It’s Financial Literacy Month in Canada! An excellent time to focus our attention on gaining insights and skills to improve our financial health and wellbeing, particularly before the holiday season! My name is Albiona, and I am an Economic Empowerment Coordinator with YW Calgary Women’s Economic Prosperity team. I support women with moving towards [...]
Zandile Moyo, Guest Contributor The World Health Organization (WHO) defines violence as, "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation." In [...]
We are committed to sharing the changemakers who help empower our organization with you through our We Are YW series. This month, we wanted to highlight one of our incredible board members, Pritma Dhillon Chattha. A deeply involved member of our community, Pritma is a Yale educated nurse executive and award-winning serial entrepreneur [...]
September 9-16 is Welcoming Week in Canada. In this post, Safa Shanneb, Communications Specialist, Communication & Community Relations, shares her personal experience. When asked what would surprise people to learn about me, I instantly responded, “I’ve lived in eight countries over the course of my life.” I was born in Libya and have [...]
We are lucky. Supporters of YW Calgary are thoughtful individuals, who share a concern for women and families experiencing poverty, homelessness, domestic violence and mental health challenges and are committed to building a better future. Often people think about contributing to the causes they care about with monthly donations or volunteering time, but [...]
September 9-16 is Welcoming Week in Canada. In this post, Zandile Moyo, Supervisor of YW Calgary's Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC), shares her personal experience. Immigration has historically been a defining characteristic of Canada, and it is often referred to as one of the country’s most significant economic advantages. According to [...]
It is thanks to the dedication and support of our people that YW Calgary can do the work we do to support our community. In this new monthly series, we invite you to meet our changemakers – from the dedicated volunteers sitting on our Board of Directors to the core group of executives [...]
YW Calgary recently hosted their 111th Annual General Meeting which highlighted some of the amazing accomplishments of the past year, as well as welcoming the new Chair of the YWCA Board of Directors, Sharon Carry. Lara Murphy, who filled the role of Board Chair since 2020 – in the midst of the chaos [...]
The issue of domestic violence is well-known to YW Calgary. For decades, we have supported Calgarians impacted by violence by providing shelter, counselling, and community-based case management programs. As is the case with any issue, with time comes greater understanding and using an intersectional lens, we recognize that there are unique considerations for [...]
I recently decided to make a deliberate effort to learn more the “2S” in LGBTQIA2S+. Getting started, here’s what the full acronym means: L – Lesbian G – Gay B – Bisexual T – Transgender Q – Queer I – Intersex A – Asexual 2S – Two-Spirit + - All the other ways [...]
