Our alumni are welcome to take advantage of free refresher stays anytime to reconnect, regroup, and reground with staff and peers. The Refresher Weekend Program participants are encouraged to attend large group activities and share their stories as a way of giving back.

The Aulmni Support Meetings offers weekly and bi-weekly support meetings are available across Canada as a way to connect alumni with one another and let them re-experience the power of the peer group. These meetings are facilitated by counsellors and recovery coaches.

Throughout the year, our Alumni Manager travels to major cities in Canada to host complimentary dinners for alumni in that area.

The Recovery Coaching offers coaching in over a dozen Canadian cities to help alumni stay active and engaged in their personal recovery. Returning home after treatment can be difficult for many clients and we want to be there for them.

The Occupational Trauma Program is designed for men requiring intensive therapy for trauma(s) sustained on the job as first responders, military personnel, and veterans. This program involves intensive medical, psychiatric, and psychological care 1-on-1 with counsellors and in groups. Therapies in our trauma program are designed to help you build self regulation skills to deal with dissociation, anxiety, depression, anger, and other symptoms of trauma. These therapies are also designed to help you make sense of your suffering and pain so you can go forward in pursuit of a meaningful life.

Buddy Check Coffee is a Veteran run peer program offering comradeship in a relaxed environment, encouraging Veterans to network and share experiences and stories… while sipping coffee. Led by the Legion’s Operational Stress Injury Special Section (Legion OSI) and hosted by Legion members, Buddy Check Coffee is helping Veterans in their community connect and support each other.

Operation VetBuild is an initiative led by the Legion’s Operational Stress Injury Special Section (Legion OSI) that uses hobbies, such as scale model-building kits, in a Veteran-to-Veteran support environment. Working alongside their peers, the activity offers Veterans an opportunity to learn a new skill, promote relaxation, improve concentration, reduce stress, and provide a sense of community to enhance wellbeing. Sessions are hosted by Legion members and open to all Veterans in the community.

Project All In Foundation and “the coin” was created to help the first responder community start conversations about their mental wellness, help debrief calls, and ultimately to aid in suicide prevention. Taking the first step to ask for help can be hard. Members who have the All In coin can simply slide it forward towards another member and a conversation is initiated. The recipient of the coin can be an active listener or start the conversation if need be. The coin may also be presented to a friend or family member. Project All In recognizes the need for all first responders to have easier access to resources in support of their mental health and well being.

We know that silence, stigma, and suicide are our biggest enemies. Understanding that, we strongly believe that this program has the power to help our Nations Responders. Know that you are not alone in this fight, it is OK to ask for help and to bridge the gap to appropriate resources.

Rocky Mountain Backpacking for Veterans is a program designed to support military veterans through an introduction to a healthy lifestyle in great outdoors, in the company of fellow veterans. Thanks to generous donors of the program, we hosted hundreds of veterans on week-long expeditions, incorporating activities such as rock-climbing, ski mountaineering, sea-kayaking and hiking. Participants had opportunities to reflect on and share their experiences and challenges in a supportive and restorative environment. Most recently, we also hosted youth of Canadian Armed Forces families on journeys of self-discovery in the Canadian wilderness.

Honour Ranch is a place for serving and retired uniformed personnel and their families to learn healthy strategies for coping with operational stress injuries. Nestled in the Thompson River Valley, 12km south of the village of Ashcroft, BC, this 120 acre property offers a tranquil and secluded setting to help heal the body, mind, and spirit.