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Starlings Community Supporting youth impacted by the stress and stigma of a parents substance use through youth programming, caregiver supports, and professional training.

It’s our favourite (and busiest!) time of the year ✨✨Save the Date: Create, Celebrate, and Dream with Us!  Join Starling...
10/28/2026

It’s our favourite (and busiest!) time of the year ✨✨

Save the Date: Create, Celebrate, and Dream with Us! 
Join Starling’s Community and Starling’s Youth Council for an inspiring event celebrating National Child Day, for the first time IN PERSON in Calgary! 

Youth-led. Creativity-fuelled. Dream-building. 
Date: November 21, 2026
Time: 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: Calgary, AB Friends of Chinatown YYC
Funding provided by the City of Calgary  🎉

Who is this for?
-Open to youth, adults, and families (kids under 12 must attend with an adult).
-Features a panel aimed at 14+ year olds and community members ✨passionate about empowering youth-led change✨.

Get it in your calendars as spots will be limited and join us to connect, support local youth leadership, and help dream up a brighter future for youth.

Do you have a young person aged 9–13 who has experienced loss related to parental substance use?Our Grief & Glue group m...
10/26/2026

Do you have a young person aged 9–13 who has experienced loss related to parental substance use?

Our Grief & Glue group meets tomorrow!
No art experience or special supplies needed. Just paper and pencils or markers!

Young people can explore the emotions and experiences connected to grief through a creative, art-based activity alongside peers who may understand some of what they’re going through.

The session is facilitated by a mentor with lived experience who is also an addiction counsellor. Together, we’ll explore grief and help young people better understand their feelings and experiences.

Sometimes, connecting with others who get it can make a difference.

Register here or email us at [email protected] https://www.starlings.ca/griefsupport

We have ✨NEW IN PERSON✨ times available for support on Tuesdays from 4-8pm and Thursdays 12-4pm in Calgary. If you are a...
10/24/2026

We have ✨NEW IN PERSON✨ times available for support on Tuesdays from 4-8pm and Thursdays 12-4pm in Calgary.

If you are a person who is growing up with parental substance use challenges or a family caregiver of a youth 6+, we have free 1:1, small group, and resources and tools to support you or your young person to work through their grief, learn coping tools and connect with someone who understands.

Book here https://www.starlings.ca/1on1peermentorship

or Learn more by emailing us at [email protected].

What happens when peers who have grown up with parental substances challenges come together to reflect on connect on an ...
10/17/2026

What happens when peers who have grown up with parental substances challenges come together to reflect on connect on an unpack how stressed stigma and safety has shown up in their life? Encouragement, empowerment, connection, and hope .

The fall session of our PEM program wraps up this month, and we are reflecting on the words of one of our last cohorts, during the final session where the stories which were built over eight weeks are shared, and it is ✨. Hard stories are shared, as are the stories that highlight strength, healing, and beauty, all of which can co-exist.

Our PEM program is one of the core programs we offer at Starlings since 2022, and how we are supporting the mental health and healing of the next generation of storytellers, leaders and changemakers.

Check out what’s coming up? Book here: https://www.starlings.ca/starlingscalendar Mental Health Foundation AlbertaCit...
10/09/2026

Check out what’s coming up?
Book here: https://www.starlings.ca/starlingscalendar

Mental Health Foundation AlbertaCity of Calgary – Your Local Government Sunrise Healing Lodge SocietyRecovery On Campus - ROC Alberta

10/08/2026

Growing up with parental substance use challenges can be hard…

-Taking care of things at home, like caring for parent or siblings
-Responding during crises or other difficult moments
-Having a harder time sleeping, focusing at school, or connecting with friends because of the worries

So finding information and supports without shame or fear shouldn’t be.

That’s why we exist.

Head to our website to access stigma free information such as:
-why does my parent use drugs
-what can help them or me
-where can I find peers who understand
-toolkits on caring for a parent, and on advocating for yourself and your family.
-online and in person groups for 9-14 year olds and 15+.

Link in bio to learn more or reach out at [email protected]

Thanks to Pokaiks for a beautiful coming together of community for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and to all...
10/01/2026

Thanks to Pokaiks for a beautiful coming together of community for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and to all the community members who stopped by to learn about and accessed our resources, supported our organization by purchasing merch, generously shared their stories, and to everyone who contributed to our murmeration of hope (messages we add to our free hope kits).

Truth and reconciliation does not begin or end on September 30. It means continuing to listen, learn, and act on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action, including equitable access to health care and mental health services, addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system, supporting Indigenous children and families, and upholding the rights, safety, culture and wellbeing of Indigenous people.

For us, that means continuing to ask what needs to change, listening to the people most affected, and working alongside community toward systems that are more accessible, relational and just.

Thanks Pokaiks for creating the opportunity to do so .

Murmeration of hope table.

Pokaiks

We are grateful for our community partners in this work, who inspire us and create more opportunities for families to access the resources and supports the need, including Amazing colleagues and community partners, Rebecca from Family Advocacy Support Centre and Noor with CMHA Calgary

Thanks to our funders City of Calgary and Mental Health Foundation for funding our programs to help us continue to show up in and with community.

Head to the link in our bio or www.starlings.ca to learn more.

Tonight: Free Grief and glue for youth aged 9-14who have lots a parent emotionally or physically to substance use, faci...
09/22/2026

Tonight: Free Grief and glue for youth aged 9-14who have lots a parent emotionally or physically to substance use, facilitated by a peer with lived experience.

We understand the emotions youth might hide and the ones they need space to express.

No art experience needed, no supplies, other then what you have required:) Hope kit included with initial registration and after first session.

Register here https://www.starlings.ca/griefsupport or email us at [email protected].

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Monday 4pm - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 3:30pm
Wednesday 12pm - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 4:30pm

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