This workshop has been cancelled. Please check our website calendar for upcoming dates. This is a follow up, second part to our Reconciliation training workshop. A workshop focused on allyship and decolonization. In order to contribute to systemic change, we need to understand the concepts of decolonization and reconciliation, we also need to work towards …
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Email rsvp@womenscentrecalgary.org to register. Learn about what constitutes violence against women, systemic forces that make some women more at risk of experiencing violence, and the ways we can address violence and offer help to women who are experiencing it. This workshop is required for anyone to volunteer at the Women’s Centre and will be held …
Explore women’s issues and concepts such as sexism and patriarchy. Participants will also have the chance to gain a better understanding of the Women’s Centre’s Work for Change efforts and initiatives. This workshop will be held in-person at the Women’s Centre while following Alberta Health guidelines; however, the event could move online via Zoom if …
Thursday, October 1, 1:00-2:30pm We will be learning a bit about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) and making Red Dress tribute dresses to hang on the Women’s Centre windows for Sisters in Spirit Day Oct 4th. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic child-minding will not be available during this workshop. Register below or …
Learn about the history of the Women’s Centre, the peer model, and why we do what we do. This workshop is required for anyone to volunteer at the Women’s Centre. This workshop is open to women-identifying individuals only. No children in this workshop please.
What Would a Just Transition to a Green Economy Look Like? With Alison McIntosh, Research Manager at the Parkland Institute Interested in learning more about what “just transition” to a green economy means – and should mean, for women in particular? Going beyond the current mainstream understanding to a truly just transition requires addressing existing …
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Explore women’s issues and concepts such as sexism and patriarchy. Participants will also have the chance to gain a better understanding of the Women’s Centre’s Work for Change efforts and initiatives. This workshop is open to women-identifying individuals only. No children in this workshop please.
Reconciliation – Building Relationships in Our Community You are invited to attend a workshop on Reconciliation and building relationships in our community. About this Event Facilitated by Tonya Crowchild, this workshop will open a discussion on: Why reconciliation? To build relationships; awareness, education and understanding; the importance of history of Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island; …
Calgary Women’s Centre celebrates that 2019 is the Year of Indigenous Languages, declared by The United Nations. We want to recognize the importance of increased understanding of reconciliation and culture by raising awareness of languages in our Treaty 7 Territories and other Treaty Nations. Language plays a vital role in our daily lives, to Indigenous …
I don’t have a homophobic bone in my body. These words we’ve heard spoken several times by celebrities and public figures in defense of controversial, homophobic tweets or statements they have made, and were then challenged on. What stands out to me about these comments is this notion of not being influenced by heterosexual, social …
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