About Us

Western Canada Peer Training Society is a registered charity which serves to promote social wellness and education by providing training subsidies that go toward peer support training within Calgary and Western Canada. 

Our Phase 1 goal was to solicit community funding to provide training subsidies to financially barriered learners. These training subsidies helped reduce the financial burden that many peers faced and enabled them to participate in training opportunities that would have otherwise been out of reach for them. To date, WCPTS has awarded training subsidies to 36 peers.

Putting Your Training to Work

Phase 2 extends opportunities to advance peer support work experience thus building individual and community capacity. As evidenced in Phase 1, training subsidies are often not enough to connect a financially barriered learner to a peer support position. Most learners require on-the-job experience to secure an initial interview and eventually secure a peer supporter role. This vicious cycle isolates peers and stagnates their learning and growing process. We are expanding a peers’ learning continuum to include a 50-hour mentored Practicum.

We envision that the community will experience the transformational benefits of connection, capacity and community. 

It is through the generosity of individual donors and the vision of funding organizations  that we will be able to make a difference for anyone who is dealing with a mental health concern.

Tax receipts are available for donations of $20 or more. Please consider giving today!

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