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The Canadian Press: Brain injury a shadow crisis amid overdose deaths in British Columbia
by Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press Edwin Bergsson’s friend broke down the door of his recording studio in Victoria about five years ago, found him unconscious, and saved his life.
Working Together to Effect Systems Change
Left to right: Amanda McFarlane (BrainTrust Canada), Barb Butler (BI Survivor), Tori Dach (The Cridge Centre), Ali P (BC Brain Injury Association), Maggie Spizzirri (Brain Injury Alliance), Janelle Breese-Biagioni (BC
Helping Children Find Their Voice
At The Cridge Children’s Services, we are often privileged to be with children from their infancy through the toddler years and into elementary school, as many continue with us as
Advocating for Your Child: Turning Love into Action
By Linda Pityn and Heather Stevens When raising a child with support needs, parents quickly learn something powerful – love is not always enough. Love must become action. It must
Women’s safety is public safety
To mark this International Women’s Day, we collaborated with other women’s services and anti-violence organizations to publish the following open letter in the Times Colonist. Text is below. View the print
CHEK News: Second Chance Cafe creates job opportunity for brain injury survivors
The Second Chance Cafe aims to help brain injury survivors rebuild their lives and get back into the workforce. The cafe, operated by the Cridge Centre for Family, offers an
What Will It Take? What Needs to Change?
On Wednesday, January 21, The Cridge Centre for the Family, alongside community and anti-violence organizations from across Vancouver Island, held a press conference, behind the Victoria Courthouse, in response to
The Gift of Rest
A heartfelt thank you to our local hotel partners for generously providing stays for The Cridge R & R Family Services clients this year. Because of you, parents had a
Del Phillips Receives the City of Victoria’s Highest Recognition
Photo by the City of Victoria, featuring 2025 honorary citizen recipients Al Hasham, Carol Brown, Del Phillips, Karmen McNamara, Logan Ford, Marceline Moody, Olivia Hahn, Robert Milne and Ted Alexis.
We acknowledge with respect that this is the traditional territory of the Lək̓ʷəŋən -speaking peoples, known today as the Songhees First Nation, Xwsepsəm First Nation, as well as the WSÁNEĆ Nations and Sc’ianew First Nation, original caretakers of this land. As they continue walking here gently in the way of their ancestors, we seek to do the same.
We recognize that reconciliation is not only about the past, but about how we live together today. As a Christian faith-based organization, we commit to ongoing learning, listening, and acting in ways that uphold Indigenous self-determination and dignity, and reflect the biblical teachings of peace, justice, and love.