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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

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 turn to drugs or other risky behaviour. In order to respond to this new reality for young women, a group of Portage staff members recently… Read more »

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 priorities for his own recovery. Taking the concept further, Portage’s Workbook is the most recent adaptation of the treatment approach, currently being piloted at Portage’s… Read more »

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 a vulnerable and stressful period. In order to make it a bit easier, Portage is currently building Les Habitations Communautaires Portage II, a new community… Read more »

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. It’s hard to imagine now, but it is the truth.It was hard at the beginning. Leaving Portage Atlantic after an eight-month program, I was back… Read more »

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 their lives. As we celebrate our 30th birthday, we celebrate the thousands of young people whose lives have been touched by Portage since our rehabilitation… Read more »

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 students in the past, many of them have struggled with school, largely because they could not keep the pace that a teacher in a large… Read more »

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 »

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 »