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“Our Strength is in Our Community”: The Crisis Centre for Northern BC’s Remote Responders

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The Crisis Centre for Northern BC is one of ten partner centres that make up the BC Crisis Line Network, along with the Crisis Centre of BC.  The following two-part story series will give you a glimpse into the work being done by the Crisis Centre for Northern BC for their communities, featuring interviews from their Executive […]

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Experiences of Police Involvement in Mental Health Crisis: Survey Results

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The survey conducted by the Crisis Centre of BC, June 3, 2021 Report to the Special Parliamentary Committee on Police Act Reform The Crisis Centre of BC works with community organizations, police, 911, health providers, and people with lived experience of mental health crisis response to build crisis response that is respectful, compassionate, supportive, and […]

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Pet therapy for Crisis Centre volunteers

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It’s just across the street and a block west of the Crisis Centre. Nestled next to one of my favourite local pizza places is Catoro Café. Since the Café launched on July 29, 2019,  they have proved to be as passionate and creative in creating social good as they are at running a business. The […]

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Embracing our lives with Pride

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Pride has become the yearly marker that helps remember and celebrate the decades of work, activism, and activists who have taken a stand against homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia.  And we recognize there continues to be a lot more work to be done. The statistics are troubling: LGBTQ2S+ youth are almost five times more likely to […]

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Real estate: a foundation to build upon

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“The founders of the Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of BC wanted to make sure people in crisis would always have a place to turn when crisis hits. Our story is familiar to many who bought homes in the 1970s and have seen the value of their property appreciate greatly over time. Your home […]

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