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In May 2020 the City of Edmonton was in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the EXPO Centre was opened to support adults experiencing housing instability in their isolation and pandemic…

To share their experiences in working with youth and as part of the Edmonton Coordinated Youth Response, we talked to Gus Gusul, Management and Strategy Consultant for the Youth Agency…

This article was originally published in our February 2021 newsletter, themed around “empathy and understanding.” In January, Africa Centre and The Alberta Black Therapists Network launched their…

The original version of this article was published in our November 2020 newsletter. Information has been updated to reflect the current Sector Emergency Response, as of January 2022. When…

This article was originally published in our March 2021 newsletter, themed around “art.” iHuman Youth Society is a non-profit that believes all young people have gifts to share. In partnership…

This article was originally published in our May 2021 newsletter, themed around “safety.” This month we want highlight the work being done at the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton (SACE). May is…

In fall 2021, YESS Programming Coordinator Shantell Martineau was inspired to create a girls’ empowerment group where participants could learn and support each other. “This idea for an empowerment…

No Period Without was founded in 2017 when an Edmonton homeless woman asked Scarlet Bjornson for change. Out of curiosity, as Scarlet gave her some money she asked the woman what she planned to…

by Tessa Mulcair, Manager of Shelters This month we held a youth Pride event with some of our community partners. We won’t lie, we’ve been missing the Pride parade around here. The majority of our…