Holistic Addiction Recovery Calgary

Holistic Substance Abuse Recovery Calgary

Board of Directors

Centre For Wholeness & Well Being is operated by the Alberta Association For Better Communities, which in turn is governed by a Board of Directors. The Board of Directors focuses on long term strategic and governance issues only, at arm’s length from the leadership, management and daily operations of the College. It is comprised of alumni and community members.

Sue Snow

Nadine Robinson

Sue has worked in addictions and recovery for 14 years. She is a highly regarded educator with a B.A/B.Ed, a Certified Chemical Dependency Counsellor, Brain Story Certification and a Compassionate Inquiry Counsellor. She has incorporated her love of curiosity, teaching, counselling and neuro-rehabilitative studies along with her empathetic passion for self-growth and personal development to co-create the Intensive Virtual Recovery programs, providing intensive coaching and counselling to those in recovery and their families.

Nadine has been a midwife for over 20 years in Calgary and the surrounding area. She has sat on various boards throughout her career, as Treasurer, Vice President, President, Community Engagement Director, Communications Director, Volunteer Engagement and as Chair of Conference Committees. She was the Clinical Director of a Midwifery school and has done various volunteer work with associations working both within Calgary and on the international stage. Nadine enjoys both the financial and fiduciary responsibilities that come with non-profit board work, as well as the challenges of finding creative solutions to best serve the needs of the organization.

Sam Allison

Sam Allison is a student at the University of Calgary studying Civil Engineering. She plays Ringette for the Dino’s and serves as a coach for the Bowview Ringette Association. Sam is passionate about serving those in her community and is continuously looking for opportunities to make a lasting positive impact; building and supporting programs that build resiliency and capacity within at-risk communities.

Faraz Sachedina

Faraz Sachedina is the national director of Medical Operations at Harvest Medicine. Having done his medical training in Europe, the States and Canada, it has been a great experience being able to add a different perspective to the benefits of medical CBD cannabis to mental health and addictions. After being involved in research with the US fencing team, sports nutrition and traumatic brain injury, Faraz has switched gears to actively working on publications and key partnerships across Canada to increase the power of the data being released in an effort to increase information to further analyze how the response to these cannabinoids can be utilized. His passion for sports and rehab medicine along with mental health awareness has led him to research in the medical cannabis sector. Research that indicates there are major benefits in the addiction and mental health recovery side of medical cannabis CBD therapy.

Hillary Hassen

Hilary Hassen is a second year sociology student at Mount Royal University. She is passionate about social justice and environmental protection and has worked continuously in these sectors. After her degree, she is hoping to continue her work in the non profit sector helping social structures to better support the people they were made for. This will be her first experience being on a Board of Directors, and her first opportunity to write grants for a non profit, two opportunities that have already taught her immeasurable amounts. Being on the Board of Directors for Alberta Association for Better Communities dba Centre for Wholeness & Well Being,  has opened numerous doors for her as a blossoming professional, and has allowed her to help others wherever, and however she can.

Liana Gilmour

As a fierce advocate for social and environmental change, Liana Gilmour is an experienced professional whose personal and professional passions cross paths where social reform begins. Liana is a promoter for advancing policy to better serve marginalized groups within her community. She hopes to blend her personal passion for serving the vulnerable, with her breadth of professional expertise. She brings an extensive resume in macro- level strategic planning, needs analysis, and resource allocation. She is an adept public speaker, a community advocate, and is thrilled to have the opportunity to participate on a board that will influence the social and political space for persons suffering from mental health and addiction.  

Wanda Rowe

Executive Director at Lionsheart Wholeness Centre. Bio coming.