What’s Happening at WCWRC

Today, people from over 150 countries are standing behind the youth climate strikers and demanding action on climate change. Simply put, this global crisis is a gendered crisis. Women around the world are – and will increasingly be – disproportionally impacted by...

Thirty-four local organizations and individuals with experience of homelessness have released the final report of Connecting the Circle: A Gender-Based Strategy to End Homelessness in Winnipeg. It is the first of its kind in Manitoba and likely in Canada. It...

On Friday August 9 2019, Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Women and Gender Equality, on behalf of the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality, announced that the Government of Canada is investing $520,000 in West...

Rainbow Spirit Woman was the fire keeper of Sagkeeng First Nation (a role typically for men only) and a pipe carrier. When I ask her about the history of Two-Spirit people, she says the history of Two-Spirit "is in our language." The Anishinaabe words for Two-Spirit...

West Central Women’s Resource Centre is committed to being an active partner in the work of reconciliation between settlers and Indigenous people. We are moving forward in our journey towards reconciliation through a commitment to the Truth and Reconciliation...

In honour of International Non-Binary People's Day (July 14) and WCWRC's support of the National Inquiry into MMIWG’s Calls to Justice, we have compiled the following Two-Spirit and non-binary resources: In Winnipeg and Manitoba: Two-Spirited People of Manitoba:...

There are over 26,000 visits to our centre every year and the vast majority are Indigenous. Every day Indigenous women walk through our doors to find a safe space where they are agents of their own lives. We are keenly aware, however, that at the end of the day when...

In honour of World Refugee Day, West Central Women's Resource Centre sent the following letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and our MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette to voice concerns regarding changes to the refugee determination system included in Bill C-97.  ...

We'd like to express our deep gratitute and pride of the staff of our Housing First Program, More Than 4 Walls. The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness's evaluation found it to be "set to be a leader and model, being an exemplar of a program that works imaginatively...

Our HOMES office has experienced some flooding. The foundation is compromised because the building shifted this spring, putting the program at risk. We have been maintaining and repairing our foundation as needed, but this unexpected issue has left us scrambling to...