by M2W2 Staff | Jul 15, 2020 | Features
Reading Time: 8 minutes Downtown Abbotsford has changed a lot in 20 years. Its heritage buildings, once vacant, are now home to thriving small businesses. New condos have been constructed, and with so many businesses and homes in proximity, the neighbourhood has...
by M2W2 Staff | Jun 16, 2020 | Features
Reading Time: 5 minutes Recently, Fran Bosa, who volunteers with us, published a memoir. The book is titled One Life On Earth. Last week, we connected over email to ask Fran about her new book and what inspired it. We also wanted to see how an author promotes a...
by M2W2 Staff | May 19, 2020 | Features
Reading Time: 4 minutes After launching in 2018, the No One Leaves Alone (NOLA) Reintegration Project is seeing its first group of dynamic members approach their warrant expiry dates. This means the conclusion of their sentences, and the end of supervision by...
by LD | May 7, 2020 | Features
Reading Time: 2 minutes It is HARD! I am plugging through, though. There are good days and not so good days. Days when I want to scream “Enough with this craziness! When will this end?” Worries wash over me and drag me down and down. And then, I take a walk and...
by M2W2 Staff | Apr 30, 2020 | Features
Reading Time: 3 minutes With so much going on, including the COVID-19 outbreak at Mission Institution, it’s easy to forget that people in prisons continue to deal with the day-to-day struggles of incarceration. Many prisoners face ongoing mental health issues,...
by M2W2 Staff | Apr 24, 2020 | Features
Reading Time: 3 minutes For Hilary King, volunteering is an activity that takes her across borders. Here in Canada, she’s an in-prison mentor with M2/W2, something she’s done for over twenty years. She is also the founder and Executive Director of Embrace...
