Program Highlight: Street Outreach

Program Highlight: Street Outreach

The COVID-19 pandemic shone a light on important service gaps in our community. One of those gaps is serving women who cannot come to get food, hygiene, and other basic needs at our front door. COVID made it much more difficult for women to come to us, so we...
Bonnie & Colette’s Story

Bonnie & Colette’s Story

Bonnie and Colette both had good jobs and never imagined they would be homeless. Then Colette got sick and they were illegally evicted from their apartment right before Christmas 2020. “We pretty much lost absolutely everything we had,” said Bonnie. “All of a sudden...
Join us for our AGM: Sept 15!

Join us for our AGM: Sept 15!

Join us for the West Central Women’s Resource Centre Virtual Annual General Meeting on September 15th from 4-6pm on Zoom. This year, we celebrate 20 years since we started as a Centre. It’s always a highly-anticipated, moving, and community-building event not to...
Reconciliation Month

Reconciliation Month

This year is the 5th July Reconciliation Month at WCWRC. 2017 marked the 150th birthday of the country we call Canada, here on Turtle Island. In light of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report and the discrimination and racism that the women we...
Canada Must Do Better

Canada Must Do Better

Canada Day 2021 This year, we choose to acknowledge Canada Day as a day to reflect and learn more about Indigenous history and culture. We must face the truth about our country’s history and honour the children, their families, and the survivors of residential...
Warming Centre

Warming Centre

Our Warming Centre at 430 Langside is open Monday-Friday from 10am to 2pm. Come get a hot meal, hygiene items, winter gear, and washrooms. Where some see an empty recreational centre, others see opportunity. West Central Women’s Resource Centre (WCWRC) and Spence...