Recovery Ecosystem
Building futures beyond addiction
Plan
Recovery Ecosystem is a person-centred social care revolution.
A community-based approach to addiction recovery that connects trusted providers across treatment, mental health, housing, and wellness—so people can access the right care at the right time.
The Problem
Addiction recovery systems are fragmented, difficult to navigate, and slow to respond.
People seeking recovery from substance use disorders face a fragmented and siloed system of care. Disconnected services, providers, and resources—along with long waits and complex referral processes, often shaped by rigid systems and limited coordination—make it difficult for people to access addiction recovery and related supports when they need them most.
The Opportunity
Coordinated care, funding that follows people
Rethinking how addiction recovery is delivered creates an opportunity to move beyond fragmented systems. By intentionally coordinating the work of existing community-based organizations and aligning recovery with comprehensive supports such as mental health, housing, and other essential services, care can be delivered more efficiently and seamlessly—personalized to each person’s recovery journey. When funding is designed to follow individuals rather than institutions, resources can be deployed where and when they are needed most.
Our solution
Stronger Together
Our work is deeply rooted in collaboration with the communities we serve, supported by a network of dedicated donors, partners, and people with lived and living experience.
People
Meet the leaders
Led by Cause Leaders and guided by an Advisory Council, Recovery Ecosystem draws on deep expertise and lived experience to shape its strategy and funding decisions.
Steven Hall
Cause Leader & Director of Fund Development and Engagement, Together We Can
Steven Hall is a deeply engaged community leader with more than 15 years of experience across Canada’s non-profit and fundraising sectors. Known for his empathy and relationship-driven approach, he has led communications and engagement efforts for addiction recovery organizations working across urban and rural communities in British Columbia. Shaped by his own lived experience of addiction, treatment, and recovery, Steven brings both insight and compassion to his work as a Cause Leader with Recovery Ecosystem, where he helps strengthen collaboration across services and reduce barriers to care.
“I believe in Recovery Ecosystem because I have first-hand experience in how the delays our current system can cause harm and hopelessness for those seeking recovery. Recovery Ecosystem works to address the route of the problem by enhancing true compassion and collaboration across partners, funding and services.”
Susan Hogarth
Cause Leader & Director of Planning and Development, Together We Can
Susan Hogarth is a strategic planner and recovery advocate whose leadership is shaped by both lived experience and professional expertise. Her own journey through recovery led her to pursue a master’s degree, transforming personal experience into a commitment to advancing recovery-oriented systems of care. With decades of experience in business and organizational leadership, Susan brings a thoughtful, results-driven approach to complex challenges. As a Cause Leader with Recovery Ecosystem, she focuses on aligning community voices with evidence-based strategy to help build coordinated, inclusive recovery systems that support both individual healing and collective responsibility.
“The Recovery Ecosystem is a multi-point person-centred network of care that ensures the person needing service is going to be treated with dignity, respect, and compassion. By partnering with existing service providers and trusted professionals, individuals can build and maintain trust that our current fragmented system of care cannot emulate. This is a revolution that empowers individuals to seek support, find health and wellness, and recover their quality of life.”
Guy Felicella
Cause Leader & International Public Speaker and Recovery Advocate
Guy Felicella is an internationally recognized recovery advocate whose leadership is shaped by lived experience. After decades navigating addiction, homelessness, and life in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, he found recovery through harm reduction, community support, and determination, and has now been in recovery for over a decade. Today, Guy uses his voice and platform to advocate for a full spectrum of care—from harm reduction to recovery—and for systems grounded in dignity rather than judgment. As a speaker and advisor, he is committed to reducing stigma, improving access to treatment, and building recovery systems that reflect the real needs of people and communities across BC.
“As someone who has both lived and professional experience with the addiction and recovery sector, I see the strong value in collaboration between providers, stakeholders, and Government, but more importantly, the humans who are struggling. Being a Cause Leader with Recovery Ecosystem allows me to enhance my advocacy for services and resources that are person-centred and critical in helping others achieve health and wellness.”
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