Tickets $20 Here About the event: Westminster House Tea with Friends will celebrate our 42 years of providing services to women. Tea With Friends will take place at the beautiful Burnaby Lake Pavilion, with stunning panoramic views of Burnaby Lake. The event kicks off...
Westminster House is proud to announce that Dialectical Behavioural Therapy will be added to its existing program. Dialectical Behavioural Therapy is for individuals with multiple and severe psychosocial disorders, such as Borderline Personality Disorder, Anxiety,...
͞We remain in a public health emergency, with more than three British Columbians dying each day from illicit drug toxicity deaths,͟said Lisa Lapointe, chief coroner. ͞Illicit drug toxicity death rates in B.C. are still the highest for any jurisdiction in Canada. Every...
The first time I heard Nicole’s name, I was driving to work and there was an amber alert on CKNW. I can remember feeling sad and thankful at the same time – it’s wasn’t my daughter. Nicole was missing. Using drugs on the downtown east side....
Congratulations to Alicia who submitted the winning essay for our Women Do Recover Award of Education. Westminster House Douglas College Award Essay 2019 When I was younger, I had so many goals and aspirations. Anything I did I gave it 110 percent. I was a track...
Addiction. What’s Changed? Watching the women come into the facility over the past decade, their issues are complex and the need for continuum of care is evident. Today, risk factors are 100X higher than 10 years ago. The rise in fatalities coupled with the long-term...
