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By Fergus Allen If you live in Canada, you’ve doubtless heard a land acknowledgment or two in your time. “We recognize this land as the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh peoples…” It functions as an attempt (however meagre) to recognize the ills of colonization. In a country that has seen the tragedies of […]

By Stacy Ashton, Executive Director On Tuesday, June 29, 2021 I presented to the Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act in British Columbia. This invitation was extended to the Crisis Centre of BC as a result of our submission to the Committee in April. The  presenters on the panel included: Stacy Ashton, Crisis Centre […]

Help the Crisis Centre of BC win $20,000. By donating through the CanadaHelps website you help increase the chances of us winning a $20,000 prize from CanadaHelps. As we continue to answer more calls than pre-pandemic, every gift helps our frontline, essential work.  Every dollar donated via the CanadaHelps donation page counts as an entry […]

By —- —- (anonymous for privacy) Dear reader: Behind every call to the Crisis Centre of BC is a human—a highly trained crisis responder—who has committed to picking up the receiver when the phone rings or clicking ‘accept’ when a chat request pops up. I am grateful to one of our volunteer crisis responders who […]

By Rudi Araujo “What’s up buddy?” “How have you been?” “What’s going on?” These seem like simple conversation starters, but research from the Centre for Suicide Prevention shows that men often forget to check in on their friends or have a hard time recognizing when a buddy is struggling and what they could do to […]