Over the past few weeks, we’ve been discussing the YWCA Calgary’s Practice Framework and its impact on the YW. This week, we’re taking a hiatus from the Practice Framework series to talk about the historic change at the YW. This week, after five years of vision, programmatic and strategic organizational change, YWCA changed their name [...]
For Immediate Release INTRODUCING YWCA CALGARY: THE FRESH NEW PERSONALITY CALGARY, October 19, 2016 – Today, YWCA Calgary (YW) brings together five years of vision, programmatic and strategic organizational change with a refreshed brand that represents a personality focused on empowering through partnership, advocating with tenacity and leading with fortitude. The name change from YWCA [...]
Social media gives birth to many trends, from the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to planking, but one of the most alarming recent trends is #RelationshipGoals and its reference to the new movie, Suicide Squad. The hashtag and the posts that followed idealized a relationship that in no uncertain terms is physically, emotionally and psychologically [...]
The Canadian women in the 2016 Rio Olympics have lit the stage with dazzling athletic performances winning the majority of Canada’s medals. The gold medal count began with Penny Oleksiak, and it was not until Day 9 that a male athlete won a medal. Despite the numerous achievements of the female athletes, there was a [...]
August brings the end of summer and starts a countdown to the beginning of school for all types of students. For many first-year university students, it’s an exciting time in their lives with the beginning of their post-secondary education and their first steps into adulthood. But the start of university brings the highly anticipated, controversial [...]
“You’re crazy – that never happened.” "You see everything in the most negative way." “It’s all in your head.” “You're making that up." Hearing any of this from your partner can have your brain, memory and perceptions spinning. You begin to distrust your instincts, your memory and ultimately your ability to discern reality from [...]
The cowboy boots are off; the jean jackets are hung up and the bedazzled belts are gone marking the end of another Stampede. The excitement of the Calgary Stampede keeps the entire city buzzing throughout the 10-day celebration of our city’s western roots. The event kicked off with families marching down to the annual Stampede [...]
It is 2016, we have a gender-balanced cabinet, there is a 50 per cent chance the next President of the United States of America will be a woman and the recently appointed British Prime Minister is a woman. Yet we are still trying to convince the public that women on boards is just good business [...]
Part of what makes the YWCA such a great place to work is the support and commitment our staff have to ongoing learning experiences. Our staff continues to ensure they are always on top of best practices in their various programs, to cultivate an environment that is innovative and engaged. Attitudes like this ensure we [...]
The debate on minimum wage increases in Alberta is a combination of fact and fiction. Opponents of minimum wage tend to argue that the economy can’t handle it, there will be massive job losses or those relying on minimum wage are teenagers living at home. These arguments tend to ignore the facts and evidence [...]
