Events
2011 Events:
June 2 - 12th, Extreme Makeover of the Centre by ProjectHope 2011. For more information email: projecthope2011@gmail.com
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April 13th, Open House Event at the Women's Resource Centre, 10 - 4 pm. Join us for a tour of the Centre, meet our staff, learn about the services we offer, and view our first ever Clothesline Project. Stay for lunch, enter our door prize draw, and have a piece of cake. Sponsored by the Department of Justice for National Victims of Crime Awareness Week.
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March 8th, International Women's Day - 100th Anniversary
Come to the Centre for a potluck luncheon from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm on March 8th - Everyone welcome!
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The Quesnel Women's Resource Centre made a submission to the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry January 21, 2011. Click here to read it.
2010 Events:
Take Back the Night 2010
Take Back the Night is an event that provides us with the opportunity to take a stand against violence against women. This year we hosted a memorial ceremony at the location of our new Missing and Murdered Women's Memorial Monument, which honours local women who have lost their lives to violence, and then held a peaceful march through the downtown core.
Additional information about Take Back the Night:
Take Back the Night is an opportunity for people to come together to raise awareness, protest, and reclaim women’s right to be safe and free from violence in their homes and their communities. Take Back the Night is an international event that happens in cities and communities around the globe. The first Take Back the Night occurred in 1975 in the United States. A young woman named Susan Speeth, walking alone one evening, was stabbed by a stranger a block away from her home. Canadian women held their first march in 1978, in Vancouver; and it was at this time that the third Friday in September was nationally declared “Take Back the Night”. Each year, the Quesnel Women’s Resource Centre organizes the annual march in Quesnel. Every person is welcome to attend and show their support for this important issue.
One out of every three women will be a victim of violence in her lifetime. 1 -2 women are murdered by a partner or ex-partner in Canada per week. Each year, women’s shelters take in between 90,000 to 100,000 women who have experienced violence. In our own community, our transition house shelters over 200 women annually. Quesnel is home to 8 murdered women and five missing women. These are the facts. The statistics are shocking. Quesnel is no stranger to violence against women, nor are we isolated. Female targeted violence continues to be a human rights violation in our community and in communities around the world. Violence affects the lives of millions of women in all social and economic classes. Unfortunately, the majority of violence against women is precipitated by someone the woman knows, and often happens within her own home.
PAPALOOZA!!!
The Luna Women's Wellness Clinic in partnership with the BC Cancer Agency hosts at least one Papalooza event each year. Women of all ages are invited to drop by and get a pap test, have some snacks, and ask questions about their health.
PAPALOOZA November 2010:
Numerous business donated prizes for give away at our November 2010 Papalooza event. Thank you to everyone!
2009 Events:
On Thursday, May 28th 2009, the Luna Women's Wellness Clinic, in partnership with the BC Cancer Agency, hosted its first Papalooza event. Women of all ages were invited to drop by and get a pap test, have some snacks and ask questions about their health. In total, 14 women saw the nurse for a pap smear and an additional 20 women dropped in for information and cake. The event was such a huge success that plans are being made to have another pap clinic in the coming months.