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 2021 to assess the quality of our services. We are proud to announce that subsequent to the survey, Portage was accredited with exemplary standing! … Read more »
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 otherwise and the event that was to be held on June 14th at the Quebec Royal Golf Club had to be cancelled. It was a… Read more »
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 on Monday, June 7th under sunny skies at the Club Laval-sur-le-Lac golf club. The 148 golfers were delighted to enjoy this first meeting in-person to… Read more »
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 is part of the Mountainview High School Portage Campus at Lac Echo. The commencement, which was held on the grounds of Portage’s Lac Echo property, celebrated… Read more »
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 program located in Montreal. This program offers pregnant women and mothers struggling with addiction to undergo rehabilitation therapy while keeping custody of their children. It… Read more »
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 a time when a dream became a reality. The opening of Portage “West Island” was just that, the making of a dream! The province’s first-ever… Read more »
The 17th edition of the Soirée des Grands Philanthropes benefitting Portage was held on October 24, 2020. Due to Public Health directives, the winning formula of the annual event, which usually gathers together more than 700 distinguished members of the business community, had to be completely redesigned. So, this year, participants once again offered their… Read more »
It is a well-known fact that music is an effective therapy that allows a person to escape, open up, heal, and find themself. At the Lac Écho Portage Drug Rehabilitation Centre (Prévost), residents have access to an incredible music studio largely funded by the Simple Plan Foundation. An Integrated Music Program In addition to struggling… Read more »
The Users Committee of Montreal is recruiting amongst members of its support services within Portage’s entourage! Portage’s Users Committee of Montreal is seeking new members among participants of Portage’s family and friends support services who are interested in joining the committee and bringing their own experience. In order to gain an overall global view of… Read more »
Three counsellors from the Addiction and Mental Health Program for women shared their daily life with two new female residents who were quarantined due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The counsellors accompanied the residents as they embarked on their rehabilitation program while remaining in their supervised apartment for the duration of the quarantine period. Further proof… Read more »
