New View in the News
Just Singin’ Round 2023
Just Singn’ Round – New View Society 50th Anniversary Celebration in partnership with Synergy Collective.
Tri-Cities Shelter Emergency Response
Operating from November 1st to March 31st... join for a hot meal, snacks, bagged lunch, and a warm place to sleep. Please refer to the following poster:
Kelly Ave Housing Project
We are excited that BC Housing has agreed to partner with us in exploring a 50 unit housing development…
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to all of our friends near and far. New View celebrated the end of a decade by rolling out the red carpet and dancing the night away. The evening was full of memorable moments and many we will continue to laugh about for years to come. To see what we...
Online Auction
Check out our Online Auction! All items are brand new and priced really well. Online Auction
New View Podcast
New View Society recently welcomed students from the University of British Columbia Creative Writing Program’s CRWR 302 class, Writing for Podcast. This applied learning experience was coordinated through the UBC Centre for Community Engaged Learning. In this podcast,...
Let’s Talk – January 25, 2017
Port Coquitlam, BC – New View Society announced today that it will be hosting an Open House event at its Community Mental Wellness Centre on January 25, Bell “Let’s Talk” Day.
Louise Jolicoeur and Darrell Roemer win Bhayana Awards!
Port Coquitlam, BC – New View Society is pleased to announce that Louise Jolicoeur and Darrell Roemer have won the 2016 Bhayana Family Foundation Awards for Dedication and Leadership respectively! Awarded by United Way of the Lower Mainland, these awards recognize and celebrate the extraordinary contributions by frontline workers at United Way funded agencies.
New View Society is featured in the Tri-City News!
New View Society is featured in the Tri-City News for our Fundraising efforts through the Aviva Community Fund! See the article here!
Why Mental Health Matters for Students
“According to the National College Health Assessment Survey, 53% of tertiary students said they felt hopeless, 56% said they were so depressed it was hard to function, and 9.5% said they had seriously considered suicide within the past school year”.
Vancouver’s homeless not adhering to anti-psychotic medication regimens: study
Only 12 per cent of the homeless adults in Vancouver participating in a Simon Fraser University study, who had been diagnosed with a severe mental illness, took their antipsychotic medication at or above the level needed to be effective.
New View Society provides housing for 51 people, Community Living Support for 164 people, and subsidized rent programs for 104 people, all of whom are living with mental illness.
My Biggest Supporter: Heroes of Hope
What keeps us going through bipolar mood episodes? Sometimes it’s the unexpected support from someone who offers acceptance, encouragement, or simply a sympathetic ear.
Meet three of your peers who found that support when it was most needed – from a mental health worker, a teacher, a long-time friend.
Kay’s FUNd puts smiles on their faces
The blueberry muffins piled high on a baking tray smell heavenly and a flame is flickering in the gas fireplace.
Kay Swalwell, her grey curls giving her a grandmotherly aura, leans in to take part in the conversation, just as she did over 40 years ago when the first muffin and coffee mornings were introduced.
Family to Family for Mental Health Support
Families supporting relatives with a mental illness can learn more about symptoms, medications and problem solving with a free 12-week course offered by New View Society in Port Coquitlam.
Raising mental-health awareness
With a guitar slung across his shoulder and in a room full of his peers, Mark Bottomley feels at ease. Sitting in a quiet room at PoCo’s New View Society headquarters, Bottomley wants others to feel that same way — about him and others like him.
On the air from PoCo
Simon Fraser University’s campus radio station will put the national spotlight on both the struggles and success stories of homeless people in the Tri-Cities. CJSF 90.1 FM is partnering with PoCo’s New View Society for the National Homelessness Marathon, slated for Wednesday, Feb. 25.
New View Society Offers Training Course
Research shows that at some point in their lives, mental health problems affect one in three Canadians.
So the chances are good that each of us knows someone with a mental health problem such as a substance related disorder, depression, anxiety, or a psychotic disorder.
New View Hosts Mental Health First Aid Class
Community awareness of mental health issues is part of New View Society’s mandate and, to that end, the long-serving advocacy organization is offering a course to teach people skills so they can assist someone facing a mental health problem or crisis.
Port Coquitlam Program Tackles Topic of Mental Illness
Strengthening family connections and helping people gain knowledge and understanding of mental illness are the goals of a new course being offered to Tri-City residents by the New View Society.
Column: A Post Riverview World
Graphic images of high profile criminal acts perpetrated by mentally ill individuals are pervading the news networks these days. These incidents are usually blown out of proportion by media that seem to revel in pornographing sordid tales to their paying customers, all the while omitting the far more numerous honourable deeds. What results is a general public misled into generalizing that mentally ill individuals are violent and dangerous, when – as far as generalizations go – nothing could be further from the truth.
Reopen Riverview, says Mental Health Agency
Another voice has been added to the chorus demanding the provincial government reopen Riverview Hospital — and this one has direct experience helping people with mental illness.
New View hosts May Day breakfast
The New View Society is preparing for its May Day community breakfast on Saturday, May 11.
New View offers Mental Health First Aid
Mental health problems will affect one in three Canadians — it could be you, a family member, friend or co-worker.
But would you know what to do in the event of a mental health crisis?
New View Society Celebrates Accomplishments
New View Society is celebrating Mental Wellness Week May 1 to 5 with the theme Reflect, Reveal and Renew and is hosting three events to raise the profile of the organization that has provided support for individuals and families challenged by mental illness.
New Housing Opens in Port Coquitlam
Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore speaks at the opening of Iris House, a new facility for adults living with mental health challenges.
New View, New digs, New Hope in Port Coquitlam
Research shows that at some point in their lives, mental health problems affect one in three Canadians.
New View Employment Services Update
New View Society Employment services, in partnership with the Fraser Health Authority Cottonwood, Connelly and Cypress Lodges hosted a very successful community employer and volunteer host recognition event on October 28, 2010.
Employment Counsellors make it easy to hire people with mental health challenges
Looking for work and having a job interview can make most people anxious, but it can be especially difficult for people who have experienced a mental illness. In our society, having a job is equated with having an identity and unemployment is a significant barrier for those who are struggling to fit in and return their lives to a feeling of normal.
What the flock?
A new species of bird has been sighted in the Tri-Cities but ornithologists who’ve been scratching their heads over the flocking of large numbers of multi-coloured flamingos need scratch no more.