Join DWS, Mental Wellness and Substance Use, and a variety of guest speakers for conversations and learning about perimenopause and menopause.
Join DWS, Mental Wellness and Substance Use, and a variety of guest speakers for conversations and learning about perimenopause and menopause.
This workshop, designed for helping workers, will help folks to hear a first disclosure of violence (sexual violence, harassment, intimate partner violence) as well as help participants understand the dynamics of power and control to better recognize when abuse is happening.
When it comes to supporting a loved one struggling with substance use, we all have our own unique skills. And, although remote, our community, the land, and people are well-resourced in many ways. What has worked for you when supporting someone? Let’s share and build our skills together.
Join DWS, Mental Wellness and Substance Use, and a variety of guest speakers for conversations and learning about perimenopause and menopause.
Join DWS, Mental Wellness and Substance Use, and a variety of guest speakers for conversations and learning about perimenopause and menopause.
Join Carmen Ditzler at Healthy Families, Healthy Babies for a workshop focused on hormones, pelvic health, and simple strategies for wellness in perimenopause and menopause.
Drop by our garden space to share in the bounty of the season as we make oxymels to add to your medicine collection!
Drop by for an afternoon of medicine making as we host a healing salve tutorial in our outdoor space!
Join us in our outdoor space to create cerulean fabric prints using the sun to expose our specimens!
Batik is a wax-resist fabric dyeing technique developed in Indonesia.
Join us in our garden to make your own textiles to take home!
Khay hǫ̀lay!
It is winter time!
Hän interpretation by Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Heritage Department
From November 25 to December 10 we call on everyone to take action to end gender-based violence. Check out all the events and activities organized by many awesome groups in Dawson.
Keep an eye on dawsonwomensshelter.com for calendar updates, event details, and daily blog posts.
“Intersex is an umbrella term for differences in sex traits or reproductive anatomy. Intersex people are born with these differences or develop them in childhood. There are many possible differences in genitalia, hormones, internal anatomy, or chromosomes, compared to the usual two ways that human bodies develop.”
Khaytsʼa ̀ʼ hǫ̀ląy!
It is fall time!
Hän interpretation by Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Heritage Department
World Suicide Prevention Day is an opportunity to build a world where suicide is no longer happens.
Shìn hǫ̀ląy!
It is summer!
Hän interpretation by Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Heritage Department
Bar and restaurant staff and all interested community members are invited to a free training to learn more about harm reduction, fentanyl testing, and naloxone.
Bar and restaurant staff and all interested community members are invited to a free training to learn more about harm reduction, fentanyl testing, and naloxone.
Every Indigenous child is one of a kind and deserves access, support, and to thrive.
The International TDoV is an annual holiday celebrated around the world. The day is dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments and victories of transgender & gender non-conforming people while raising awareness of the work that is still needed to save trans lives.
On March 21, 1960, sixty-nine people were killed and 180 were wounded after police opened fire at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid “pass laws.” A few years later in 1966, March 21st was proclaimed the “International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination” by the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN).
Sranän Hǫ̀ląy! It is spring time!
Bar and restaurant staff are invited to a free training to learn more about harm reduction, fentanyl testing, and naloxone.
Bar and restaurant staff are invited to a free training to learn more about harm reduction, fentanyl testing, and naloxone.
Demos & Dinner: A night of hobnobbing and learning with Dawson makers!
Learn more about what stalking is, how to support a friend, and how to prevent stalking.
Khay hǫ̀lay!
It is winter time!
Hän interpretation by Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Heritage Department
Learn how to recognize warning signs of abuse and how to help a friend.
From November 25 to December 10 we call on everyone to take action to end gender-based violence. Check out all the events and activities organized by many awesome groups in Dawson.
Keep an eye on dawsonwomensshelter.com for calendar updates, event details, and daily blog posts.
“Intersex is an umbrella term for differences in sex traits or reproductive anatomy. Intersex people are born with these differences or develop them in childhood. There are many possible differences in genitalia, hormones, internal anatomy, or chromosomes, compared to the usual two ways that human bodies develop.”
