Our View – The YW Blog
May 2018
Steps Toward a Healthier Future
YW Counselling provides tools and strategies to manage strong emotions and help build healthy families. Lana Bentley, Program Operations Director, shares more about the program and how it benefits YW clients: Q: When the YW[...]
Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is bittersweet day at YW. Women who find their way to YW are often fleeing abuse, experiencing poverty, homelessness or isolation. Some have left their homes because they’re no longer safe and[...]
April 2018
When misogyny kills
“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” ― Margaret Atwood News of the devastating attack in Toronto has spread across the world and for[...]
Think Big! Lead Now! – YW Calgary Style
Featuring a post from YW team member who had the opportunity to travel to Ontario meet incredible women from across the country and hone in her leadership style! On March 8, I had the opportunity[...]
March 2018
A New Evolution for YW Calgary
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[...]
International Women’s Day: Press for Progress
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[...]
February 2018
Calling for change: Tina Fontaine
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[...]
Healthy Relationships
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[...]
January 2018
Blue Monday, grey January & underemployment
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[...]
Women’s March & #MeToo
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[...]
New Year, New City?
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[...]
December 2017
Giving Back: Holiday Edition
"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[...]
Alberta’s Fair and Family Friendly Workplaces Act
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[...]
Giving back this holiday season
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[...]
#BreakTheSilenceYYC
Each year the Calgary Police respond to more than 18,000 domestic conflict calls. For reference, that’s two times more than the number of break and enter calls and three times the number of stolen[...]
November 2017
A Recap: YWHISPER 2017
Thursday, November 16, 2017, YW Calgary hosted our 7th annual YWHISPER Fundraising Gala featuring former lead prosecutor and women’s rights champion, Marcia Clark. The gala, held at TELUS Convention Centre was attended by more[...]