What’s Happening @ WCWRC
WCWRC 2022/2023 Annual Report
Non-Profit Community Identifies Crisis In Manitoba, Calls on Political Parties to Make Commitment WINNIPEG, MB: Fourteen associations representing hundreds of community non-profits across Manitoba are shedding light on a sector increasingly in crisis. They are...
Statement in Support of Searching the Landfills West Central Women’s Resource Centre and North End Women’s Centre stand in solidarity with the families of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran and all the Indigenous communities that are calling for the City of...
Statement in Response to Coun. Jeff Browaty’s Comments on People Who Use Drugs Repeatedly, we have seen Councillor Jeff Browaty concoct dangerous lines between worthy and unworthy citizens while piling on stigma to Winnipeggers who already experience the worst...
Black History Month
Join us as we celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth 2022! We’ve compiled a list of information on Black history, books and podcasts, local black-owned businesses and resources. You can also check out our social media channels to view live Q&A sessions with local advocates...
Holiday Gift Guide
Take a look at our holiday gift guide! With every purchase from the WCWRC Shop, your proceeds are going to women and their families in our community. You can help support women and families move from where they are to where they want to be. Choose to make a difference...
2021 Empower Women Awards
Congratulations to our Executive Director, Lorie English,on receiving a 2021 Empower Women Award! This award is such a great honour, especially considering the many incredible women nominees. Thank you to all the staff, board and supporters who nominated Lorie. And...
Quick Tips for Employment
Quick Tips for Employment is a series of videos we launched in August on our YouTube channel. These "Quick Tips" videos were created by our wonderful volunteer Paula and offer great insight into the employment process. Paula goes through the job search process,...
Volunteer Profile: Alex
When Alex first connected with the Centre in 2016, she was involved in an abusive relationship exacerbating her mental health struggles. She described her first experience spending time here as both awkward and comfortable, “I came in, grabbed some coffee, sat there...
Staff Profile: Jojo
My name is Jolene Wilson; the community calls me Jojo. My spirit names are Misko Migizi kwe, Giimiwan Googookoo (Red Eagle Woman, Raining Owl), and I am from the Wolf Clan. I was very lost for 15 years: I lived on the street, homeless and addicted, estranged from my...
Solutions to Complex Challenges
Warming Centre In winter 2020/21, WCWRC partnered with Spence Neighbourhood Association (SNA) to open a low-barrier, daytime Warming Centre to serve the homeless and food-insecure members of our West End Community. Community members had access to Magnus Eliason...