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Spring Self-Care: Coping with spring depression
Spring Self-Care: Coping with spring depression It’s a generally accepted belief that seasonal depression occurs during the winter. It makes sense that cold [...]
Q&A with Robyn Romano, Distress Centre’s CEO
Q&A with Robyn Romano, Distress Centre’s CEO 2022 was another exciting year at Distress Centre and 2023 is poised to be the same. We [...]
Three lessons from the 2022 AIRS Conference in Baltimore
Three lessons from the 2022 AIRS Conference in Baltimore Guest Post: Nadiya Hasan, 211 Community Resource Specialist and Contact Centre Coordinator at Distress [...]
Drive for Distress Charity Golf Tournament
Drive for Distress Charity Golf Tournament Distress Centre Calgary is thrilled to announce the first annual Drive for Distress Charity Golf Tournament! All funds [...]
February 11th is 211 Day – 211 Calgary
February 11th is 211 Day! We’re excited to celebrate 211 Day on February 11th! Across North America, this is a special day (2/11) [...]
Creating a safety plan for suicidal thoughts and self-harm
Jump to guide and templates. At Distress Centre, we create safety plans with our service users every day. A safety plan can be an effective [...]
Helpful tips for winter self-care
Helpful tips for winter self-care With the excitement of the holidays behind us, and multiple months of cold weather still stretching ahead, winter [...]
Now with crisis text support 24/7
Now with crisis text support 24/7 Calgarians are more comfortable talking about difficult subjects like suicide through text than over a phone call. Thank [...]
Make a Difference this Holiday Season
Make a difference this holiday season During the holiday season, while you may be booking off time to rest and recharge with your family, [...]
Volunteer Spotlight: Lisa
Volunteer Spotlight: Lisa Lisa joined Distress Centre as an Online Services Volunteer in September 2021. Though she initially applied to volunteer to meet a [...]
Why volunteer?
Why Volunteer? After a long day of work, school, or whatever you have going on, you’re likely looking forward to getting home and relaxing. [...]
Staff Spotlight: Kaiden Jobin
Staff Spotlight: Kaiden Jobin At three in the morning, when most people are asleep, Kaiden Jobin is listening. He’s listening to a man [...]
Celebrating one year of 24 hour crisis text and chat support
Celebrating one year of 24 hour crisis text and chat support One year ago, on October 3rd, 2021, we announced the launch of [...]
Join us for Lend An Ear next week!
Join us for Lend An Ear next week! Lend An Ear is just around the corner! Start your day with Distress Centre on [...]
Distress Centre and suicide prevention – World Suicide Prevention Day
Distress Centre and suicide prevention - World Suicide Prevention Day September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day. As a crisis intervention agency, Distress [...]
It’s time to Outrun the Stigma!
It's time to Outrun the Stigma! Image: The Distress Centre team at Outrun the Stigma 2019 Outrun the Stigma is a 5 or [...]
Vitality through vulnerability: guest post from a volunteer
Vitality through vulnerability: guest post from a volunteer Guest Author: Lisa Wilder My name is Lisa, and I started my journey with Distress [...]
Rest in peace, Lee Horbachewski
Rest in peace, Lee Horbachewski To sum up everything Lee did for Distress Centre Calgary in just a few paragraphs is impossible. [...]
Volunteer Spotlight: Ahsan
Volunteer Spotlight: Ahsan Content Warning: mention of suicide Ahsan has been volunteering with Distress Centre and our ConnecTeen youth program since [...]
Siblings organize motorcycle ride in memory of their sister, Patricia
Siblings organize motorcycle ride in memory of their sister, Patricia Forever 41 Memorial Ride takes place on August 7th, 2022 Patricia [...]
