DWS Community Response

Dawson Women’s Shelter wants to acknowledge that our community has been hurting and on high alert due to multiple physical and sexual assaults this past week.

Education, Taking Action, Understanding Violence, 24 Hour Support Line, Connection, Helping A Friend, Services, Supporting SurvivorsDawson Women's ShelterAugust 21, 2024community response, gendered violence, support, support survivors, supporting survivors, violence prevention, community, assaultComment

DWS is Hiring!

Serious work done with laughter and care. Learn more about working at DWS.

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Jùk drin khä̀h zhe dinch'è! Happy Solstice!

How are you celebrating the shortest day and longest night?

24 Hour Support Line, ServicesDawson Women's ShelterDecember 21, 2023happy holidays, take care, crisis, dws, services, solstice, Hän

Sexual Violence - How Can DWS Help

What resources do you know in Dawson City or all of Yukon for either for survivors of sexual violence or who help to prevent sexual violence?

Education, Taking Action, Consent, Connection, DWS Events, Services, Supporting Survivors, Understanding Violence, Helping A Friend, Emergency ShelterDawson Women's ShelterMay 9, 2023sexual violence, prevention, take action, sexual violence prevention month, support, may, resources

DWS is Hiring a Permanent Part-Time Worker

Dawson Women’s Shelter is currently hiring an Permanent Part-Time worker.

ServicesDawson Women's ShelterApril 24, 2023employment, dawson, dawson city, yukon, on call, work, feminist, feminism

Drug Users Deserve Dignity Not Death

Dr. Daniel Sumrok challenge us to instead of thinking about ‘addictions’ think about “ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking” because “ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking (what traditionalists call addiction) is a normal response to the adversity experienced in childhood, just like bleeding is a normal response to being stabbed.”

Drop In, Connection, Services, Supporting Survivors, 24 Hour Support Line, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterJanuary 19, 2023drop in, services, support, support survivors, opioid, crisis, catastrophe, yukon, health crisis, epidemic, addictions

Drin Cho zhìt shò ä̀hłąy

Drin cho zhìt shò ä̀hłąy! What is your intention for the new year?

24 Hour Support Line, ServicesDawson Women's ShelterDecember 31, 2022happy holidays, take care, crisis, dws, services

Drin Tsul zhìt shò ä̀hłąy

Drin tsul zhìt shò ä̀hłąy! Merry Christmas!

24 Hour Support Line, ServicesDawson Women's ShelterDecember 24, 2022happy holidays, take care, crisis, dws, services

Jùk drin khä̀h zhe dinch'è! Happy Solstice!

How are you celebrating the shortest day and longest night?

24 Hour Support Line, ServicesDawson Women's ShelterDecember 21, 2022happy holidays, take care, crisis, dws, services, solstice, Hän

Sexual Violence - How Can DWS Help?

May being Sexual Assault Prevention Month is a great time to let folks know about how DWS can help survivors and their supporters.

Education, Taking Action, Consent, Connection, DWS Events, Services, Supporting Survivors, Understanding Violence, Helping A Friend, Emergency ShelterDawson Women's ShelterMay 9, 2022sexual violence, prevention, take action, sexual violence prevention month, support

DWS Opening for Modified Support, Showers, and Laundry Services

Keeping the safety of the Dawson community - especially elders and chronically ill folks - in mind, DWS will be reopening drop-in services - supportive listening, laundry, showers and resource library– in a modified way.

Drop In, Connection, Services, Supporting SurvivorsDawson Women's ShelterJanuary 21, 2022drop in, services, shower, library, support, support survivors, laundry

Emergency Services Open at DWS

DWS will be suspending all non-emergency services including drop-in laundry and showers, in-person programming, and prevention education workshops until further notice.

24 Hour Support Line, Drop In, DWS Events, Education, Emergency Shelter, ServicesDawson Women's ShelterDecember 30, 2021covid-19, coronavirus, shelter, programs, social distancing

DWS is Hiring

The Dawson Women’s Shelter (DWS) is currently hiring for a Term Full Time Shelter Attendant

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Happy Holidays from DWS

Jùk drin khä̀h zhe dinch'è!

Today is the shortest day. Happy Solstice!

24 Hour Support Line, ServicesDawson Women's ShelterDecember 22, 2021happy holidays, take care, crisis, dws, services

DWS Summer Workshop Series

Summer has arrived in Dawson and DWS has a jam packed schedule of awesome workshops!

Education, DWS Events, Connection, ServicesDawson Women's ShelterJune 8, 2021prevention, support, skills, connection, workshops, garden

DWS is Hiring

Dawson Women’s Shelter is currently hiring an On-Call Shelter Attendant. Applications due May 27 at 4pm.

ServicesDawson Women's ShelterMay 18, 2021employment, dawson, dawson city, yukon, on call, work, feminist, feminism

Queer Kid's Books at DWS

Thanks to a generous donation from Queer Yukon, DWS has some fab new LGBQT2SA+ and social justice kid’s books in our library.

Drop-in to read them with your littles or borrow them for at-home reading.

Education, DWS Events, ServicesDawson Women's ShelterMarch 15, 2021alphabet soup, lgbqt, queer, trans, unicorn, gender, lgbqt2sai+, two spirit, asl, american sign languageComment

Queer ASL

Learn some queer vocab in American Sign Language!

Education, DWS Events, ServicesDawson Women's ShelterMarch 9, 2021alphabet soup, lgbqt, queer, trans, unicorn, gender, lgbqt2sai+, two spirit, asl, american sign languageComment

What is Case Review? (And why do we care so darn much?)

Let’s get into what case review looks like, how it was created, and why folks care about it so darn much.

RCMP Pull The Plug on Yukon Case Review

Several Yukon-based non-profit organizations that advocate on behalf of women who have been sexually assaulted in the Yukon are looking for answers after RCMP National Headquarters pulled the plug on a three-year project.

Services, Taking Action, Supporting SurvivorsDawson Women's ShelterFebruary 10, 2021sexual assault, sexual violence, prevention, taking action, 16 Days, support, violence, power, safety, consent, stalking, criminal harassment, support survivors

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