This week YW celebrated a milestone in the construction of our new home with our long-time service partners from service partners from the Government of Alberta and the City of Calgary. We announced $8.6 million dollars in funding from the provincial and municipal government to support our transitional housing program. As our project evolves before [...]
Maclean’s covers offered two a visual representation of what the pay gap looks like for men and women. In Canada, the pay equity gap can range from eight per cent to as high as 50 per cent, which means that women consistently have to do more with less. Women in Alberta face some of the [...]
More than 1,200 Indigenous women and girls have gone missing or been murdered in Canada. This number represents the number of women and girls that Canada has failed. It represents a system, a culture and a society that has continually told Indigenous women, girls and their families that their lives are disposable. It took [...]
We’ve all heard about this mythical unicorn known as a healthy relationship, it is the gold standard by which we must hold every relationship too. It apparently exists somewhere in the universe, but no one can seemingly explain what it entails. Having a healthy relationship is not a topic that you learn in school (despite [...]
Like many Calgarians, Julie found herself affected by the economic downturn in 2016. She lost her job and was unsure where to turn for support. Unsuccessful in her job search for several months she began searching for tools and strategies to help her secure employment. Julie found YW and immediately felt welcomed and connected [...]
January 2017 women from around the world came together in solidarity and marched against the hate, division and vitriol the 2016 United States election had created, leaving many fearful for their rights and their future. In the year since the first Women’s March, there has been a shift in the public conversation. More and [...]
New Year, new me? That’s the kind of response we’ve been seeing over social media and in the news for the last few weeks, which got us thinking, as a women serving organization what would be three new years resolutions we would want to see in our community and in our province? What can Calgary [...]
"I hope you have a Holly, Jolly Christmas this year or any other holiday you celebrate" - Mackenna As many get ready to spend some much needed R’n’R time with loved ones, it can be easy to lose sight of the women and children in Calgary who still need your support. For many, the [...]
January 1, 2018, marks the first time in nearly 40 years that the Alberta Employment Standards Code and the Labour Relations Code are being updated. Alberta hasn’t updated these critical pieces of legislation since the 1980s, which meant we were falling far behind other provinces and the rest of the world in modernizing the [...]
My name is Joanne. I am originally from British Columbia, but I was born in Alberta. I came to YW Calgary through a varied route, one turn one way or another, I would not have been here at all, in any capacity. I became homeless about 8 years as a result of losing my [...]
