Youth Service Providers Event

Today, Autumn and Evan are at the West Shore/Sooke Child and Youth Service Providers Event manning the Umbrella table. This event took place at the Eagle Ridge Community Centre and is a great opportunity for service providers to connect and network and to reach the yout...

CSAM Conference

Umbrella is pleased to be a part of the CSAM Scientific Conference happening today in Victoria. Louise, Rebecca and Evan are all attending and participating in this great event. Opportunities like this are so important for our staff and community to learn from each othe...

Podcast Season 2/E 3 -Stephanie

In today's episode, we chat with Stephanie who tells us about her journey of entering recovery and facing her substance use challenges at the young age of 19. Stephanie speaks to the power of connection and the importance of having fun in recovery. Have a listen to this ...

Marathon for Umbrella

Fundraiser by Nadeige Levesque This summer I've been training to run the Royal Victoria Marathon. I'm dedicating my 42km to all the beautiful people who have lost their lives or who are currently struggling with mental health and the commonly co-occurring sub...

Podcast Season 2, Episode 2 – Lance

In Episode 2 of the second season Blake talks with Lance and hears how one can discover recovery after over 30 years of substance misuse. Lance's unique and powerful story reminds us to never give up hope on someone's ability to recovery from a life of addiction. Have ...

Recovery Month – Stefanie

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people. Meet Stefanie. Stef is an amazing employee working with Umbrella. She is a strong believer in recovery and walks the walk...

Recovery Month – Matt

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people. Meet Matt. Matt was an employee of Umbrella for a couple of years working within multiple programs. He left Umbrella earl...

Recovery Month – Trevor

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people Meet Trevor. Trevor is currently the General Manager at HeroWorks in Victoria and he is passionate about recovery, our co...

Recovery Month – Kristin

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people. Meet Kristin. Kristin and her husband own Banyan Construction and Kristin is also a scientist. She holds a B Sc from UVI...

Recovery Month – Conor

September is recovery month! Every year Umbrella celebrates this important month by sharing messages of recovery from some of our favourite people. Meet Conor. Conor was a previous Umbrella employee who worked in programs like the ER and in our AMCS program at VGH, Out...