Social Issues Readings for April 2020

Social Issues | April 2020

Every Woman's Place for Support, Connections and Community.

We are still providing some services remotely

Staff and volunteers are still available to offer some supports to women by phone. We can currently assist women with food bank referrals and peer support, as well as legal advice and taxes over the phone.

For a full list of available services please visit our website , here .

Please call us at:

403-264-1155

Monday - Thursday,

9:30 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.

We are also available by email and through Facebook Messenger.

Thank you donors and volunteers!

Thanks to our community of supporters, we have been able to continue to offer assistance and connection for women and their families by phone and email.

We are also so fortunate to have a group of wonderful volunteers who come to the Centre each week to phone women and make connection calls. We continue to provide peer support, information on how to access government assistance programs, referrals and legal advice as well as assistance with taxes over the phone during this time.

While we are unable to recruit and train new volunteers at this time, if you are interested and able to support the Centre as a donor, please visit our website here.

Other Covid-19 support resources

Links to most relevant resources are available on the Women's Centre website, here .

Virtual Girls Programs

If your girl (grades 5-9) is interested and able to join us online on Thursdays at 4:00 P.M., please email Alexe for the meeting link.

We are working hard to maintain our girls' community online. In April we did yoga online, and girls-led sessions on drawing and at-home workouts!

Jane's Walk (from home)

Jane's Walk is a global event of free neighbourhood walking tours held in Calgary and around the world each May, inspired by urbanist and activist Jane Jacobs. Since physical distancing measures are in place this year, Jane's Walk Calgary is hosting a virtual event.

This weekend on May 1-3, join Jane's Walk in Calgary and other cities around the world for a virtual Jane's Walk weekend that you can enjoy from the safety of your home!

Visit their website to see the schedule for the weekend.

Ways to Connect

Indigenous & Environmental Issues

Traditional crafters Indigenizing face masks during COVID-19 pandemic

First Nations TikTok users hope to inspire youth to learn more about their cultures

Yukon First Nations leaders fear mine will increase violence against women in 'land of the caribou'

Indigenous artists reaching new audiences with online concerts during pandemic

COVID-19 risk to Indigenous communities will rise when provinces ease lockdowns, says federal official

[Opinion] History will repeat itself if First Nations remain underfunded in the fight against COVID-19

Gender In/equalities and Covid-19

Women disproportionately 'bearing the brunt' of coronavirus crisis, advocates say

With schools still out, parents worry about child care as provinces get set to reopen economy

COVID-19's impact: not recession, but a completely different economics

Chief medical officers are leading Canada through COVID-19 crisis - and many are women

The Pandemic's Unflattering Glare: How the Crisis Is Affecting Care Workers and Prisoners

Sex workers say they're at risk, have been left out of Canada's COVID-19 response

Here's How a Feminist Approach Could Lead to a Stronger COVID-19 Recovery

Coronavirus pandemic exacerbates inequalities for women, UN warns

Three Things Lockdowns Have Exposed About Working and Parenting

Coronavirus reveals just how deep macho stereotypes run through society

Miscellaneous

Overlooked No More: Eunice Foote, Climate Scientist Lost to History

'Pandemic of violence': Calls mount for recognition of misogyny in Nova Scotia shooting

Lithuanian capital to be turned into vast open-air cafe

Let's Debunk the Myth Living More Densely Breeds Disease

The keys to healthy cities have more to do with equality and infrastructure.

Explain coronavirus to your kids with this book drawn by The Gruffalo illustrator

'The impossible has already happened': what coronavirus can teach us about hope [Long read]

"Changes in the public sphere originate within the individual, but also, changes in the world at large affect our sense of self, our priorities and our sense of the possible."

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