Our team is made of dedicated individuals who are leaders in the addiction treatment sector. These uniquely qualified professionals provide the right environment to help anyone struggling with challenges related to the misuse and abuse of alcohol and other drugs. We work with other specialists in psychiatry, primary care and occupational therapy. We also work with practitioners from alternative healing arts, such as yoga instructors, art therapists, acupuncturists and spiritual guides. We aim to be the preferred provider of high-quality, gender-specific addiction treatment services, which is why most of the women and men who have completed our programs have found a new way of living and a freedom that enables them to reclaim their roles within their families, careers and communities.
Accreditation
Hope Place Centres is proud to be accredited as a centre of best practices in governance, leadership and management in the field of mental health and addictions since 2013.
Our People
Karen A. Stolee
Chairperson
Karen A. Stolee, Chairperson
Karen is a retired physician with lived experience of alcoholism. Her sober date is November 15th, 2007. She has maintained an active involvement with a twelve-step fellowship over this time, focusing particularly on service opportunities which have included sponsoring women, speaking engagements and chairing recovery meetings at prisons, detoxes and rehabilitation centres in Canada and the United States. She is personally committed to a recovery program supported by the spiritual principles of gratitude, humility and acceptance.
Her life and work experiences have been greatly enhanced by opportunities to live in Japan, England and the United States.
Karen comes to her role as Chairperson of Hope Place Centres with a determination to maintain abstinence based recovery as a frontline choice for all individuals seeking a new way of life. Towards this goal, she has supported Hope Place Centres abstinence position at a variety of government and non-government venues. As a scientist, she also recognizes the need to champion and participate in health quality initiatives, ensuring that decisions made in addiction care are driven by robust quality improvement parameters and measurable outcomes.
Dr. Peter Eddenden, M.D., MCFP Medical Director
Dr. Peter Eddenden, M.D., MCFP Medical Director
Graduated from Medical School at the University of Toronto in 1982
Member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
Member of the College of Family Physicians
Member of the Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine
Special interest in the areas of addiction and diabetes
Family practice in Oakville, established since 1982
He is an Individual with long-term recovery from addiction
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of Hope Place Centres is a highly specialized group of community stakeholders who provide the ‘brain trust’ for the charitable corporation. Serving with heartfelt wisdom and intelligent vision, they are committed to a minimum three-year term of office (often more). The governance focus of the Board is on policy, strategic planning and organizational stewardship for the continued success of Hope Place Centres. These diverse, highly skilled professionals, come with corporate and non-profit experience; they are responsible for the fiduciary oversight, policy direction and strategic planning of the organization.
Board Members
Karen Stolee
Chairperson
Marc Nadeau
Director
Diana Praskey
Director
Chris Montgomery
Director
Paul Anderson
Director
Wayne Fitzpatrick
Director
Dawn Moore
Director
Tommi Hanley
Director
Dale Sharp
Director
History
Hope Place Centres was formed on May 4, 2004, as a result of the amalgamation of Hope Place Women’s Treatment Centre and Halton Recovery House. The organization is now comprised of three facilities located in the region of Halton. In collaboration with community partners, Hope Place Centres provides gender-specific addictions treatment and recovery services to men and women, that empower them to make responsible, well-informed choices, resulting in positive lifestyle changes, improved functioning and better health.
Halton Recovery House, was established in 1975 in response to a 1974 needs analysis by the Addiction Research Foundation, which revealed a lack of rehabilitation services for men with problems related to alcohol and other drug use. The first Halton Recovery House was a 130-year-old rented farmhouse near Milton that offered an alcohol-free environment as well as accommodation and support aimed at helping residents find employment and return to the community. In 1984, with assistance from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Halton Recovery House purchased a 16-bed facility in Hornby and incorporated a more structured addiction program into the services provided. Five more beds were added, and today, twenty-one men can receive comprehensive addictions treatment for a period of 42–84 days. Since 2012, five of the twenty-one beds were made available for those that wish to pay for a ‘no-wait admission’. Halton Recovery House was initially funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care until that responsibility until that responsibility was transferred by the government of Ontario to Ontario Health – Central Region. Continuing Care programs are made possible through the generous support of the United Way of Milton and the United Way of Halton Hills.
Hope Place Women’s ‘Live-In’ Treatment Centre began as a dream of a few residents of the Town of Milton in 1986. It became a reality when the doors were opened in March 1990, to women seeking recovery from problems related to alcohol and other drug use. The ten-bed facility had been operating at capacity for 19 years, with thousands of women having benefited from the peaceful, rural setting and intensive addictions treatment programming. In December 2009, expansion of the Centre was completed, providing a new kitchen, dining room and office space. There are also five more beds – three are designated for women who are pregnant or parenting children 0-6 years of age, and two are available for those who wish to pay for a ‘no-wait-admission’. In 2012, the ‘live-in’ program was extended from 24 to 35-days, and stage one trauma was integrated with the addiction treatment curriculum. Funded initially by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care until that responsibility was transferred by the government of Ontario to Ontario Health – Central Region. Continuing Care programs are made possible through the generous support of the United Way of Oakville.
Hope Place Community-Based Treatment Centre in Oakville was established in 2000, when the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care funded a five-year pilot project to provide specialized treatment for women with addictions who are pregnant or parenting children 0-6 years of age.
Baby’s Best Beginnings, (an Early Childhood Development addictions initiative) was extended by one year until March 31, 2007, and then received annualized funding from Ontario Health – Central Region. Parenting Basics Group is offered three times a year to parents who have children 0-6 years of age, are involved with Child Welfare and who have substance use problems. Several other programs, funded by the United Way of Oakville, are offered at the Community Centre site.
Vision
To be a leading provider of high-quality addiction treatment services
Mission
To inspire hope, provide gender-responsive treatment, and promote abstinence-based recovery for individuals and families experiencing alcohol and drug addiction
TWELVE TRADITIONS
Tradition One Our common purpose should come first; individual success depends upon organizational unity.
Tradition Two We have but one ultimate authority; the combined ‘voices’ of our organizational stakeholders – as
expressed through our spiritual principles and guided by our Board of Directors.
Tradition Three The primary requirement for organizational membership is a commitment to our ‘abstinence-based, 12-
Step’ model for treatment and recovery from alcoholism and addiction.
Tradition Four Each Hope Place Centres program should be autonomous – except in matters affecting other programs or
the organization as a whole
Tradition Five Our primary purpose is to be a leading provider of high-quality addiction treatment services.
Tradition Six We never endorse, finance or lend our name to any related facility or outside enterprise that may divert
us from our primary purpose.
Tradition Seven We will never compromise our Traditions in exchange for resources from government, private sector or
any other entities.
Tradition Eight In accordance with ongoing attempts to play our part in counteracting historical systematic/systemic issues of anti-Black and anti-Indigenous/Metis racism, qualified individuals who self-identify as black and/or Indigenous/Metis, will be given preference in all our recruitment activities. While we value professional credentials, qualified candidates with ‘lived-experience’ will be given preference in all our recruitment activities.
Tradition Nine Our Board of Directors holds itself accountable to govern and serve on behalf of all stakeholders.
Tradition Ten We have no opinion on outside issues unrelated to our primary purpose; hence our organization ought
never to be drawn into such issues.
Tradition Eleven Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always ensure our
integrity and vigilantly protect the privacy and confidentiality entrusted to us.
Tradition Twelve Spiritual Principles are the foundation of these Traditions; ever reminding us to place principles before
personalities.
The largest, most rigorous independent study on Alcoholics Anonymous to date shows that AA can help people get sober, stay sober, drink less, and suffer fewer negative consequences of drinking, all while keeping health care costs down. Watch scientists John Kelly (Harvard/MGH) and Keith Humphreys (Stanford/VA) discuss their findings (published 3/11/20 by the Cochrane Collaborative), with commentary from psychologist Gabrielle Jones.
Forms and Reports
To download a copy of any of the following reports, please click on their respective links:
About Us
Our People | Board of Directors | History | Vision | Forms and Reports
Our team is made of dedicated individuals who are leaders in the addiction treatment sector. These uniquely qualified professionals provide the right environment to help anyone struggling with challenges related to the misuse and abuse of alcohol and other drugs. We work with other specialists in psychiatry, primary care and occupational therapy. We also work with practitioners from alternative healing arts, such as yoga instructors, art therapists, acupuncturists and spiritual guides. We aim to be the preferred provider of high-quality, gender-specific addiction treatment services, which is why most of the women and men who have completed our programs have found a new way of living and a freedom that enables them to reclaim their roles within their families, careers and communities.
Accreditation
Hope Place Centres is proud to be accredited as a centre of best practices in governance, leadership and management in the field of mental health and addictions since 2013.
Our People
Karen A. Stolee
Chairperson
Karen is a retired physician with lived experience of alcoholism. Her sober date is November 15th, 2007. She has maintained an active involvement with a twelve-step fellowship over this time, focusing particularly on service opportunities which have included sponsoring women, speaking engagements and chairing recovery meetings at prisons, detoxes and rehabilitation centres in Canada and the United States. She is personally committed to a recovery program supported by the spiritual principles of gratitude, humility and acceptance.
Her life and work experiences have been greatly enhanced by opportunities to live in Japan, England and the United States.
Karen comes to her role as Chairperson of Hope Place Centres with a determination to maintain abstinence based recovery as a frontline choice for all individuals seeking a new way of life. Towards this goal, she has supported Hope Place Centres abstinence position at a variety of government and non-government venues. As a scientist, she also recognizes the need to champion and participate in health quality initiatives, ensuring that decisions made in addiction care are driven by robust quality improvement parameters and measurable outcomes.
Dr. Peter Eddenden, M.D., MCFP Medical Director
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of Hope Place Centres is a highly specialized group of community stakeholders who provide the ‘brain trust’ for the charitable corporation. Serving with heartfelt wisdom and intelligent vision, they are committed to a minimum three-year term of office (often more). The governance focus of the Board is on policy, strategic planning and organizational stewardship for the continued success of Hope Place Centres. These diverse, highly skilled professionals, come with corporate and non-profit experience; they are responsible for the fiduciary oversight, policy direction and strategic planning of the organization.
Board Members
History
Hope Place Centres was formed on May 4, 2004, as a result of the amalgamation of Hope Place Women’s Treatment Centre and Halton Recovery House. The organization is now comprised of three facilities located in the region of Halton. In collaboration with community partners, Hope Place Centres provides gender-specific addictions treatment and recovery services to men and women, that empower them to make responsible, well-informed choices, resulting in positive lifestyle changes, improved functioning and better health.
Halton Recovery House, was established in 1975 in response to a 1974 needs analysis by the Addiction Research Foundation, which revealed a lack of rehabilitation services for men with problems related to alcohol and other drug use. The first Halton Recovery House was a 130-year-old rented farmhouse near Milton that offered an alcohol-free environment as well as accommodation and support aimed at helping residents find employment and return to the community. In 1984, with assistance from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Halton Recovery House purchased a 16-bed facility in Hornby and incorporated a more structured addiction program into the services provided. Five more beds were added, and today, twenty-one men can receive comprehensive addictions treatment for a period of 42–84 days. Since 2012, five of the twenty-one beds were made available for those that wish to pay for a ‘no-wait admission’. Halton Recovery House was initially funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care until that responsibility until that responsibility was transferred by the government of Ontario to Ontario Health – Central Region. Continuing Care programs are made possible through the generous support of the United Way of Milton and the United Way of Halton Hills.
Hope Place Women’s ‘Live-In’ Treatment Centre began as a dream of a few residents of the Town of Milton in 1986. It became a reality when the doors were opened in March 1990, to women seeking recovery from problems related to alcohol and other drug use. The ten-bed facility had been operating at capacity for 19 years, with thousands of women having benefited from the peaceful, rural setting and intensive addictions treatment programming. In December 2009, expansion of the Centre was completed, providing a new kitchen, dining room and office space. There are also five more beds – three are designated for women who are pregnant or parenting children 0-6 years of age, and two are available for those who wish to pay for a ‘no-wait-admission’. In 2012, the ‘live-in’ program was extended from 24 to 35-days, and stage one trauma was integrated with the addiction treatment curriculum. Funded initially by the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care until that responsibility was transferred by the government of Ontario to Ontario Health – Central Region. Continuing Care programs are made possible through the generous support of the United Way of Oakville.
Hope Place Community-Based Treatment Centre in Oakville was established in 2000, when the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care funded a five-year pilot project to provide specialized treatment for women with addictions who are pregnant or parenting children 0-6 years of age.
Baby’s Best Beginnings, (an Early Childhood Development addictions initiative) was extended by one year until March 31, 2007, and then received annualized funding from Ontario Health – Central Region. Parenting Basics Group is offered three times a year to parents who have children 0-6 years of age, are involved with Child Welfare and who have substance use problems. Several other programs, funded by the United Way of Oakville, are offered at the Community Centre site.
Vision
To be a leading provider of high-quality addiction treatment services
Mission
To inspire hope, provide gender-responsive treatment, and promote abstinence-based recovery for individuals and families experiencing alcohol and drug addiction
TWELVE TRADITIONS
Our common purpose should come first; individual success depends upon organizational unity.
We have but one ultimate authority; the combined ‘voices’ of our organizational stakeholders – as
expressed through our spiritual principles and guided by our Board of Directors.
The primary requirement for organizational membership is a commitment to our ‘abstinence-based, 12-
Step’ model for treatment and recovery from alcoholism and addiction.
Each Hope Place Centres program should be autonomous – except in matters affecting other programs or
the organization as a whole
Our primary purpose is to be a leading provider of high-quality addiction treatment services.
We never endorse, finance or lend our name to any related facility or outside enterprise that may divert
us from our primary purpose.
We will never compromise our Traditions in exchange for resources from government, private sector or
any other entities.
In accordance with ongoing attempts to play our part in counteracting historical systematic/systemic issues of anti-Black and anti-Indigenous/Metis racism, qualified individuals who self-identify as black and/or Indigenous/Metis, will be given preference in all our recruitment activities. While we value professional credentials, qualified candidates with ‘lived-experience’ will be given preference in all our recruitment activities.
Our Board of Directors holds itself accountable to govern and serve on behalf of all stakeholders.
We have no opinion on outside issues unrelated to our primary purpose; hence our organization ought
never to be drawn into such issues.
Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always ensure our
integrity and vigilantly protect the privacy and confidentiality entrusted to us.
Spiritual Principles are the foundation of these Traditions; ever reminding us to place principles before
personalities.
Does Alcoholics Anonymous Work? from Worldview on Vimeo.
The largest, most rigorous independent study on Alcoholics Anonymous to date shows that AA can help people get sober, stay sober, drink less, and suffer fewer negative consequences of drinking, all while keeping health care costs down. Watch scientists John Kelly (Harvard/MGH) and Keith Humphreys (Stanford/VA) discuss their findings (published 3/11/20 by the Cochrane Collaborative), with commentary from psychologist Gabrielle Jones.
Forms and Reports
To download a copy of any of the following reports, please click on their respective links: