DRS - Key Persons


Alice Houston-Mais

Job Titles:
  • RCC Clinical Director

Alicia Montague

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Counselor

Allen Lagore

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Carol (Cowan) Cowan-Morneau

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Catherine Brooke

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Claudia Gemme

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Quality Management Team
  • Website Developer

Connor Green

Job Titles:
  • Counsellor

Crosbie House

Crosbie House is a recovery and addiction center. After reviewing the website, we found that the program offers individual and group counseling specific to the client. The program lasts four weeks within a residential setting. The program does everything possible to expediate admissions.

Deborah Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Dr. Troy Davies

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Dr. Vera Tarman

Job Titles:
  • FCFP, ABAM Medical Director

Janit Doyle

Job Titles:
  • Contracted Clinical Supervisor

Jeffrey Sica

Job Titles:
  • Director of Youth Services

Karine Gemme

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Quality Management Team
  • Website Quality Manager

Kent Carter

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Kristen Deveau

Job Titles:
  • Nurse

MADD Halifax

Job Titles:
  • Regional

Maison La Bouee

Maison La Bouee is a substance use treatment center. After reviewing the website, we found that it is a 12-step program. These programs include external therapy for 12 weeks, 12-month external aftercare follow-up, counseling, and relapse prevention.

Marcel Gemme - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder
  • Writer Profile
Marcel Gemme has been helping people struggling with addiction for over 19 years. He first started as an intake counselor for a drug rehabilitation center in 2000. During his 5 years as an intake counselor, he helped many addicts get the treatment they needed. He also dealt with the families and friends of those people; he saw first-hand how much strain addiction puts on a family and how it can tear relationships apart. With drug and alcohol problems constantly on the rise in the United States and Canada, he decided to use the Internet as a way to educate and help many more people in both those countries. This was 15 years ago. Marcel Gemme has been helping people struggling with addiction for over 20 years. He first started as an intake counselor for a drug rehabilitation center in 2000. During his 5 years as an intake counselor, he helped many addicts get the treatment they needed. He also dealt with the families and friends of those people; he saw first-hand how much strain addiction puts on a family and how it can tear relationships apart. With drug and alcohol problems constantly on the rise in the United States and Canada, he decided to use the Internet as a way to educate and help many more people in both those countries. This was 15 years ago. Since then, Marcel has built two of the largest websites in the U.S. and Canada, Addicted.org and Drugrehab.ca, which reach and help millions of people each year. He is the founder of DRS, the organization hosting those two websites. An expert author and a leader in the field of drug and alcohol addiction. His main focus is threefold: education, prevention and rehabilitation. To this day, he still strives to be at the forefront of technology in order to help more and more people. He is a Licensed Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist graduate with Honours of Stratford Career Institute. Marcel has also received a certificate from Harvard for completing a course entitled The Opioid Crisis in America and a certificate from The University of Adelaide for completing a course entitled AddictionX: Managing Addiction: A Framework for Successful Treatment. He is a member of NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals and a member of International Society of Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Professionals (ISSUP). Marcel Gemme's Top Guides Marcel uses his experience to provide helpful information to individuals affected by substance use. He also has guides to help prevent drug and alcohol use. Marcel has written two books on the subject of substance use. This is Marcel's first book, available on Amazon. Get it here! This is Marcel's SECOND book, available on Amazon. Get it here!

Marie Garceau

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Quality Management Team
  • Website Quality Manager

Mary Chudley

Job Titles:
  • Masters in Health Studies Director of Health and Support Services

Matt (John) Evans

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Nickolaus Hayes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Editorial Team
  • Web Content Specialist

Nicole Landry - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Finance

Patricia Bacon

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Rob Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Ryan Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Sid Rolo

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Stephen Bartolo

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Steve Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Stu Barrington-Foote

Job Titles:
  • ICADC, CCAC Youth Program Coordinator

Sylvain Fournier - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder
  • Member of the Editorial Team
  • Founder and CEO of Drug Rehab Institute
Sylvain Fournier is the Founder and CEO of Drug Rehab Institute established in 2010. He has been working in the field of addiction since 2005. After struggling with addiction for 20 years, Sylvain went to a residential treatment facility that helped him to start his recovery, and he has been clean and sober since then. That is when he made it his life's work to assure that all who fight with substance abuse get to hear the message of hope and freedom needed for permanent recovery. His previous work experience includes six years of service in the field of addiction. As a Drug Prevention Specialist, he educated thousands of people through Drug Education Lecture to help them understand better how drugs can affect one's life, health, mind, body, and future. He also worked as Legal Liaison Officer, Director of Admission and Director of Business Development and Public Relations Officer for a private drug and alcohol treatment center. Since 2010, he commits to identify and introduce addiction services determined to be clinically necessary for the patient and family. His main goal today is to make sure that families and individuals battling substance abuse get the help, assistance, and guidance that they need to break the chains of addiction and find the way to recovery. He is a Licensed Drug and Alcohol Treatment Specialist graduate with Honours of Stratford Career Institute and is a Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor from the National Association of Forensic Counselors.

Taylor Dube

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Vanessa Sim-Tkachuk

Job Titles:
  • Professional Staff

Vicky Gemme

Job Titles:
  • Public Relations Coordinator

Villa Ignatia

Villa Ignatia is a therapy house that treats people struggling with addiction. After examining the website, we found that clients can receive admission without delay and access withdrawal management and treatment. There is a presence of nursing staff six days a week and two models of intervention.

Vincent Chua

Job Titles:
  • ICADC, CCTACP Adult Program Medical Coordinator