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Grade 9 students

After kicking the week off with presentations to the grade 12 students at St Michaels, Evan and Rebecca ended the week with the grade 9 students. There was a lot of differences, not just their age, but the engagement, the questions, the curiosity and more. Some of the fa...
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St Michaels School

Today, Evan and Rebecca presented to the grade 12 students at St Michael University School. There were about 150 students present, as well as a few teachers, and a lot of interest, engagement and questions. Evan and Rebecca stayed after to field some additional question...
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Hep C Education

Today, some of the Umbrella team spent the afternoon learning about HEP C. Daryl Luster, Peer Advocate and Mentor for HEP C based out of Vancouver, joined the team to share about his own journey, misconceptions, stigma, prevention and treatment. The Umbrella staff learn...
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VNFC Community Fair

Yesterday, Louise from Umbrella manned the table for RAAC (Rapid Access Addictions Clinic) at the Victoria Native Friendship Centre's annual community care fair. This was a very important community care fair, helping people learn about the services that the RAAC clinic o...
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Stelly’s Secondary School

Today Evan and Rebecca presented to the faculty and a few students at Stelly's Secondary today. The principal Melanie Pass (pictured below) and her fellow staff spent their lunch time discussing recovery and how Umbrella can help individuals and their loved ones. Joinin...
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Happy 1 Year Michael

Today we celebrated Michael and his one year of continuous sobriety. What a wonderful milestone and we could not be prouder. Pictured below Michael and his one candle to celebrate his one year, with one of his roommates Barry. Keep doing the work Michael, sobriety look...
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Dream It, Be It

Umbrella Society was proud to be a part of the Dream It, Be it event this past Tuesday  . Dream it , Be it is a unique free opportunity for students from all three S. Vancouver Island school districts to explore different career opportunities and learn about the various n...
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Criminal Justice Info Session

Yesterday at Camosun College's Lansdowne Campus, Umbrella participated in the Criminal Justice Q & A with many other resources. Kelsey and Nic represented Umbrella and chatted with current and potential criminal justice students and discussed the current state of service...
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Foundation House is 4

Last night the housing staff and residents celebrated being Foundation House homeowners for 4 years. To be clear, F-H0use is much older than 4, but it has been 4 years since Umbrella purchased the house. Umbrella began operating Foundation House in April 2015, and w...
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Random Acts of Kindness Day

The Victoria Foundation is promoting their annual Random Acts of Kindness Week. What used to be a day, is now a week, and we couldn't be more thrilled. The staff have been making sure they are doing additional acts of kindness this week and people are feeling good. Tod...