Hi, I’m Dana – YW Calgary’s Community Engagement Coordinator and top wellness enthusiast! I am passionate about leading an active lifestyle and encouraging others to do the same. I am an avid rock climber, and I love spending time outdoors climbing, biking, or just relaxing in the sun. While I do oversee the Fitness [...]
As we head into Mother’s Day weekend, we’d like to introduce you to Aileen, a woman who experienced domestic abuse and fled with her three young children. With nowhere else to go, and lacking the financial means support her children, she sought refuge at YW Calgary. In addition to providing safe shelter and [...]
Like other non-profit organizations, fundraising is very important to keeping our doors open and our services benefiting the community. While applying for grants and funding is a large part of our funding strategy, a sizeable part of our donations actually come from community fundraisers, also called third-party fundraisers, by supporters of our mission [...]
I’ll let you in on what the original plan looked like. When I was young, I wanted to be a “Video Jockey” on Much Music Television. Alas, my TV career didn’t pan out and instead I became a Registered Social Worker. I can say with confidence, I absolutely made the right decision. Another [...]
For Immediate Release March 8, 2022 (Calgary, AB) – YW Calgary celebrates International Women’s Day today by kicking off a month-long series of important conversations and events. The COVID-19 Pandemic underscored social and economic inequities that demonstrate —despite the decades of advancement—women, no matter their place in society, continue to be more vulnerable when [...]
For Immediate Release March 1, 2022 (Calgary, AB) – YW Calgary is marking this year’s International Women’s Day – Month – not only with several events that both celebrate the successes and resilience of women, but also by shining a light on the economic, educational, and professional barriers that remain for women to truly [...]
March 8 marks International Women’s Day, one of the most important days of the year to celebrate women's achievements and raise awareness about women's equality. We are kicking off the month of activities on March 3 @ 1pm with a can’t miss Instagram Live conversation between YW Calgary’s own Talia Bell, VP, Programs [...]
My 13-year tenure at YW is making me nostalgic. I have been reflecting on my experience and, with an appropriate amount of existential, millennial angst, trying to assign meaning to all of it. Permanence was never a security I had growing up. I left my country of birth at 4 months old and [...]
On the occasion of Black History Month, Mindfulicity expert and YW Calgary Director, Special Projects, Lana Bentley shares her experience as a Black woman practicing mental health in An Open Letter on Mindfulicity’s blog. I got my first job as a therapist in a mental health clinic in 2006. Things were different then. [...]
Family Day is just around the corner! We thought we would take this opportunity to reflect on the importance of family connections and the potential impact – positive and negative – they can have on the larger community. Research shows that family connections and parent-child attachment are at the heart of ALL healthy [...]
