The Phoenix Society’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the selection of Justine Patterson as its new Chief Executive Officer. Justine brings international and provincial experience across government, not-for-profit, private and public sectors. With clinical and leadership experience in mental health and substance use, Justine is passionate and committed to providing and improving access…
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The Phoenix Society Board of Directors is thrilled to announce that David MacIntyre has been hired as Phoenix’s new interim CEO. David is an exceptionally qualified leader with more than 27 years of experience in the fields of mental health, housing, substance use, and the criminal justice system. He joins us after more than 13…
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On behalf of the Phoenix Society board, I am announcing that our CEO Keir Macdonald will be leaving his position next month. Keir has been an exceptional leader over the past four years, during which time the organization has undergone exciting change and has only grown stronger. While we are saddened that he will be…
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Phoenix Society invites you to join us on Nov. 29 for a free 'Heart of the Family' Virtual Education Session. This event will provide meaningful insight into how to support a loved one struggling with substance use and will feature amazing speakers. Come join us and hear from people with lived and educational experience, including…
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It's been an incredible first year of Phoenix Society's Free Meal Program, which launched in late January amid the pandemic to provide hot, nutritious food to those in need. When Phoenix Society launched this program in late January, we did so to help fill a need. Many of the free meal services in our community…
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Phoenix Society is proud to have received the Not-for-Profit Resilience award in the 23rd Annual Surrey Business Excellence Awards from the Surrey Board of Trade. "I am so proud to lead this amazing organization," said Keir Macdonald, Phoenix Society CEO. "It is an incredible honour it is to receive this award, particularly alongside such amazing…
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Phoenix Society invites the community to join us to ‘paint a little house at Little House.’ This free community event will involve craft time, and we invite the community to join us in creating a Community Art Installation. Wooden ‘Little House’ cut-outs will be available to be painted and will be used to create a…
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An emergency warming shelter is soon opening its doors in Tri-Cities, following Port Moody Council approving the use of Kyle Centre for Extreme Weather Response (EWR) on Oct. 12. City staff are entering into a Memorandum of Understanding between the Tri-Cities Homelessness and Housing Task Group, authorizing the Task Group to select a service provider…
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Vikki Hopes, Abbotsford News - BC Housing is providing more than $149,000 in temporary emergency funding after an Abbotsford transitional-housing society announced in August that it was dissolving. The money will support 19 residents who were previously housed through the Many Ways Home Housing Society, a non-profit society started in 2019 out of the city’s…
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