Education and Events

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Who…

Community members, students, and helping professionals in Dawson City, Yukon.

What…

Dawson Women’s Shelter offers participatory workshops and events creating space for people to explore prevention, education for change, and taking action to end gendered and sexualized violence.

Possible workshop topics include:

  • What is Gender-Based Violence?

  • Sexual Harassment & Workplace Harassment

  • Enthusiastic Consent

  • Supporting Survivors and Listening to Disclosures

  • Gender Empowerment

  • Taking Action to End Violence

  • Bystander Intervention

  • Ending Online Sexual Violence

  • Ending Sexism in STEM - Science, Technology, Mathematics, and Engineering - or Trades

When…

Let’s chat to find the best time

How…

Email hello@dawsonwomensshelter.com or call 867.993.5086

 

DWS is located in self-governing Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Territory (Dawson City, Yukon).

If you are in Dawson Creek and need support, Mizpah Transition House is the domestic violence shelter in Dawson Creek, BC:

 
 
DWS Blog
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DWS Opening for Modified Support, Showers, and Laundry Services

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DWS Opening for Modified Support, Showers, and Laundry Services
DWS Opening for Modified Support, Showers, and Laundry Services

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