By Stacy Ashton, Executive Director On December 21, 2020 CBC Front Burner released a behind the scenes look at a night on the Crisis Centre lines. Deciding to open up our work to a national audience was not something we took lightly. We are deeply committed to the privacy and confidentiality of those who reach […]
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Online Workshops to Support your Team
By Sonia McDiarmid Joan had been on her business Facebook group and chatting with her close friend Mike, who was talking about a recent team building course he had done with his office. His team had recently been hit hard with stress due to COVID-19, and he wanted to do something about it. The sense […]
Learn How to Recognize the Signs of Suicide
By Sonia McDiarmid Vanessa was texting with her best friend. She had the sense that something was up—the vibe of her friend’s texts had changed. Her responses were getting shorter; she wasn’t as chatty as normal, and Vanessa was starting to become worried. She decided to check her social media account and noticed a post […]
Skillfully Responding to People in Distress – How we can Support Each Other
By Sonia McDiarmid Mike arrives at work after not getting much sleep the night before. Once again, he had been going over and over in his mind everything happening in his life and work. A deeply caring person and a well liked manager, Mike is aware of the struggles taking place in the lives of […]
Crisis response is not counselling
By Stacy Ashton, Executive Director At some point in our 51+ year history, there were questions raised about what to call the volunteers who answered our phones. “Crisis Counsellor” was one of the options proposed. I thought that was a good idea when I was volunteering on the lines—mostly because I was applying to […]