Dr. Joe Dietrich grew up in Toronto and attended St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto where he graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy in 1956 and in Theology in 1961 when he was also ordained as a Catholic Priest.
In 1970 he received a Masters In Public Health from the University of Texas and in 1971 he married the love of his life Sandra. In 1975 he graduated from the University of Texas with a Ph.D. in Health Planning and Administration and spent his life dedicated to helping others and restoring the earth.
Joe and Sandra have two children, Anne Catherine, a nurse practitioner, and Matthew a registered massage therapist. They grew up on an organic farm, in the French section of Ontario just east of Ottawa, Ontario where they restored a 30 acre wetland, returning a portion of Mother Earth to its pristine state as a water filter and animal sanctuary.
His 1970 Master’s Thesis involved working with a team from the Pan American Health Organization in El Paso-Juarez in a cross cultural study on the Planning, Evaluation and Utilization of Health Services across the border of the United States and Mexico, El Paso, and Juarez. He completed his doctoral thesis in Canada in 1975 on The Planning and Evaluation of the Donwood Day Clinic for Addiction Treatment.
Joe was a member of the International Conference of Police Chaplains (Florida); of the Ontario (Canada) College of Teachers, the Canadian Psychological Association, the Order of Orthotherapy (Massage); and was an Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor(I.C.A.D.C.).
From 1961-1969 Joe was a teacher, and taught in Toronto (St. Michael’s), Windsor (Assumption), Sudbury (St. Charles), and St. Thomas High School, Houston; and worked tirelessly for social action in Ottawa, and Houston, Texas.
From 1972 Joe was a group therapist at the 50 bed inpatient Donwood Hospital; and co-wrote the grant for, and was co-founder and first director of the 30 place Donwood Day Clinic (Toronto) for the treatment of alcohol/drug related issues for individuals and families, funded through the Ontario (Canada) Ministry of Health.
In 1976 he founded and established the nonprofit corporation The Rideauwood Program in Ottawa, providing early intervention for individuals and families with alcohol and drug related issues, a program which flourishes today as an early stage community health based program.
Joe joined the Canadian Government Health Service in 1983 as the Director of Member Assistance Programs for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police where he was an individual and family counselor. He developed the program, course training standards, and directed the training for member Referral Agents in the RCMP. Joe was tasked to assess the level of drinking within the Force, undertaking a major study which resulted in substantial changes to the Force's operations in their messes nationwide throughout the 16 divisions of the 17,000 member force; leading to a renewal of the Force's Member Assistance and Alcohol/drug policies, procedures and programs. This study was documented in Joe's self-published book The Real Police Force.
Joe worked extensively with and trained both professionals and volunteers in Employee Assistance Programs in the physical, psychological and social aspects of alcohol and drug dependence.
In 1995 Joe was trained in the approved course for those on the examining board for candidates seeking the designation of I.C.A.D.C.(Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor)
From 1991 until recently, Joe worked as a family and marital counselor for the Ottawa, Ontario and the Cornwall, Ontario police forces; and has been an individual and family counselor and critical incident stress debrief-er for Employee Assistance Programs conducting more than 200 debriefings after bank robberies, shootings and other traumas.
Joe has trained in and administered the CAPS I instrument for assessing Critical Incident Stress, Acute Stress, and Post Traumatic Stress; and has assessed Police Officers for PTSD; and issued reports accepted by The Workers' Compensation authority.
In 1995 Joe received training in Reflexology, and in 1997 was certified as an Orthotech in Quebec; he trained in Body Psychotherapy, (a part of Psychoneuroimmunology), helping individuals release frustration, and resolve anxiety, loneliness and depression.
Joe's volunteer work included six years on the Prescott Russell (Ontario, Canada) Catholic and Public School Boards, six years on the Ministry of Health of Ontario Seaway Valley District Health Council, and six years on the community board of the 200 bed Brockville (Ontario) Psychiatric Hospital.
More recently Joe was a member of the pastoral care team of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Ottawa where he was a friendly visitor and held a weekly Holy Hour and Communion service at a seniors’ residence. Joe trained as part of the team assisting patients at the Grimes Lodge, a residence for patients (and their families) undergoing radiation at the Ottawa Civic Hospital Regional Cancer Treatment Center; and was a member of the Palliative Care Team for the local Carefor Association in Prescott Russell, (Home Nursing and Counseling) where with characteristic devotion he attended one dying person each week to help them tell their story, complete their earthly lives, and move into timeless life with God.
Joe was a member of the volunteer group of the Victim's Assistance Program of the Ontario Provincial Police in Prescott-Russell; and served for two years on the board of Bruce House, a residence/community health program for persons with HIV/Aids.
Recently Joe led a meditation group for seniors, taught a course in the Phases of Life for seniors and volunteered for Elizabeth Briere St.Vincent's Hospital.
Joe was a loved husband, father, brother and uncle who brought compassion to all who knew him, and is greatly missed.
In 1970 he received a Masters In Public Health from the University of Texas and in 1971 he married the love of his life Sandra. In 1975 he graduated from the University of Texas with a Ph.D. in Health Planning and Administration and spent his life dedicated to helping others and restoring the earth.
Joe and Sandra have two children, Anne Catherine, a nurse practitioner, and Matthew a registered massage therapist. They grew up on an organic farm, in the French section of Ontario just east of Ottawa, Ontario where they restored a 30 acre wetland, returning a portion of Mother Earth to its pristine state as a water filter and animal sanctuary.
His 1970 Master’s Thesis involved working with a team from the Pan American Health Organization in El Paso-Juarez in a cross cultural study on the Planning, Evaluation and Utilization of Health Services across the border of the United States and Mexico, El Paso, and Juarez. He completed his doctoral thesis in Canada in 1975 on The Planning and Evaluation of the Donwood Day Clinic for Addiction Treatment.
Joe was a member of the International Conference of Police Chaplains (Florida); of the Ontario (Canada) College of Teachers, the Canadian Psychological Association, the Order of Orthotherapy (Massage); and was an Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor(I.C.A.D.C.).
From 1961-1969 Joe was a teacher, and taught in Toronto (St. Michael’s), Windsor (Assumption), Sudbury (St. Charles), and St. Thomas High School, Houston; and worked tirelessly for social action in Ottawa, and Houston, Texas.
From 1972 Joe was a group therapist at the 50 bed inpatient Donwood Hospital; and co-wrote the grant for, and was co-founder and first director of the 30 place Donwood Day Clinic (Toronto) for the treatment of alcohol/drug related issues for individuals and families, funded through the Ontario (Canada) Ministry of Health.
In 1976 he founded and established the nonprofit corporation The Rideauwood Program in Ottawa, providing early intervention for individuals and families with alcohol and drug related issues, a program which flourishes today as an early stage community health based program.
Joe joined the Canadian Government Health Service in 1983 as the Director of Member Assistance Programs for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police where he was an individual and family counselor. He developed the program, course training standards, and directed the training for member Referral Agents in the RCMP. Joe was tasked to assess the level of drinking within the Force, undertaking a major study which resulted in substantial changes to the Force's operations in their messes nationwide throughout the 16 divisions of the 17,000 member force; leading to a renewal of the Force's Member Assistance and Alcohol/drug policies, procedures and programs. This study was documented in Joe's self-published book The Real Police Force.
Joe worked extensively with and trained both professionals and volunteers in Employee Assistance Programs in the physical, psychological and social aspects of alcohol and drug dependence.
In 1995 Joe was trained in the approved course for those on the examining board for candidates seeking the designation of I.C.A.D.C.(Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor)
From 1991 until recently, Joe worked as a family and marital counselor for the Ottawa, Ontario and the Cornwall, Ontario police forces; and has been an individual and family counselor and critical incident stress debrief-er for Employee Assistance Programs conducting more than 200 debriefings after bank robberies, shootings and other traumas.
Joe has trained in and administered the CAPS I instrument for assessing Critical Incident Stress, Acute Stress, and Post Traumatic Stress; and has assessed Police Officers for PTSD; and issued reports accepted by The Workers' Compensation authority.
In 1995 Joe received training in Reflexology, and in 1997 was certified as an Orthotech in Quebec; he trained in Body Psychotherapy, (a part of Psychoneuroimmunology), helping individuals release frustration, and resolve anxiety, loneliness and depression.
Joe's volunteer work included six years on the Prescott Russell (Ontario, Canada) Catholic and Public School Boards, six years on the Ministry of Health of Ontario Seaway Valley District Health Council, and six years on the community board of the 200 bed Brockville (Ontario) Psychiatric Hospital.
More recently Joe was a member of the pastoral care team of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Ottawa where he was a friendly visitor and held a weekly Holy Hour and Communion service at a seniors’ residence. Joe trained as part of the team assisting patients at the Grimes Lodge, a residence for patients (and their families) undergoing radiation at the Ottawa Civic Hospital Regional Cancer Treatment Center; and was a member of the Palliative Care Team for the local Carefor Association in Prescott Russell, (Home Nursing and Counseling) where with characteristic devotion he attended one dying person each week to help them tell their story, complete their earthly lives, and move into timeless life with God.
Joe was a member of the volunteer group of the Victim's Assistance Program of the Ontario Provincial Police in Prescott-Russell; and served for two years on the board of Bruce House, a residence/community health program for persons with HIV/Aids.
Recently Joe led a meditation group for seniors, taught a course in the Phases of Life for seniors and volunteered for Elizabeth Briere St.Vincent's Hospital.
Joe was a loved husband, father, brother and uncle who brought compassion to all who knew him, and is greatly missed.
Dr. Joe Dietrich grew up in Toronto and attended St. Michael's College at the University of Toronto where he graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy in 1956 and in Theology in 1961 when he was also ordained as a Catholic Priest.
In 1970 he received a Masters In Public Health from the University of Texas and in 1971 he married the love of his life Sandra. In 1975 he graduated from the University of Texas with a Ph.D. in Health Planning and Administration and spent his life dedicated to helping others and restoring the earth.
Joe and Sandra have two children, Anne Catherine, a nurse practitioner, and Matthew a registered massage therapist. They grew up on an organic farm, in the French section of Ontario just east of Ottawa, Ontario where they restored a 30 acre wetland, returning a portion of Mother Earth to its pristine state as a water filter and animal sanctuary.
His 1970 Master’s Thesis involved working with a team from the Pan American Health Organization in El Paso-Juarez in a cross cultural study on the Planning, Evaluation and Utilization of Health Services across the border of the United States and Mexico, El Paso, and Juarez. He completed his doctoral thesis in Canada in 1975 on The Planning and Evaluation of the Donwood Day Clinic for Addiction Treatment.
Joe was a member of the International Conference of Police Chaplains (Florida); of the Ontario (Canada) College of Teachers, the Canadian Psychological Association, the Order of Orthotherapy (Massage); and was an Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor(I.C.A.D.C.).
From 1961-1969 Joe was a teacher, and taught in Toronto (St. Michael’s), Windsor (Assumption), Sudbury (St. Charles), and St. Thomas High School, Houston; and worked tirelessly for social action in Ottawa, and Houston, Texas.
From 1972 Joe was a group therapist at the 50 bed inpatient Donwood Hospital; and co-wrote the grant for, and was co-founder and first director of the 30 place Donwood Day Clinic (Toronto) for the treatment of alcohol/drug related issues for individuals and families, funded through the Ontario (Canada) Ministry of Health.
In 1976 he founded and established the nonprofit corporation The Rideauwood Program in Ottawa, providing early intervention for individuals and families with alcohol and drug related issues, a program which flourishes today as an early stage community health based program.
Joe joined the Canadian Government Health Service in 1983 as the Director of Member Assistance Programs for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police where he was an individual and family counselor. He developed the program, course training standards, and directed the training for member Referral Agents in the RCMP. Joe was tasked to assess the level of drinking within the Force, undertaking a major study which resulted in substantial changes to the Force's operations in their messes nationwide throughout the 16 divisions of the 17,000 member force; leading to a renewal of the Force's Member Assistance and Alcohol/drug policies, procedures and programs. This study was documented in Joe's self-published book The Real Police Force.
Joe worked extensively with and trained both professionals and volunteers in Employee Assistance Programs in the physical, psychological and social aspects of alcohol and drug dependence.
In 1995 Joe was trained in the approved course for those on the examining board for candidates seeking the designation of I.C.A.D.C.(Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor)
From 1991 until recently, Joe worked as a family and marital counselor for the Ottawa, Ontario and the Cornwall, Ontario police forces; and has been an individual and family counselor and critical incident stress debrief-er for Employee Assistance Programs conducting more than 200 debriefings after bank robberies, shootings and other traumas.
Joe has trained in and administered the CAPS I instrument for assessing Critical Incident Stress, Acute Stress, and Post Traumatic Stress; and has assessed Police Officers for PTSD; and issued reports accepted by The Workers' Compensation authority.
In 1995 Joe received training in Reflexology, and in 1997 was certified as an Orthotech in Quebec; he trained in Body Psychotherapy, (a part of Psychoneuroimmunology), helping individuals release frustration, and resolve anxiety, loneliness and depression.
Joe's volunteer work included six years on the Prescott Russell (Ontario, Canada) Catholic and Public School Boards, six years on the Ministry of Health of Ontario Seaway Valley District Health Council, and six years on the community board of the 200 bed Brockville (Ontario) Psychiatric Hospital.
More recently Joe was a member of the pastoral care team of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Ottawa where he was a friendly visitor and held a weekly Holy Hour and Communion service at a seniors’ residence. Joe trained as part of the team assisting patients at the Grimes Lodge, a residence for patients (and their families) undergoing radiation at the Ottawa Civic Hospital Regional Cancer Treatment Center; and was a member of the Palliative Care Team for the local Carefor Association in Prescott Russell, (Home Nursing and Counseling) where with characteristic devotion he attended one dying person each week to help them tell their story, complete their earthly lives, and move into timeless life with God.
Joe was a member of the volunteer group of the Victim's Assistance Program of the Ontario Provincial Police in Prescott-Russell; and served for two years on the board of Bruce House, a residence/community health program for persons with HIV/Aids.
Recently Joe led a meditation group for seniors, taught a course in the Phases of Life for seniors and volunteered for Elizabeth Briere St.Vincent's Hospital.
Joe was a loved husband, father, brother and uncle who brought compassion to all who knew him, and is greatly missed.
In 1970 he received a Masters In Public Health from the University of Texas and in 1971 he married the love of his life Sandra. In 1975 he graduated from the University of Texas with a Ph.D. in Health Planning and Administration and spent his life dedicated to helping others and restoring the earth.
Joe and Sandra have two children, Anne Catherine, a nurse practitioner, and Matthew a registered massage therapist. They grew up on an organic farm, in the French section of Ontario just east of Ottawa, Ontario where they restored a 30 acre wetland, returning a portion of Mother Earth to its pristine state as a water filter and animal sanctuary.
His 1970 Master’s Thesis involved working with a team from the Pan American Health Organization in El Paso-Juarez in a cross cultural study on the Planning, Evaluation and Utilization of Health Services across the border of the United States and Mexico, El Paso, and Juarez. He completed his doctoral thesis in Canada in 1975 on The Planning and Evaluation of the Donwood Day Clinic for Addiction Treatment.
Joe was a member of the International Conference of Police Chaplains (Florida); of the Ontario (Canada) College of Teachers, the Canadian Psychological Association, the Order of Orthotherapy (Massage); and was an Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor(I.C.A.D.C.).
From 1961-1969 Joe was a teacher, and taught in Toronto (St. Michael’s), Windsor (Assumption), Sudbury (St. Charles), and St. Thomas High School, Houston; and worked tirelessly for social action in Ottawa, and Houston, Texas.
From 1972 Joe was a group therapist at the 50 bed inpatient Donwood Hospital; and co-wrote the grant for, and was co-founder and first director of the 30 place Donwood Day Clinic (Toronto) for the treatment of alcohol/drug related issues for individuals and families, funded through the Ontario (Canada) Ministry of Health.
In 1976 he founded and established the nonprofit corporation The Rideauwood Program in Ottawa, providing early intervention for individuals and families with alcohol and drug related issues, a program which flourishes today as an early stage community health based program.
Joe joined the Canadian Government Health Service in 1983 as the Director of Member Assistance Programs for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police where he was an individual and family counselor. He developed the program, course training standards, and directed the training for member Referral Agents in the RCMP. Joe was tasked to assess the level of drinking within the Force, undertaking a major study which resulted in substantial changes to the Force's operations in their messes nationwide throughout the 16 divisions of the 17,000 member force; leading to a renewal of the Force's Member Assistance and Alcohol/drug policies, procedures and programs. This study was documented in Joe's self-published book The Real Police Force.
Joe worked extensively with and trained both professionals and volunteers in Employee Assistance Programs in the physical, psychological and social aspects of alcohol and drug dependence.
In 1995 Joe was trained in the approved course for those on the examining board for candidates seeking the designation of I.C.A.D.C.(Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor)
From 1991 until recently, Joe worked as a family and marital counselor for the Ottawa, Ontario and the Cornwall, Ontario police forces; and has been an individual and family counselor and critical incident stress debrief-er for Employee Assistance Programs conducting more than 200 debriefings after bank robberies, shootings and other traumas.
Joe has trained in and administered the CAPS I instrument for assessing Critical Incident Stress, Acute Stress, and Post Traumatic Stress; and has assessed Police Officers for PTSD; and issued reports accepted by The Workers' Compensation authority.
In 1995 Joe received training in Reflexology, and in 1997 was certified as an Orthotech in Quebec; he trained in Body Psychotherapy, (a part of Psychoneuroimmunology), helping individuals release frustration, and resolve anxiety, loneliness and depression.
Joe's volunteer work included six years on the Prescott Russell (Ontario, Canada) Catholic and Public School Boards, six years on the Ministry of Health of Ontario Seaway Valley District Health Council, and six years on the community board of the 200 bed Brockville (Ontario) Psychiatric Hospital.
More recently Joe was a member of the pastoral care team of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Ottawa where he was a friendly visitor and held a weekly Holy Hour and Communion service at a seniors’ residence. Joe trained as part of the team assisting patients at the Grimes Lodge, a residence for patients (and their families) undergoing radiation at the Ottawa Civic Hospital Regional Cancer Treatment Center; and was a member of the Palliative Care Team for the local Carefor Association in Prescott Russell, (Home Nursing and Counseling) where with characteristic devotion he attended one dying person each week to help them tell their story, complete their earthly lives, and move into timeless life with God.
Joe was a member of the volunteer group of the Victim's Assistance Program of the Ontario Provincial Police in Prescott-Russell; and served for two years on the board of Bruce House, a residence/community health program for persons with HIV/Aids.
Recently Joe led a meditation group for seniors, taught a course in the Phases of Life for seniors and volunteered for Elizabeth Briere St.Vincent's Hospital.
Joe was a loved husband, father, brother and uncle who brought compassion to all who knew him, and is greatly missed.
