Happy Women’s Herstory Month from the Women’s Centre of Calgary! Here are 8 ways to support the Centre this month and help celebrate the women in our community. Celebrate with us Commemorate International Women’s Day by celebrating with us on March 8th! You can also attend our other events, programs, and workshops happening this March. …
We would like to invite our volunteers to a day of appreciation! We will be having our annual volunteer appreciation event in person this year on Tuesday, November 2 at the Centre. To maintain social distancing, we will have three different times available to celebrate with each other: 10:00am -12:30 pm 1:00-3:30 pm 5:00-7:30 …
Tell us a bit about yourself! Hello! My name is Meaghan, and I am a social work student at Mount Royal University. What is your personal definition of feminism? I find myself never having a solid definition of feminism. My definition of feminism is always changing as I am always learning new things. Feminism to …
In a year of disruption and uncertainty, the Women’s Centre’s Holiday Toy Room program hopes to bring a bit of relief and holiday joy to Calgary women and their families. Each year, for 10 days in December, the Women’s Centre’s space is transformed into a gift centre. In the weeks leading up to the program …
Three Ways to Support Our Holiday Toy Room: Donations, Toy Drives and Volunteering Read More »
During the initial shutdown due to the pandemic, the peer volunteers were helping women stay connected to the Women’s Centre through connections phone calls, but the Centre itself was very quiet. On a particularly slow day, some volunteers wandered into the Centre’s side yard and became inspired to create a community garden. Since then they …
Volunteers Grow Gardening Activities at the Women’s Centre Read More »
Please join us for this workshop on some basic Zoom training on Thursday, June 25th from 5pm to 6:30pm. The training will explore basic ways on how to use Zoom to facilitate and moderate our online Women’s Centre workshops while still keeping it inclusive, engaging and maintaining our values just like we would do in …
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Please join us for this one hour workshop on some basic Zoom training on Thursday, May 28th from 4pm – 5pm. The training will explore basic ways on how to use Zoom to facilitate and moderate our online workshops while still keeping it inclusive, engaging and maintaining our values just like we would do in …
Zoom Basic Training for WC Facilitators and Moderators Read More »
This event has been cancelled due to concerns around the spread of Covid-19.
The Women’s Centre Reconciliation training workshop will provide some details of Indigenous history for background and context to some of the issues impacting Indigenous populations. The workshop applies a gender lens on colonization and the barriers faced by Indigenous women in particular. We will also explore Indigenous social issues and decolonization. Participants of the Reconciliation …
This event has been cancelled due to concerns around the spread of Covid-19.