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Remembering Marnie

Marnie was a fixture at Atira, well known, well respected and well-loved across the organization. Her loss was and continues to be felt deeply.

Atira’s CEO, Janice Abbott, spoke with Michelle Eliot from On the Coast, CBC Radio on April 13, 2017 about the loss of Marnie Crassweller, to a suspected overdose. Marnie was a fixture at Atira, well known, well respected and well-loved across the organization. Her loss was and continues to be felt deeply. The clip of Janice’s interview can be heard here

To see Marnie’s 2013 nomination for Atira’s 30th Anniversary Celebration, honouring 30 women and which is mentioned in the interview, click here

The original and full CBC On the Coast podcast can be found here
Read part of the Tyee’s Series, featuring Marnie: Loved Ones Lost: Tears for Marnie