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.
On December 6th, we gather to remember women and children who have been murdered or are missing. The day was created in response to the Montreal Massacre.
The majority of violence against sex workers is not just violence against sex works—it’s also violence against transwomen, against women of color, against drug users, against immigrants. We cannot end the marginalization and victimization of all sex workers without also fighting trans-phobia, racism, stigma and criminalization of drug use, and xenophobia.
Khay hǫ̀lay!
It is winter time!
Hän interpretation by Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Heritage Department
December 3rd is the annual celebration of people with disabilities.
Sra Tsul Sranän - Small moon month - December
World AIDS Day takes place on 1 December each year. It’s an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness
Violence against women continues to be an obstacle to achieving equality, development, peace as well as to the fulfillment of women and girls’ human rights.
Every year on November the 20th, we remember and honour the lives of trans and gender-diverse people reported murdered in the past 12 months. We mourn the dead and we fight for change.
Transgender Awareness Week is a week when transgender people and their allies take action to bring attention to the community by educating the public about who transgender people are, sharing stories and experiences, and advancing advocacy around issues of prejudice, discrimination, and violence that affect the transgender community.
From GLAAD
Dëbe Sranän - Sheep month - November
“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.”
Nìnchun Sranän - Big bull moose month - October
Orange Shirt Day is an Indigenous-led grassroots commemorative day that honours the children who survived residential schools and remembers those who did not. This day relates to the experience of Phyllis Webstad, a Northern Secwepemc (Shuswap) from the Stswecem'c Xgat'tem First Nation, on her first day of school, where she arrived dressed in a new orange shirt, which was taken from her. It is now a symbol of the stripping away of culture, freedom and self-esteem experienced by Indigenous children over generations.
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.
Jëjik Sranän - Moose month - September
This August 9, International Day of Indigenous Peoples, we must demand indigenous peoples’ inclusion, participation and approval in the constitution of a system with social and economic benefits for all.
Łuk Cho Sranän - King salmon month - July
July is Disability Pride Month!
Shìn hǫ̀ląy!
It is summer!
Hän interpretation by Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Heritage Department
National Indigenous Peoples Day is an official day of celebration to recognize and honour the heritage, cultures and valuable contributions to society by First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
Illustration by Karlene Harvey
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.
Chʼëdoghor Sranän - Play month - June
Throughout the month of June, we celebrate First Nations, Inuit and Métis people who have made an impact in history and those who continue to influence today.
The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia was created in 2004 to draw the attention to the violence and discrimination experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexuals, transgender, intersex people and all other people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions, and sex characteristics.
Every Indigenous child is one of a kind and deserves access, support, and to thrive.
Protect our future ancestors. #MMIWG2S
Łąy Sranän - Dog month - May
Dëtthät Jorn Cho Sranän - High flying hawk month - April
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.
