Impact stories Archives - Page 6 of 8 - Canadian Women's Foundation

Inspired leadership for women and girls in the Yukon

Inspired leadership for women and girls in the Yukon

Pamela Johnson2017-12-19T17:13:51+00:00February 24, 2016|Guest bloggers, How to, Impact stories|

This profile was originally published on the Coady International Institute’s website.

For Hillary Aitken, a graduate of the Canadian Women’s Foundation Leadership Institute at the Coady International Institute, co-managing the Victoria Faulkner Women’s Centre (VFWC) in Whitehorse while raising a bubbly and bright two year old are keeping her very busy, but she is ready for her next foray into a post-secondary program. Aitken says her experience working through the Leadership Institute helped position her for a masters degree in community development. She has applied to the program in Victoria, B.C. and we have no doubt she will approach this next endeavor with the same commitment and skill as she did in her time with the Coady Institute.

Healthy Relationships Start Young: How SERC Helps Newcomer Youth Develop Lifelong Healthy Relationships

Healthy Relationships Start Young: How SERC Helps Newcomer Youth Develop Lifelong Healthy Relationships

Nicole Chammartin2017-12-19T17:20:37+00:00February 12, 2016|Empowering girls, Gender-based violence, Guest bloggers, Impact stories|

This post was originally published on Klinic's blog.

It is 3:45pm and Bre (SERC Sexuality & Reproductive Health Facilitator) and I are sitting outside a core area school waiting for the acceptable time to go in and take over the classroom. Bre tells me a familiar message I have heard when out with Klinic Teen Talk staff - we don’t want to get in the way of teachers and students as their day is winding down, so we are never early, and never late. It seems to me that this fits with some of the core things we are going to talk about with these students today: how we communicate our needs and respect those of others.

Yoyo’s Story: How a T-shirt Project is Empowering Girls

Yoyo’s Story: How a T-shirt Project is Empowering Girls

Jessica Howard2017-12-19T17:29:05+00:00November 5, 2015|Empowering girls, Impact stories, SHE Magazine|

In my yearbook, I wrote about my teacher, Ms. Jones. She taught me to be just who I am and to not hide the things I’m good at. In her class, we made T-shirts about being grateful. She said when she saw me in my shirt, standing proud and tall, it inspired her to want to get everybody to be proud of who they are.

She came up with an idea to do a workshop called “As We Are”, which I got to participate in. It was a great experience. In the workshop, we started by looking at T-shirts with bad messages about women. For example, one said “Allergic to Algebra.” That oﬀended me because I really like math. It upset me to see a girl wearing that and thinking she’s not allowed to be good at math because it’s “for boys.”

T-shirt project teaches girls to wear confidence proudly

T-shirt project teaches girls to wear confidence proudly

Jessica Howard2017-12-19T17:33:06+00:00October 15, 2015|Empowering girls, Impact stories, SHE Magazine, Women in media|

What happens when you put girls in charge of the messages on their clothing?

All kinds of amazing things, discovered Lorna Jones, an elementary-school teacher in Toronto.

Lorna has watched girls develop confidence, awareness, creativity, and connection through the As We Are T-shirt project, which she developed with the support of Canadian Women’s Foundation and The W. Garfield Weston Foundation.

In As We Are workshops, girls age 9 to 13 are encouraged to analyze the messages they see in both clothing and in the media. Then, they get to brainstorm together and design T-shirts bearing positive messages.

Get Involved

Donate