The Canadian women in the 2016 Rio Olympics have lit the stage with dazzling athletic performances winning the majority of Canada’s medals. The gold medal count began with Penny Oleksiak, and it was not until Day 9 that a male athlete won a medal. Despite the numerous achievements of the female athletes, there was a [...]
August brings the end of summer and starts a countdown to the beginning of school for all types of students. For many first-year university students, it’s an exciting time in their lives with the beginning of their post-secondary education and their first steps into adulthood. But the start of university brings the highly anticipated, controversial [...]
Last January PLC staff and practicum students built this amazing Chinese New Year dragon for their winter celebration event. Today is Canadian Multiculturalism Day, a day designated by the Government of Canada as a celebration of Canada’s multicultural groups. YWCA Parent Link Corridor (PLC) offers multicultural programming to welcome new families to Canada. [...]
YWCA CEO Sue Tomney and YWCA Board Chair Lori Van Rooijen address the audience at our first CELEBRATE event. On March 6th, 2014, the YWCA of Calgary hosted our first CELEBRATE event, in honour of International Women’s Day. Calgary’s best and brightest gathered for a fun night of drinks and appetizers at Belgo [...]
