Red Dress Day

“People are confronted with the violence, both the violence that women are experiencing but also the power of and presence of Indigenous women.” - Jaime Black, creator of the REDress Project

DWS Events, Taking Action, Supporting Survivors, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterMay 5, 2023sis, sisters in spirit, dawson city, mmiw, mmiwg, mmiwg2s, missing and murdered indigenous women

Cloth Period Pad Making Workshop

Learn how to hand sew reusable cloth pads.

Education, Taking Action, Drop In, DWS EventsDawson Women's ShelterFebruary 7, 2023empowerment, strength, celebrate, period, period poverty, menstrual, menstrate, pads, workshop, making, connection, stigma, health Comment

Stalking Awareness Month

We’re more likely to be able to support a friend who’s being stalked if we learn to recognize what stalking looks like and also learn to challenge the myths we’re taught about stalking.

Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterJanuary 23, 2023stalking, criminal harassment, januray, ambivalently yours, julie lalonde, outside of the shadows, stalking awareness month, that's not cool, bystander interventionComment

Drug Users Deserve Dignity Not Death

Dr. Daniel Sumrok challenge us to instead of thinking about ‘addictions’ think about “ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking” because “ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking (what traditionalists call addiction) is a normal response to the adversity experienced in childhood, just like bleeding is a normal response to being stabbed.”

Drop In, Connection, Services, Supporting Survivors, 24 Hour Support Line, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterJanuary 19, 2023drop in, services, support, support survivors, opioid, crisis, catastrophe, yukon, health crisis, epidemic, addictions

Kudz Ze Kayah: Used To Be Caribou Country

The non-Indigenous mining company, BMC Minerals, chose to name their mining project the very thing it will compromise: Kaska caribou country. They didn’t name their project “caribou country” in English, either.

Education, Taking ActionDawson Women's ShelterJanuary 11, 2023sexual violence, prevention, take action, mining, land, language, sovereignty, indigenous, colonialism, reconcilliation

Men Taking Action

Men can play a huge role in ending gender-based violence. Men are part of a solution; That means being prepared to interrupt, stand up to, and prevent violence in the spaces we work, live, hang out, and study in.

Education, Taking ActionDawson Women's ShelterDecember 8, 2022sexual violence, prevention, take action, male allies, men, sexual violence prevention month

Why Femicide Inquests are Important

Inquests provide an opportunity for a public examination of a death in the context of looking for system changes that could prevent similar such deaths in the future.

Understanding Violence, Taking ActionDawson Women's ShelterDecember 5, 2022sexual assault, prevention, taking action, support, skills, violence, understanding violence, femicide, faro, yukon, inquest, domestic homocide

Resources to End Ableism

Resources, links, and videos for folks to unlearn ableism and become better allies to disabled folks.

Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterDecember 3, 2022ableism, disability, resources, book, documentary, unlearning, asl, deaf, queer Comment

Disable Activists to Follow

Who are your fave disabled activists to follow? We’ve got some ideas of kickass folks confronting ableism!

Education, Connection, Taking ActionDawson Women's ShelterDecember 2, 2022autism, disabled, ableism, oppression, audism, deaf, disability, activis Comment

Unlearning Ableism

Resources, links, and videos for folks to unlearn ableism and become better allies to disabled folks.

Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterDecember 1, 2022abelism, oppression, disability, justice, invisible disability, curb-cut effect, diability, disabled Comment

What is Gaslighting?

Gaslighting is a kind of emotional abuse where someone makes you question your reality.

Connection, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 30, 2022taking action, 16 days, gender based violence, gaslighting, control, manipulation, abuse, tactics of abuse

Gender Justice Must Include Two Spirit, Trans, and Queer Folks

As we work to prevent gender-based violence, we need to make sure we’re including Trans, Queer, and Two Spirit Folks.

Gender-Based Violence: Fact or Fiction?

Test your knowledge of gender-based violence. Take the DWS quiz!

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 26, 202216 days, gender-based violence, myths, fact, fiction, sexual assault, false reporting

Understanding Gender-Based Violence

From November 25 to December 10 we call on everyone to take action to end gender-based violence. Why do we need 16 Days?

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 25, 2022taking action, male allies, 16 days, gender based violence, julie lalonde, kira-lynn ferderber, danielle boissoneau, stalking, kinship, creative action, fatphobia

Transgender Awareness Week Reading List

DWS has got some great books about trans identities if you’re looking to do some reading. Drop-in to borrow one of these awesome reads!

Connection, Taking Action, Understanding Violence, EducationDawson Women's ShelterNovember 17, 2022taking action, 16 days, stalking, tdor, trans day of remembrance, library, reading list, LGBT, lgbqt2sai+, LGBQT, queer, two spirit

Transgender Awareness Week 2022

November 13-19 is Transgender Awareness Week

Connection, Taking Action, Understanding Violence, EducationDawson Women's ShelterNovember 16, 2022taking action, 16 days, tdor, trans day of remembrance, LGBT, lgbqt2sai+, LGBQT, queer, two spirit, transgender awareness week, intersex, yukon, queer yukon, gender

16 Days of Activism - Community Workshops

Learn the warning signs of abuse and how to help a friend.

Education, Connection, DWS Events, Helping A Friend, Supporting Survivors, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterNovember 1, 202216 Days of Activism, gendered violence, gender-based violence, learning, workshop, education, skills, supporting survivors, preventionComment

We Remember Sang and Patrick

A year ago today, Saengduean Honchaiyaphum (Sang to her friends) and Patrick McCracken were murdered by her ex-husband in Faro, Yukon.

Understanding Violence, Taking ActionDawson Women's ShelterOctober 26, 2022sexual assault, prevention, taking action, support, skills, violence, understanding violence, femicide, faro, yukon

#WeNeedYouHere

Shining a spotlight on some incredible suicide prevention campaigns.

Connection, DWS Events, Education, Helping A Friend, Supporting Survivors, Taking ActionDawson Women's ShelterSeptember 13, 2022world suicide prevention day, suicide prevention, support, we matter, we need you here

Suicide Prevention Resources

How you can recognize that a friend might be at risk of suicide, quick ways you can help, and lots of resources for supporters and folks who are struggling.

Connection, DWS Events, Helping A Friend, Supporting Survivors, Taking ActionDawson Women's ShelterSeptember 12, 2022suicide prevention, you are loved, we need you here

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