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SUMMARY:YOUth Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Connect\, Grow\, and Have Fun!\nJoin us for an unforgettable weekend at YWCA Edmonton’s Camp Yowochas\, where adventure\, friendship\, and personal growth come together in a supportive and inclusive environment. \nDesigned for girls and gender-diverse youth ages 10 to 14\, this weekend-long sleepaway retreat offers the chance to experience the best of camp life while building confidence\, meaningful connections\, and leadership skills kids can use in school and everyday life. Without the social pressures that can exist in mixed-gender environments\, campers feel comfortable sharing their experiences\, asking questions\, taking healthy risks\, and developing confidence alongside peers who may share similar experiences and challenges. \nWhether they’re paddling across Lake Wabamun\, taking aim on the archery course\, singing karaoke\, learning around the campfire\, or participating in empowering workshops\, campers will leave with memories\, friendships\, and skills that last long after the weekend ends. \nThe retreat fee of $100 per person includes: \n\nRound-trip transportation from Westmount Mall in Edmonton to Camp Yowochas\n2-nights accommodation\nMeals throughout the weekend\n\nFee subsidies are available for eligible campers. For more information\, contact Rylan Langkow at r.langkow@ywcaedm.org. \n  \n\nIMPORTANT NOTE\nRegistration for the YOUth Retreat is completed via CampBrain. After clicking the button below\, you will be directed to a secure\, third-party portal where you will be required to create an account to complete registration.\n  \nRegister Now\n  \nRegistration deadline is October 16\, 2026. \n  \n\nFEATURED WORKSHOPS\n\n📢 Speak Up: Find Your Voice | Presented by Veronica Jubinville\, Professional Communicator\, Project 5\nEver get nervous speaking in front of a class\, sharing an idea\, or meeting new people? You’re not alone! In this fun and interactive workshop\, campers will discover simple ways to build confidence\, calm their nerves\, and let their personality shine. Through games\, challenges\, and hands-on activities\, participants will practice speaking up\, telling their stories\, and sharing their ideas in a supportive\, low-pressure environment. They’ll leave with skills they can use at school\, with friends\, on sports teams\, and wherever life takes them.\n\n\n  \n✨ Becoming Me | Presented by Shannon Armstrong\, Trainer\, Speaker & Author\nWho are you and what do you want to become? Through creative activities and conversations\, campers will explore their strengths\, interests and dreams for the future\, learning what matters most to them and celebrating the qualities that make them special along the way. Each participant will create a Becoming Me Bracelet as a reminder of their courage\, strengths\, and the unique magic they bring to the world. \n  \n🚀 Build Your Own Business | Presented by Kristyn Carriere\, Founder and Chocolate Scientist\, 7 Summit Snacks\nLet’s bring your great ideas to life! In this fast-paced\, hands-on workshop\, campers will become young entrepreneurs as they dream up a product\, service\, or business of their own. They’ll brainstorm creative ideas\, design a plan\, think about their budget\, and practice pitching their business to the group. It’s a chance to get creative\, solve problems\, think like a leader\, and see how big ideas can become reality. \n  \n🎯 Be Entrepreneurial | Presented by Jessi Fersch\, Junior & Senior High Coordinator\, Junior Achievement Northern Alberta\nEvery successful business starts with an idea\, but it takes planning to make it thrive. In this engaging workshop\, campers will dive deeper into the world of entrepreneurship by exploring their target market\, identifying what makes their business unique\, and developing a stronger business plan. They’ll gain valuable leadership\, problem-solving\, and critical-thinking skills while having fun bringing their vision to life.
URL:https://ywcaofedmonton.org/event/youth-retreat/
LOCATION:Camp Yowochas\, Township Rd 532\, Fallis\, AB\, T0E 2K0\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Camp Yowochas,Youth
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SUMMARY:Rose Campaign Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join YWCA Edmonton as we launch the 2026 Rose Campaign with a powerful fireside chat exploring digital violence — also known as technology-facilitated violence — one of the fastest-growing forms of gender-based violence today. \nFrom online harassment and image-based abuse to emerging threats involving digital manipulation\, technology-facilitated violence is having real and lasting impacts on women\, girls\, and gender-diverse individuals. As technology evolves\, so does the need for awareness\, prevention\, and support. \nHosted by award-winning local broadcaster and friend Stacey Brotzel\, this engaging conversation will bring together experts to discuss: \n\nWhat digital violence is\nHow it affects individuals and communities\nThe importance of early prevention in youth and survivor support\nPractical ways to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe in an evolving digital world\nHow supporting YWCA Edmonton can help create safer\, more respectful spaces — both online and offline.\n\nFeatured speakers include: \nAlexandra Ages\, Policy Specialist\, Writer\, and Activist\nAshley Lim\, Director of Counselling Services with YWCA Edmonton\, Registered Psychologist\nNicolette Little\, Critical Media Studies Researcher and Author of From Red Dresses to Memory Stones \nGuests are invited to arrive early to connect with fellow community members\, partners\, donors\, and advocates during an appetizer reception before the formal program. Enjoy refreshments\, network\, and engage in meaningful conversations with others who are committed to ending gender-based violence and creating safer communities. \nBe part of an important community conversation and learn how we can work together to prevent violence\, support survivors\, and build a future where everyone can connect\, learn\, work\, and live free from violence. \nYWCA Edmonton’s Rose Campaign aligns with the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence\, an annual international campaign that runs from November 25 to December 10. A resounding call to action against gender-based violence\, the campaign invites us to unite\, raise our voices\, and rekindle our resolute commitment to ending violence against women\, girls\, and gender-diverse people.  \n  \nBuy Tickets \n  \nAbout the Speakers\nStacey Brotzel | Emcee & Moderator\nStacey Brotzel was a familiar face on Edmonton televisions for more than 30 years. Now\, she has turned her talents to radio and can be heard every morning on the station she grew up listening to: 880 CHED. \nThe award-winning broadcaster loves to engage in stimulating conversations. She took a boat down someone’s street while covering Winnipeg’s Flood of the Century.\, and packed gas masks in her coverage of the G8 in Kananaskis. She has interviewed Prime Ministers and Premiers\, chatted with Rolling Stones legend Keith Richards\, pop star Tiffany\, and even made M.A.S.H. star Alan Alda laugh. \nStacey was also the host of the YWCA Edmonton podcast Searching for Izena\, introducing listeners to the female trailblazers at Edmonton City Hall. She loves chocolate and hates coffee\, but tea gets her through those 3 a.m. alarms for her gig as host of This Morning with Stacey Brotzel on 880 CHED. \n  \nAlexandra Ages | Policy Specialist\, Writer & Activist\nAlexandra Ages is a policy specialist and feminist writer whose work focuses on gender-based violence and structural inequality. With a Master of Public Policy\, she brings a trauma-informed\, intersectional lens to public systems and advocates for policies that challenge patriarchal norms and empower marginalized communities. Her writing appears in Policy Options\, The Tyee\, and the Broadbent Institute’s Perspectives Journal. From economic abuse to algorithmic misogyny\, Alexandra’s work examines how institutional structures perpetuate harm\, and how such structures can be transformed. A YWCA Edmonton 2025 Woman of Distinction\, she also has served on the national board of directors for the Ending Sexual Violence Association of Canada and is an advisor with the Canadian Poverty Institute. Her chapter on feminist criminology and gender-based violence\, “From Private Violence to Public Victims: Femicide\, Attempted Femicide\, and Mass Attacks in Canada” will be published in the upcoming anthology Murder in the Media: Portrayals of Femicide and Familicide this winter. \n  \nAshley Lim | Director of Counselling Services and Registered Psychologist\, YWCA Edmonton\nAshley Lim is the Director of Counselling Services\, a Registered Psychologist\, and Clinical Supervisor at YWCA Edmonton with over 15 years of experience. She specializes in supporting women and children impacted by domestic violence and works with diverse populations\, including BIPOC\, 2SLGBTQIA+ clients\, and individuals with disabilities. Ashley helped create Edmonton’s Integrated Domestic Violence Response Team (IDVRT) and co-chairs the Council of Service Providers with Community Initiatives Against Family Violence. She also contributes to YWCA Canada’s national Anti-Gender-Based Violence Network. Her leadership and service has earned her multiple awards\, including YWCA Canada’s Carolyn Bray Award and the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal. \n  \n \nNicolette Little | Critical Media Studies Researcher & Author\nDr. Nicolette Little is a multiple federally awarded critical media studies researcher whose work explores media activism to address gender-based violence (GBV)\, technology-facilitated violence\, and algorithmic and automated abuse. She advises the Canadian federal government\, media\, policing services\, and not-for-profits regarding media and GBV — and has stepped in to advise during moments of national crisis\, including in the aftermath of the so-called “Toronto Van Attack.” Among her multiple publications is her new book\, From Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada\, which came out in June 2026\, with the University of British Columbia Press. Dr. Little has long taught with the University of Alberta’s Media and Technology Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies Programs\, and also recently served as director of the U of A’s Feminist Collaboratory and Data Visualization Centre. She recently joined McGill University for a time\, to complete additional research on social media interventions in dating violence.
URL:https://ywcaofedmonton.org/event/rose-campaign-launch/
LOCATION:Edmonton City Hall\, 1 Sir Winston Churchill Square\, Edmonton\, Alberta\, T5J 2R7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Camp Yowochas,Rose Campaign
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SUMMARY:Rose Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:Start your day with YWCA Edmonton’s Rose Breakfast hosted in the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald’s beautiful Empire Ballroom. \nTake in an inspiring and thought-provoking conversation about the growing impact of technology-facilitated sexual violence and the role we all play in preventing it. Hear an inspiring keynote address from Carol Todd\, whose story underscores the urgent need to address the harms that occur in online spaces and their very real consequences offline. Together\, we’ll explore how education\, early intervention\, and compassionate support can help empower youth\, support survivors\, and create safer communities. \nYour support of the Rose Campaign helps fund critical prevention and recovery programs that build a more equitable future for everyone. \nTicket Sales Opening Soon! \nAbout the Keynote Speaker\nCarol Todd is an award-winning educator and digital literacy coordinator\, advocate\, and the founder of the Amanda Todd Legacy Society. She dedicated her life to global activism following the tragic loss of her 15-year-old daughter\, Amanda Todd\, to suicide in October 2012\, after Amanda suffered severe cyberbullying and sextortion. Carol has received numerous honours for her advocacy for cyberbully prevention\, digital safety\, and youth mental health support\, including the King Charles III Coronation Medal and Meritorious Service Cross awarded by the Governor General of Canada\, UBC Alumni Educator of the Year Award\, L’Oreal Paris Canada Women of Worth Award\, and was nominated for a Women of Distinction Award from YWCA BC.
URL:https://ywcaofedmonton.org/event/rose-breakfast/
LOCATION:Fairmont Hotel Macdonald\, 10065 100 St NW\, Edmonton\, Alberta\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Rose Campaign
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