Community Education

Community Education

Have you identified a need for education in your workplace, school, or organization?

YWCA Regina is available to present on topics related to domestic violence, healthy relationships, and healthy masculinity. Presentations are tailored to the needs of the audience, whether the purpose is professional development, community awareness, or personal prevention.

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Workshops

YWCA staff are available to present to your workplace, school, or community organization on topics related to domestic and sexual violence, healthy relationships, and healthy masculinity. Presentations are tailored to the needs of the audience, whether the purpose is professional development, community awareness, or personal prevention.

Healthy Relationships

This is a one-hour presentation delivered to schools for grades 5 to 8 with the aim to educate participants in violence prevention and bring awareness of the characteristics of both healthy and unhealthy relationships. Presenters go through myths and facts about dating violence, real-life problem-solving scenarios, warning signs of an unhealthy relationship, different types of abuse, and how to get help. There will be time for questions and discussion at the end of the presentation.

Healthy Masculinity & Building Allies

This workshop will discuss topics on healthy masculinity and how harmful masculine norms hurt everyone, and explore concrete ways which men and boys can support survivors of violence, and why gender-based violence response is essential in fostering allies. Men and boys will leave the workshop inspired to take emotional ownership of gender equality, and their role in promoting healthy masculinities in all facets of their lives.

Consent & Bystander Training

Workshop participants will learn about consent culture and gain bystander intervention skills.

Consent is asking permission and respecting boundaries. A culture of consent is one where consent is normalized both within our relationships and society at large.

Bystanders are witnesses who can intervene. This workshop will counteract the beliefs of: “It’s none of my business”. Workshop participants will learn how to: notice the event, recognize the event as a problem, assume personal responsibility, and implement and take action.

Have you been thinking about enrolling your child with YWCA Big Sisters of Regina? We think that is a good idea and here is a few reasons why:

Big Brothers Big Sisters believes every child deserves a mentor.
Big Brothers Big Sisters’ core value is to maintain the highest standards of practice in order to deliver safe, quality mentoring programs to children and youth.
The YWCA Big Sisters of Regina program involves matching a child between the ages of 6 and 16 with an adult woman who has been carefully screened and approved as a volunteer.
Littles and their Bigs spend two to four hours together every two weeks enjoying free or low-cost activities out in the community or in the Big’s home.
The relationship that develops between the Big and Little Sisters is a special one, designed to provide the child with a positive adult role model to whom she can turn to for guidance, support, and most importantly, friendship.
By being enrolled in these matches, a child is given an opportunity to build a strong and special relationship with her mentor that can make a life-changing impact.

Registration Form Volunteer as a Mentor Big Sisters Website

Education Programs

OurSpace

Friday Night

OurSpace derives from GirlSpace: a program that was created by the YWCA of Canada in 2005. OurSpace reaches out to girls and 2SLGBTQIA+ identifying youth with quality programming that addresses key social issues facing young girls and youth while providing a safe place to hangout on a Friday night.

The programming offers youth the opportunity to increase their awareness of topics such as inclusivity, identity, puberty, healthy relationships, gender-based violence and its root causes, self-esteem, advocacy, self-care, and celebrating personal achievements.

At this time in Regina, OurSpace is offered to youth aged 12 to 16 and occurs most Friday nights 6:30 to 8:00 at the YWCA Regina (1940 McIntyre Street) between September and June.

OurSpace incorporates a fitness component into the programming. Facilitators organize games and often arrange guest instructors to assist with this part of the sessions. The fitness aspect of the programming is aimed at getting participants to engage in varied activities.

Big Boost is a free weekly tutoring program focused on providing assistance in subjects that your child struggles with. Big Boost Tutors must successfully complete an application and criminal record check prior to acceptance and are mostly education students at our local university.

Tutoring takes place every Thursday at the YWCA from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

YWCA staff and volunteers supervise tutoring sessions.

Big Boost is a great opportunity to build relationships and help to BOOST your children’s self-esteem as they becomes more confident in their skills. If you would like to reserve a spot for your child, please contact the number below as soon as possible. Spots are first come first served.

For OurSpace & Big Boost dates and more information contact:

Taylor Paskewitz
306-525-2141 ext 123
taylorp@ywcaregina.com

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YWCA Regina
1940 McIntyre Street, Regina SK S4P 2R3
Email: ywcaregina@ywcaregina.com
Phone: 306-525-2141 | Fax: 306-525-2171

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