In the last few months, I’ve been meeting a mental health counsellor more or less once a week. Since moving into this place back in December, my thoughts have once again caught up with me as they did before I left…
We are beyond grateful to celebrate the BIGGEST YEAR yet for Steps off the Street! This year our virtual event saw participation from coast to coast, wherever you were in Canada, you made this year a huge success. With your support…
We know there are many people like Dee who have slipped through the crack of traditional services, The Doorway provides them with a different opportunity, one that changes their experience and leverages the power of possibility. Our process puts…
When I came to The Doorway I was 17. I had no home, no job, no money, and definitely no joy. I’ll be 24 years old this year. And many aspects of my environment have changed. My housing and employment are constant. My…
How do we change the way a young person on the street thinks? We change the way they view themselves! I thought that I was worth nothing, so it didn’t matter what I did, everybody hated me or didn’t care. But…
The cities plan to end homelessness has resulted in an increase in affordable agency run housing. It has also lead to a decrease in accessible street level services as a result I believe a homeless individual now has a lower quality of…
Self-determination enables The Doorway to use a ‘help them, help themselves’ philosophy when supporting young people to move from street to mainstream culture. Read ‘I Can Now Problem Solve’ on The Doorway blog to hear one young persons journey…
For a bit… I almost changed myself. For somebody else. I almost changed my scene. For dirty publicity. I almost fussed a style. To be seen worth the while. In the pursuit of cool. I could have changed my clothing. Felt self loathing. I could have slurred minorities.…
While making changes in my life I have found many things that I thought wouldn’t have to change ended up being some of the biggest things that needed to be done first. Cutting people out of my life is…
