Who we are
The RedPath Wellness Centre grew out of years of frontline work with individuals and communities who were cycling through crisis, relapse, and repeated service use without finding lasting stability. Again and again, we saw that people were not failing — the systems around them were not addressing the deeper pain, disconnection, and lived experiences driving their struggles. RedPath was created to respond to those gaps.
From this work, the RedPath Wellness Centre developed as a structured, community-based space where healing could happen through consistency, accountability, and connection. We are not a drop-in space, and we are not here to rescue anyone. Healing at RedPath requires commitment, participation, and honesty. We offer structure, support, and community — while recognizing that meaningful change belongs to the individual.
Our work is grounded in emotional awareness, accountability, storytelling, and connection. We create safe, non-judgmental environments where people can build skills, understand their patterns, and begin living differently — not just for a moment, but in ways that support long-term wellness.
How We Help
We support healing in three primary ways:
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Community-based programming for individuals committed to long-term healing while remaining connected to their daily lives, families, and community. This pathway offers structured group programming, emotional skill-building, and ongoing support focused on stability, accountability, and sustainable change.
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A structured 30-day residential experience for individuals who require focused time, stability, and support to address trauma and underlying patterns. Participants engage in guided programming that builds emotional awareness, accountability, healthy relationships, and prepares them for life beyond recovery.
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For over 20 years, the RedPath approach has been shared across Canada through facilitator training, virtual programming, and partnerships with communities. We support organizations and facilitators to bring the RedPath model into their own spaces in ways that are culturally relevant, community-centred, and sustainable.
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Across all pathways, the RedPath approach remains consistent — focused on addressing underlying issues, building emotional and relational skills, and supporting long-term wellness.
Our History
RedPath was developed and piloted at Kingston Penitentiary following a needs assessment that identified a gap in available programming for Indigenous participants. At the time, existing approaches relied heavily on cognitive behavioural therapy and did not adequately address the cultural, spiritual, and relational dimensions of healing. RedPath was created to respond to these gaps and better reflect the lived realities of the men it was designed to support.
The program was shaped through frontline experience in correctional, Indigenous, and community-based settings. Its development was informed by the work of Peggy Shaughnessy, a nurse and researcher with the Emotional Health Lab at Trent University, whose community-based practice contributed to a structured, relationship-based approach that centers accountability, lived experience, and culturally relevant healing.
The men at Kingston Penitentiary named the program RedPath, describing it as walking in a good way — choosing a life guided by honesty, respect, responsibility, and connection, and turning away from destructive paths such as addiction and violence.
Over the next two decades, RedPath was delivered in communities across Canada, particularly within Indigenous communities, where the same truth continued to emerge: people are not broken — they are disconnected. Healing becomes possible when those disconnections are addressed within safe, supportive community spaces.
In 2022, with advocacy and support from the Ontario government, RedPath was piloted in Peterborough through the Moving Beyond Addiction project. Whitepath Consulting served as the service provider, with Right to Heal supporting the initiative through financial and community partnership. This work highlighted the need for dedicated spaces that support long-term healing, not just short-term stabilization.
In 2025, the RedPath Wellness Centre opened at 271 Brock Street in partnership with Right to Heal. The centre was created as a place to support community healing — helping individuals reconnect with themselves, with others, and with their lives, one person at a time.
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The RedPath approach was shaped by decades of lived experience, nursing, and research, informed by work in correctional systems, Indigenous communities, and community-based healing environments across Canada.
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