Having recently met some of the women, children and men the YWCA supports; I can imagine how impactful this holiday season will be for them. At this time of year, throughout the YWCA, there are many who are not expecting to have a very merry holiday. However, last week I witnessed the generosity of our [...]
Once again, Calgarians looking for safe and appropriate housing options were disappointed by City Council’s failure to vote in favour of legalizing secondary suites. Elsewhere in Canada secondary suites are a viable option for individuals looking for low cost housing, but Calgary seems to continue to struggle with this and leaves many out in the [...]
This year, GivingTuesday was a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the values and passions of our donors. The YWCA Resource Development team decided to give back to donors this year with a small token of their appreciation in the form of a framed poem. Three members of our resource development team discuss their experiences [...]
On December 6, 1989 at a busy college campus in Montreal Quebec, 14 women were brutally murdered by a man targeting women. The man claimed he was “fighting feminism” according to news outlets capturing the horrible event and had placed blame on “feminists” for ruining his life through political motives. Three years following the massacre, [...]
December 2, 2014 is a National Giving Day known as GivingTuesday. The “opening day of the giving season,” it is a day where charities, companies and individuals join together to share commitments, rally for favourite causes and think about others. By way of celebrating, the YWCA Resource Development team has identified several donors and volunteers [...]
For the fourth year, the YWCA of Calgary encouraged Calgarians to support the city’s most vulnerable women through its annual YWCA WHYWHISPER Fundraising Gala. The gala was held on Thursday, November 20, 2014 at the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre. The YWCA WHYWHISPER Fundraising Gala raises funds to support emergency shelter, housing, counselling and skills development [...]
As a small girl you watch Disney movies and admire the princesses while dreaming of your own Prince Charming coming to sweep you off your feet. You dream of your wedding day, how happy and perfect it will be. What Disney doesn’t teach you, your parents teach. The teach you right from wrong; that hitting [...]
Reprinted with permission. Originally posted on the Times & Transcript on Nov. 6th, 2014. It was difficult to even begin to think about how to write this week’s column. It was a foregone conclusion that I’d be covering the allegations of sexual violence that have emerged against CBC radio darling Jian Ghomeshi, as well as [...]
On Saturday, November 1, 2014 the YWCA Marketing & Communications team was at South Centre Mall with other agencies that comprise the communications arm of the Calgary Domestic Violence Collective (CDVC) to kick off Family Violence Prevention Month. Each year since 1986 in the town of Hinton Alberta, individuals, social service agencies and political supporters [...]
YWCA of Calgary would like to share this guest submission in honor of Family Violence Prevention Month: When I knew the screaming and yelling was okay…….. It’s Sunday afternoon and ‘football day’ in our house. The dogs assume their positions on the couch and my husband starts getting excited. His cheers and screams can be [...]
