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Tax Help

Struggling with completing your taxes? Have tax related questions?

Service Canada Whitehorse has a Community Volunteer Income Tax (CVIT) Program where community volunteers individuals with simple tax situations in filing their tax returns for free.

Drop In, Education, ServicesDawson Women's ShelterApril 20, 2020tax, taxes, cra, service canada, canadian revenue agency, volunteer

Community Announcement: COVID-19 and Keeping Safe at Dawson Women’s Shelter

Community Announcement: COVID-19 and Keeping Safe at Dawson Women’s Shelter

In response to ongoing updates and information concerning the COVID-19 pandemic and directives from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), 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 ShelterMarch 17, 2020covid-19, coronavirus, shelter, programs, social distancing

The Rise of Women Doesn't Equate to the Fall of Men: #IWD2020

The Rise of Women Doesn't Equate to the Fall of Men: #IWD2020

Feminist anthems to celebrate International Women’s Day 2020!

Education, Taking ActionDawson Women's ShelterMarch 8, 2020IWD, International Women's Day, AnthemComment

Let's Talk About Gender... And Unicorns...

Let's Talk About Gender... And Unicorns...

For the first ever meeting of Alphabet Soup - a drop-in group about queer and trans topics at the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in Youth Centre - we chatted about all the different letters in the alphabet soup (LGBQT2SAI+) and about the differences between gender identity, gender expression, sex assigned at birth, physical attraction, and emotional attraction.

EducationDawson Women's ShelterMarch 6, 2020alphabet soup, lgbqt, queer, trans, unicorn, gender, lgbqt2sai+, two spirit Comment

Useful Links - Listening to Disclosures Workshops

Useful Links - Listening to Disclosures Workshops

A whole bunch of fancy links and videos that we promised to share with participants from our Listening to Disclosures workshops.

Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterFebruary 19, 2020listening to disclosures, workshop, learning, education, survivors, sexual assault, gendered violence

Healthy Families, Healthy Babies January Programming

Healthy Families, Healthy Babies January Programming

All the Healthy Families, Healthy Babies goings ons for January 2020.

HFHBDawson Women's ShelterJanuary 8, 2020healthy families healthy babiesComment

Calendar Guys

We’ve been doing some post-holiday cleaning around the shelter and found this 2013 calendar.

Recognize anyone?

Education, Taking ActionDawson Women's ShelterJanuary 7, 2020Yukon, men, taking action, gender-based violence, allies, allyComment

DWS Links and Things #1

DWS Links and Things #1

Roundup of useful links curated by Dawson Women’s Shelter.

Education, Taking Action, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterJanuary 6, 2020Kelly fraser, Julie Berman, solstice, indigenous, ally, family, estranged, arctic, food Comment

Gettin’ Crafty

Gettin’ Crafty

A skill sharing group for women and non-binary folks!

Services, Connection, Drop InDawson Women's ShelterDecember 30, 2019sewing, knitting, craft, crafty, group, beads, beadingComment

HEAT in Dawson

HEAT in Dawson

A group for youth 16-19 to explore consent and healthy sexuality.

Connection, Consent, DWS Events, Services, Taking Action, Education, Understanding ViolenceDawson Women's ShelterDecember 28, 2019groups, youth, dawson, harm reduction, sexuality, consentComment

Holiday Hamper Thank Yous

Holiday Hamper Thank Yous

MASSIVE mähsi cho/thank you to all the folks who made our Holiday Hamper program a success!

Services, DWS EventsDawson Women's ShelterDecember 16, 2019holiday hamper, mahsi cho, thank you, supportComment

Dawson Remembers December 6th

Dawson Remembers December 6th

We remember murdered women, children, and Two Spirit folks.

Taking Action, DWS EventsDawson Women's ShelterDecember 10, 2019December 6Comment

December 6th - A Time To Remember. A Time For Action.

December 6th - A Time To Remember. A Time For Action.

On December 6th every year, we gather to remember women and children who have been murdered.

Taking Action, DWS EventsDawson Women's ShelterOctober 22, 2019Comment