My Journey to Stenberg
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Community Mental Health and Addictions Worker
About Darren
Hi everyone, my name is Darren and I am a new student to Stenberg College. I started the Community Mental Health and Addictions Worker Program in April 2014. I am…
About Justine
My name is Justine and I am 21 years old. I am taking the Community Mental Health and Addictions Worker Diploma Program. I was born in Kelowna, BC but have…
Final Thoughts
It has been forever since I have checked in. A lot has happened since my last blog. I finally completed my courses! At the moment I am on my fourth…
A Real-Life Classroom
Hi all, Since last January, my cohort has been placed in Vancouver, so that we get a “feel” for the downtown atmosphere. We have had some unexpected surprises (I will…
Everyone has a journey leading to their story.
Since we began this course, my cohort has had many different types of guest speakers. We have had elders come and talk about their experiences, we’ve had drug advocates, we…
Looking into the future…
Okay, this is a first. I am going to write about something not too related to the Program. I am going to talk about my path, my journey. When I…
Weekly Placements at PHS and Lookout
From January of this year, every Wednesday my class has been placed in different locations in the Downtown East Side to do our field study practice. We switch every 6-8…
Learning from Different Sources
Of the many diverse things that we learn in the CMHAW program, I see the guest speakers being the most important. We get to hear their stories and have them…
Getting our sweat on!
SO…here I am, 7 months in. Again as a refresher, I am taking the Community Mental Health and Addictions course. Right now, we are doing the Aboriginal History class. The…
Be the Change: What do you want to do before you die?
On May 3 we had a day where we, as a school, went to the Langley Events Centre. There was a day-long event of presentations by speakers from all around…
The CMHAW Program So Far…
I wanted to talk a little bit about the start of the CMHAW Program, my first week into this course was amazing. We had the opportunity to have our Orientation…
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