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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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Youth Volunteer Fair

Today at St Michaels University, Kaija and Jake are engaging with youth to learn more about where and how they would like to volunteer. Umbrella doesn't have many volunteer positions outside of our volunteer board, but we are eager to hear what we could do differently. W...
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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...
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UVIC Mental Health Fair

Today UVIC is hosting a Mental Health Fair, and Umbrella is pleased to be a part of it. Sean and Josh, our Albina Dream Team, manned the Umbrella table and interacted and engaged with students and other service providers. Lots of great conversations and exchange of ide...
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Podcast Season 2 Episode 1

Welcome to Season Two of Umbrella's podcast Comfortably UN-Numb. For our first episode Blake invited back a previous employee and client favourite, Conor. Conor worked with Umbrella for many years and was instrumental in the growth of many of our programs and services. ...
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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...
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United Way Kickoff

Today at Centennial Square was the annual United Way kickoff. Umbrella was pleased to be among the many service providers around the square engaging with the community and each other. Manning the Umbrella table were Sharlene, Evan and our new Fund Developer Terri (didn'...