont eux-mêmes posé des gestes intimidants ce qui, dans certains cas, a intensifié ou aggravé leur… Read more »
TVA Nouvelles Portage à 40 ans – « Un toxicomane en aide un autre » «Je suis ici à la recherche de moi-même. Confus et effrayé, j’ai vécu dans les ténèbres de la drogue, repoussant tous ceux qui se souciaient de moi et m’aimaient». Ce sont par ces mots que commence le credo du Portage,… Read more »
On February 14, 2013, Portage Elora residents and staff members marked Portage’s anniversary with a Metamorphosis Day Celebration in Ontario. To kick-start the day, facility director Gaetano DiFalco addressed the community to describe the history of Portage and to explain the meaning behind Metamorphosis Day. A staff member shared his life story with the boys’… Read more »
CTV Montreal Beaconsfield residents call NIMBY on youth hosting Some Beaconsfield residents are concerned about plans for a housing unit for troubled youth in their community. Batshaw Youth and Family Centres wants to demolish a building now being used by Portage, a centre that helps teens with substance abuse issues, to rebuild a new facility… Read more »
Le 7 février dernier, Portage recevait de Monsieur Jean Gagnon, vice-président régional, Sud de Québec, de la Banque Nationale, un don de 50 000 $, dans le cadre de sa campagne de capitalisation 2011-2014 « Reconstruire des vies ». Ce montant sera dédié au centre résidentiel pour adolescents à Saint-Malachie. Ce centre, avec volet scolaire,… Read more »
For those who have never been directly affected by substance abuse, it’s hard to understand the toll that it can take on an individual, a family, a community. If you have ever witnessed the rehabilitation process that takes place at Portage, whether directly in your family, through your work, or from a graduate testimonial, you… Read more »
