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About Us - Pacifica Treatment Centre

Canadian Substance Use Treatment Centre

A place to heal.

A place to build community.

A place to own your path.

 

Co-creating a community of safety and self-empowerment.

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Since 1977, Pacifica has been committed to providing a safe substance use treatment centre for individuals to find themselves, find community, and enhance their quality of life and well-being. We provide individualized care through community-driven participation, and developing norms supported by our staff. Pacifica plays a supportive and encouraging role in treatment, fostering a collaborative environment where both community members and our interdisciplinary team are active participants in the Pacifica ecosystem.

We pride ourselves on our full-service restorative experience from pre-engagement through in-residence primary treatment, integrative wellness, resiliency, and continuing care programming, as well as alumni services. We understand that recovery doesn’t begin or end with treatment alone — we build the support systems required for community members to thrive, before and after their time at Pacifica.

 

Overview

Pacifica Treatment Centre is a Canadian substance use treatment centre respectfully we provide services in the unceded traditional and overlapping territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations and strive to do so with a collaborative spirit of reconciliation, respect and honour for the land, its peoples and their ancestors. Our values support gender equity, anti-oppression, anti-racism, and anti-sexism. In eliminating stigmas, we are sex-positive, accessible to people with disabilities, speak out against harassment and workplace violence, and do not tolerate homophobia or transphobia. We are committed to removing systemic barriers, which individuals from marginalized and racialized communities often experience — it is our role to break down these barriers.

Mission

We provide holistic and responsive programming that empowers people affected by substance use to create meaningful paths to recovery.

Vision

A compassionate community where people affected by substance use can access inclusive care and build lives filled with hope, connection, and purpose.

Values

Integrity & Accountability

We act with honesty and transparency, taking responsibility for our words and actions with clients, staff, partners, and funders.

Growth & Healing

We empower personal transformation and skill-building that supports lasting recovery.

Choice in Recovery

We meet people as they are, and honour and support multiple pathways toward healing.

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Reconciliation

We embed equity in all our practices, and embrace diversity and inclusion to build a culture grounded in dignity, respect, and belonging.

Community & Belonging

We foster a supportive environment where connection and trust thrive.

Lived Experience & Leadership

We elevate peer voices and nurture leadership in clients, alumni, staff, and the sector.

Team

Leadership

Kirsty Peterson

Executive Director

Kevin Truong

Director of Finance

Adam Butz

Manager of Programs and Services

Angeline Vaughn

Interdisciplinary Team Lead

Jeremy Haines

CSW Team Lead

Charmaine Fernandez

CSW Team Lead

Caitlin Doherty

Team Lead, Community Programs

Ianna Yelchinko

Program Coordinator, Culinary Services

Jay Ford

Program Coordinator, Facilities

Our Commitment

“Pacifica Treatment Centre:

  • Commits to the greater involvement and meaningful engagement of people with lived experience, and family members affected by challenges associated with problematic substance use/dependence, and concurrently, mental health and/or trauma.
  • Our commitment places the individuals we serve in the centre and is grounded in human rights and the dignity of the full human being;
  • Aims to support and be empathetic towards all who live with, work in, and are affected by, problematic substance use/dependence, and concurrently, mental health and/or trauma;
  • Commits to personal and social transformation;
  • Values community expertise in embracing the challenge for the betterment of society;
  • Values inclusion over exclusion, a quest for integrity at all times and the embodiment of self-determination; and,
  • Promotes the evolution of thought, action and collaboration among us and with our allies.

 

Because greater involvement and meaningful engagement is about human struggles and aspirations, ethics, self-empowerment, self-determination and accountability are its foundation.”

Alumni

Community grows through collaboration
Treatment is just the first step to owning your path

Our services and supports don’t stop after graduation from the in-residence treatment program, when a community member leaves the facility. The community we build together at Pacifica fortifies our continuing care programming, from virtual group and one-to-one education and counselling to our alumni services.

We connect new graduates with established alumni, as well as in-residence community members. From recognizing and changing the behaviors that may lead to unhealthy choices, to learning how to stop carrying shame and start owning your path — everything is easier together.

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“I think resilience group is a great way to bridge the gap between treatment and the outside world.”

Alumni

“ I learned to value myself and understand the choices necessary to having the incredibly fulfilling life I have today. ”

Alumni

“ I’ve learned so much about myself, and have gained so much confidence in myself, where I can now love me. ”

Alumni

Supporting Pacifica

There are many ways to get involved and support Pacifica Treatment Centre — whether you’re an individual or business looking to make a social investment through a financial contribution or an alumni returning to help others, we’d love to have you join our community.

Volunteer at Pacifica

A terrific way to support the work we do at Pacifica is to get involved. We have many ways that people can volunteer — either for specific events, or in an ongoing way — working behind the scenes or directly with our clients.

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Support Pacifica

Donor Programs

Pacifica Treatment Centre prioritizes the implementation of innovative, evidence-informed programming to ensure the best possible care. To do this, we rely on the generous support for the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority as a major contributor. We also depend on the generosity of the community. With your help, we can continue to support individuals on their journey to “owning their path”.

Consider making a social investment through a financial contribution to Pacifica.

Registered Charity number: 10808 2496 RR0001

Volunteer

We have many ways that people can volunteer — either for specific events, or ongoing — working behind the scenes or directly with our community members. If you’d like to get involved, reach out!

Partnerships

The work we do at Pacifica Treatment Centre is stronger when we do it together. We work with a number of partners to provide the best possible access to care and ongoing support. Interested in becoming a partner? Let us know.

Health Care Providers

At Pacifica, we serve individuals experiencing challenges associated with problematic substance use, or concurrently, mental health and/or trauma. As a provincially recognized in-residence treatment centre, our primary goal is to meet each individual with compassion, helping them to find their own path to enhanced quality of life and well-being. Through collaboration and partnership in this journey, we both form a circle of care to rehabilitate and lay the foundation for sustainable long-term recovery.

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