2008-2009 Annual Report - Alberta Council of Women's Shelters

ACWS 

2008-2009 

ANNUAL REPORT 

Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters

Ten years of innovation, experience and activism 

have shown that ending violence against women 

is possible. It is a pandemic that can be stopped. It 

is a problem that has a solution. 

—Noeleen Heyzer, UNIFEM Executive Director

CONTENTS 

About us 

Provincial Coodinator’s Message 1 

President’s Message 2 

Highlights 2008-2009 3 

Goal 1: Worked with shelters to achieve 

equitable and sustainable funding 3 

Goal 2: Provided information and tools to 

support members in delivering optimum service 5 

Goal 3: Provided leadership in integrated, 

collaborative response to family violence 8 

Goal 4: Operated as an efficient, mission-driven 

organization 10 

Committee Reports 12 

On-Reserve Shelter Committee 12 

Shelter Programs and Education Committee 13 

Shelter Systems Information Committee 14 

Financial Statements 15 

Our Supporters 31 

ACWS team 32

Alberta shelters are recognized as 

leaders not only in Canada but 

around the world. 

—Jan Reimer, Provincial Coordinator 

About us 

ACWS vision 

We believe in a world free from 

violence and abuse. 

ACWS mission 

The Alberta Council of Women’s 

Shelters is a province-wide, 

voluntary organization supporting 

women’s shelters and their partners 

through education, research and 

services for the benefit of abused 

women and their children.

Provincial Coordinator’s 

Message 

We celebrated our 

25th anniversary 

by welcoming 

the world. What 

a wonderful 

experience 

that was. From 

Nepal, Rwanda, 

Armenia, Vietnam, 

Iceland and 46 

other countries, 

809 shelter 

staff gathered 

in Edmonton’s Convention Centre to 

create a new international community. 

Many participants also discovered 

their own cultural community; for the 

first time, Indigenous shelter workers 

around the world met as did women 

from Southeast Asia. 

Everybody was so moved by an 

absolutely amazing conference. People 

will remember their time in Edmonton. 

When work gets very hard, shelter 

workers then can remember all those 

faces in the room and all the support 

for the work they do. A special thanks 

to Patti McClocklin for her remarkable 

work as conference organizer and to 

the wonderful ACWS staff for their 

incredible commitment. 

workers there were raising funds for a 

shelter in India. Here at home, ACWS 

is incorporating new learning from the 

conference into Practical Frameworks 

for Change. And on a global level, 

shelter workers around the world now 

have a permanent network. The Global 

Network of Women’s Shelters was 

formed by twenty international shelter 

leaders at a meeting organized by 

ACWS after the conference. 

As ACWS moves into our next 25 years, 

Alberta shelters are recognized as 

leaders not only in Canada but around 

the world. Our goal is the same goal as 

every shelter and shelter organization 

in every province, territory, and state 

of every country represented at the 

conference: to end violence against 

women and children. We look forward 

to positioning shelters as leaders in 

collaborative efforts to achieve this goal. 

Jan Reimer 

The connections continue. In Rio de 

Janiero for a conference on Engaging 

Men and Boys in Achieving Gender 

Equality, I happened to chat with a man 

from Prince George who told me that as 

a result of the conference, shelter 

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President’s Message 

This has been a 

busy and productive 

year for the ACWS. 

We were sorry to 

say goodbye to 

Joie Dery, ACWS 

President, shortly 

after the AGM last 

year. We were 

thrilled that she 

joined us at the 

World Conference 

in September to share our success. 

It was an amazing event, long to be 

remembered. For the first time, a venue 

was created to affirm the practice of 

front line shelter workers across the 

globe. The ACWS Board is unanimously 

committed to all ACWS initiatives 

designed to build on the momentum built 

at the conference. These initiatives will 

establish ACWS and its member shelters 

as leaders in the world in advocating 

for the elimination of violence against 

women and children. 

Transition and operational change have 

been the hallmarks of our year. Several 

staff members have left to pursue other 

opportunities. Each of these individuals 

made an amazing contribution to the 

work of ACWS. Several other staff 

members have joined ACWS, eager to 

make their contribution to our collective 

work in ending violence against women 

and children. Operationally, the addition 

of Carolyn Goard to the staff of ACWS as 

Jan attempts to reduce her work load has 

been positive and has increased support 

to member shelters. 

Positive steps have been made toward a 

more collaborative working relationship 

with the Alberta government and the 

establishment of a new funding model 

for Alberta shelters. Work on the 

new funding model is scheduled for 

completion in the summer of 2010. 

The Long-Term Working Group* is 

comprised of several shelter directors 

and representatives from ACWS and 

Alberta Children and Youth Services. This 

working group has built on the excellent 

accomplishments of the Short-Term 

Working Group**, which amongst other 

achievements ensured that a revised 

contract template was in place for 2009- 

2010. We look forward to an opportunity 

in August 2009 for all shelters to gather 

for a meeting in Edmonton with Deputy 

Minister Fay Orr to review progress made 

in negotiations over the last year and to 

provide input to further negotiations on 

the new contract model. I would like to 

express my personal thanks to everyone 

who helped me with the unexpected 

acquired responsibilities I had this year 

in chairing the Board. It has been my 

privilege to serve as president. 

Barbara Young 

*Long-Term Working Group: 

Shelter Members: Brenda Brochu (Co-chair); 

Kathy Sheppard; Pam Desjarlais; Ian Wheeliker; 

Sister Lucinda May Patterson 

ACYS Members: Pat Hagemann (Co-Chair); 

Marianne Baird; Heather Richards 

ACWS Member LTWG: Carolyn Goard 

** Short-Term Working Group: 

Shelter Members: Sister Lucinda May Patterson; 

Dorothy Sam; Jean Dunbar; Sherrie Botten; Karen 

Pease; Barbara Young; Jennifer Gullage; Cassie 

Putnam 

ACYS Members: Marianne Baird (Co-Chair); Pat 

Hagemann (Co-Chair); Heather Richard 

ACWS Member: Carolyn Goard (Co-Chair) 

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Highlights 2008-2009 

This was a stellar year for ACWS, with our 

goals met and exceeded in each strategic 

area: 1) sustainable funding; 2) member 

support; 3) leadership and 4) efficient 

operation. While our most shining 

achievement—the World Conference— 

might technically be a leadership goal, it 

enhanced all other areas to launch us into 

a promising future. 

In terms of member support, several 

innovations, including projects from 

Israel on legal intervention and new 

information on cultural competence from 

Sujata Warrior, have been integrated 

into ACWS Practical Frameworks for 

Change, a project designed to ensure 

shelter practices evolve with client needs 

in Alberta. The expertise of Alberta 

shelters has, in turn, contributed to 

the new global community of shelter 

workers. Our Danger Assessment 

project was enthusiastically received at 

the conference, with follow-up speaking 

engagements coming up in London, 

Ontario and Los Angeles. 

Among the many highlights here in 

Alberta, we were very pleased to 

welcome a new shelter: North Haven 

Support Society in Slave Lake. 

GOAL 1: worked with all 

shelters to achieve equitable 

and sustainable funding. 

Fair compensation for shelter staff 

ACWS worked to improve shelter 

salaries and benefits through the Who 

Cares? campaign and by meeting 

with government officials. We also 

participated in the provincial Community 

Human Services Network to align 

important sector messages to 

government (e.g. salary). All 

provincially funded shelter staff 

received a long-awaited salary increase 

of 5% as a result of a cost of living 

adjustment. 

Equitable funding for First Nation’s 

on-reserve shelters 

Per diem rates from the province were 

increased to contracted on reserve 

shelters. We continued to press for fair, 

durable funding for Alberta’s on-reserve 

shelters from all levels of government. 

Second Stage shelters 

In November, ACWS released the 

Second Stage Toolkit at Discovery 

House, a Second Stage shelter in 

Calgary. Funded by the Canadian 

Women’s Foundation, Second Stage 

Shelters: Closing the Gap gives Alberta 

communities the information they need 



to provide long term care and services 

to victims of violence. The kit was 

distributed to provincial ministers, 

municipalities, and member shelters. 

Several municipalities responded with 

letters of support for increased funding 

to Second Stage services. 

As well as emphatically making the case 

for Second Stage shelters in Alberta, 

the toolkit was requested by other 

Canadian and US shelter organizations. 

Increased shelter profile 

Shelter profile was increased across 

the province through Family Violence 

Prevention Month activities, media 

coverage, and our Danger 

Assessment research consultation 

process. 

ACWS wrote to Chuck Strahl, Minister 

of Indian Affairs and Northern 

Development, to explain the critical 

need for funded on-reserve Second 

Stage services. His response was 

positive, and we will continue to work 

with him to move that support into 

funding, especially now that data from 

our Danger Assessment report affirms 

the critical need for these services. 

Family Violence Prevention Month Highlights (FVPM) 

► Proclamations on FVPM by mayors around the 

province 

► Release of Second Stage Toolkit at Discovery House 

► Interviews on the Morning Show and for OMNI 

► Cup of Tea campaign launched in Edmonton 

► Cup of Tea Breakfast in Edmonton focused on 

domestic violence in the workplace with Iris Evans 

in attendance. 



GOAL 2: 

Provided support to members to help service delivery 

Practical Frameworks for Change 

Funded through the 

Status of Women’s 

partnership fund, 

Practical Frameworks 

for Change (PFC) was 

designed to integrate 

new learning from the 

World Conference into 

Alberta shelters. Nine 

shelters participated 

in the project, and 

through a series of 

meetings, focused on 

three key areas: safety 

(legal interventions), health (trauma 

intervention), and cultural competence. 

Legal interventions 

Legal interventions address the pressing 

legal aid and maintenance enforcement 

issues of many women in Alberta 

shelters, particularly those in rural 

communities. A positive meeting with 

Minister Redford about these issues 

resulted in Jackie Schaffter from Legal 

Aid attending our shelter directors’ 

meeting in September, 2008. Several 

initiatives are now in development, 

including a special law line for shelter 

workers and clients. 

Cultural competence 

In early March, Dr. Sujata Warrior 

provided an inspirational two-day 

training session on how shelters 

can increase their level of cultural 

competence both from an organizational 

and front line 

perspective. 

Staff from 

shelters around 

the province 

attended, 

including those 

from the nine 

PFC shelters. 

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Supporting Women in Shelters 

In the two days following Dr. Warrior’s 

workshop, Dr. Jackie Dienemann, author 

of the Domestic Violence Screening 

Tool (DVSA), introduced the tool and 

spoke to the potential for its supporting 

shelter workers to better understand 

how women’s stages of change interact 

with their safety, legal and cultural 

needs. This training complemented 

training on Danger Assessment and 

gave shelter staff strong skills in 

determining precisely how and when to 

provide interventions so clients are best 

supported. 

Danger Assessment Project 

With extended funding through a 

Community Incentive Fund, the 

Danger Assessment project moved into 

year two at our nine sites across the 

province. As well, a train-the-trainer 

manual for shelter staff was developed. 

In response to the need for training 

specific to women’s shelters, the 

new manual was informed by Danger 

Assessment data recently collected 

from shelters. By 

Data revealed 

most women 

interviewed 

were at servere to 

extreme levles of 

risk for femicide. 

charting a 

woman’s verbal, 

psychological, 

cultural and 

spiritual abuse 

as well as 

physical violence, 

the Danger 

Assessment 

instrument 

(developed 

by Jacquelyn 

Campbell) 

created a 

fuller profile 

of risk than 

was previously 

possible. Data 

revealed most 

women were 

at severe to 

extreme levels of 

risk for femicide. 

Data also 

showed regional 

differences: 

women living in the north were at 

particularly high risk. The women 

themselves reported increased 

awareness of their situations as well as 

an increased likelihood they would turn 

to police and other community supports 

in the event of further incidents. 

The manual will help to ensure a 

consistent training standard in using 

the Danger Assessment instrument for 

risk assessment and safety planning. A 

draft curriculum has been completed for 

review, with initial training planned for 

September. 



Support for delivering consistent 

services 

• On-line orientation manual for new 

staff neared completion. 

• Executive Director Manual was 

updated and will soon be ready for 

distribution. 

Training 

• HOMES training continued. 

• Leadership and Negotiation Training 

was held for shelter directors at the 

University of Alberta’s Faculty of 

Business 

• ACWS Bursary program also 

sponsored individual shelter directors 

to pursue leadership/graduate 

programs. 

• Creative Leadership Training was 

held for shelter directors at the 

Banff Centre for Leadership. 

Information exchanges 

• Members-only site implemented on 

main ACWS site with current reports 

and updates 

• Friday Files continued to keep 

members up-to-date on relevant 

training, funding, reports and news. 

• World Conference site used to 

disseminate presentations. 

Support on request 

ACWS continued to provide one-on-one 

support to shelter directors and boards 

as requested. 

Shelter 

Directors’ 

collage: 

Banff 

leadership 

training 

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Goal 3: Leadership 

International profile 

Having achieved an international profile 

through The World Conference, ACWS 

worked on several Conference outcomes 

with representatives from other shelter 

organizations: 1) planned for the next 

World Conference; 2) organized an 

international Data 

Count; and 3) 

formed a permanent 

international network 

for women’s shelters. 

By the end of the 

fiscal year, thanks 

largely to the work 

of shelter director 

Pat Vargas, ACWS 

successfully secured 

funding to realize 

the latter outcome. 

With support from 

the Status of Women, we planned for 

a meeting of international delegates in 

Ottawa. 

ACWS became a member of the 

World Health Organization’s Violence 

Prevention Alliance. 

Domestic violence in the workplace 

ACWS’ Domestic Violence in the 

Workplace initiative was presented at an 

Amsterdam conference. A presentation 

was also made to faculty and students 

at the University of Alberta’s Business 

faculty and to Calgary business & labour 

leaders. 

Workplace violence 

focus group 

Survey 

Preparation began with Leger Marketing 

for a survey on domestic violence in the 

workplace. 



Engaging men to stop violence against women 

The fourth successful Breakfast with the Guys 

was held in Calgary with Lundy Bancroft 

speaking on domestic violence in the workplace. 

In Edmonton, Jackson Katz was the keynote for 

the well-attended Men’s Leadership Forum on 

Day One of the World Conference. At the end of 

the year, Jan traveled to Rio 

de Janeiro to present at the 

Global Symposium. 



Stakeholder relationships 

• Briefed Minister Tarchuk, Minister 

Redford, and other government 

representatives on issues as they 

arose improving access to legal 

services, fair compensation for 

shelter workers, and the need for 

second-stage shelters. 

• Part of the long-term working group 

with Alberta Children and Youth 

Services and shelter representatives 

to develop a new business 

relationship and contracting model 

for shelters in Alberta. 

• Continued work with Who Cares? 

campaign. 

Goal 4: ACWS is an 

efficient, mission-driven 

organization 

• ACWS developed a staff wellness 

plan. 

• Carolyn Goard joined ACWS as 

Director, Member Programs and 

Services, Ken Seto became the new 

Finance and Information Manager 

and Katrina Bray joined us officially 

as Fund Development Assistant. 

Carolyn Goard 

• Continued working with RCMP and 

reviewed current memorandum of 

understanding. 

Katrina Bray 

• In partnership with Lundy Bancroft 

of HOMEFRONT, provided a workshop 

to the Calgary service community on 

children exposed to batterers. 

Ken Seto 

• We said goodbye to Elizabeth 

Mallard, Patti McClocklin, and Kate 

Woodman. 



Increased, diversified resources 

ACWS raised over a million dollars for the 

World Conference! A special thank you 

to: 

• Canadian International Development 

Agency 

• Canadian Women’s Foundation 

• Alberta Children and Youth Services 

• Status of Women Canada 

• Alberta Employment and Immigration 

• Global TV 

• City of Edmonton 

• Human Rights, Citizen and 

Multiculturalism Education Fund 

• Ledcor 

• Downtown Business Association 

• Muttart Foundation 

• Winners 

• Shelternet 

• Ontario Women’s Directorate 

• Alberta Children and Youth Services 

• United Way 

• Alberta Federation of Labour 

• Health Sciences Association 

• Edmonton Community Foundation 

• Stollery Charitable Foundation 

• University of Alberta, School of Business 

• United Nurses of Alberta 

• Mediaco 

• Edmonton Community Foundation 

• Enbridge 

• Grasp Software 

• Alberta Solicitor General 

• Alberta Housing and Urban Affairs 

• Edmonton Police Services 

• Hole’s Gardening 

• Peace Hills Trust 

• Prairie Action Foundation 

• Na’amat Canada 

• Caritas Health Group 

• O’Hanlan Paving 

• Edmonton Sun 

• Edmonton Woman’s Show 

New funding was also secured for these 

projects 

• RESOLVE longtitudinal study (Prairie 

Action Foundation) 

• Specialized education for shelter 

workers on children exposed to violence 

(Children’s Services) 

• Walking the Path Together (Safe 

Communities and National Crime 

Prevention Centre) 

• Practical Frameworks for Change and 

meeting in Ottawa of Global Network of 

Women’s Shelters (Status of Women) 

As well, generous support has come from 

these sources: 

• Downtown Business Association made us 

charity of choice for two years. 

• Law Students’ Association, University 

of Alberta, donated 30,000 from their 

Law Show in the first of a three-year 

partnership. 

Law Show Donation: 

Heather Mathison 

CEP Local 1777: 

Terry, Wes and Dave 

Roller City Derby Girls: 

Sarah and Lesley, aka 

TyeDye and 

Hoochey Mama 


On-Reserve Shelters 

Committee Report 

• 21 students from on-reserve shelters 

enrolled in the Crisis Intervention 

Program in the fall with another 

16 enrolled this January. Through 

Indian and Northern Affairs (INAC), 

we ensured these students were 

equipped with computers. 

We had a very busy year continuing 

work in our two key areas: providing 

the best service possible to our shelter 

clients and securing sustainable 

funding. 

In terms of service, two on-reserve 

shelters, Bigstone and Eagle’s Nest, 

participated in the Danger Assessment 

project. Feedback from the 20 women 

who participated was very useful. 

They indicated high rates of suicidal 

ideation and high rates of abuse during 

pregnancy. Their participation also 

showed that the Danger Assessment 

tool’s focus on intimate partner 

violence may be too narrow for women 

mainly experiencing familial violence. 

Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell will use this 

information for review and possible 

revision of the tool for on-reserve 

shelters. 

Work on funding continued with our 

letters to Chuck Strahl, Minister of 

Indian Affairs, about shelter funding 

as well as for increased funding for 

adequate salaries for on-reserve shelter 

staff. 

• The most recent National Crime 

Prevention Centre (NCPC) grant 

was submitted in December as was 

the Safe Communities grant. These 

grants will support implementation of 

Walking the Path Together, a project 

supporting on-reserve children and 

their families. 

• We submitted a logframe to INAC 

for funding for a regional office to 

provide ongoing support to the onreserve 

shelters. 

Janet Gladue, Chair 

• Sucker Creek participated in Practical 

Frameworks for Change and onreserve 

shelters will continue to 

be represented as the project 

unfolds. On-reserve shelters also 

took HOMES training and training in 

evaluation. 


Shelter Programs and 

Education Committee (SPEC) 

The SPEC committee had a busy year 

planning a variety of leadership and 

front line training initiatives. 

Leadership Development at the 

University of Alberta 

In October, thirty shelter directors 

attended a two-day seminar at the 

University of Alberta School of Business. 

Facilitated by Dr. Richard Fields and 

Terry Daniels, the leadership and 

negotiations training was extremely 

useful. While the training was tailored 

to our needs, it was broad enough to 

give directors a sense of the general 

business world. In turn, our professors 

were happy to gain insight into the 

world of shelters. These mutually 

beneficial outcomes were the start to an 

ongoing relationship. 

These strategic issues will be brought 

forward in the context of shelter director 

meetings as we collectively brainstorm 

a path forward in addressing each issue. 

Orientation Manual 

Designed for new shelter staff, the 

orientation manual will be available on 

the ACWS website in the fall of 2009. 

This resource includes 18 modules 

covering a range of topics such as: an 

Introduction to Supporting Women in 

Shelter, Legal Issues, Cultural Issues, 

and How Children are Impacted by 

Domestic Violence. It will support 

increasing standardization of practice 

across Alberta shelters, ensuring that 

busy staff have easy access to essential 

information when they need it. 

Creative Leadership, Banff Centre 

Karen Pease, Committee Chair 

Over two days in February, the Banff 

Centre leadership training challenged 

shelter directors to try out new ways 

of thinking and creating, and provided 

useful tools for doing so. In the process, 

shelter directors connected, built 

relationships and learned about each 

other’s shelter issues. The approach 

was new for ACWS directors, and 

the creativity components—drawing, 

writing, collage—stretched us in new 

ways. Several common strategic issues 

for shelters were identified through 

these creative processes. 


Shelter Systems Information 

Committee Report 

The 2008-2009 year has been one of 

significant change and evolution for the 

Shelter Systems Information Committee 

(SIC). We said goodbye to one of the 

founding members of the SIC, Penny 

Giacommoni. Penny was instrumental 

in the creation of the SIC and 

standardizing training on the HOMES 

database. Penny’s hard work toward the 

creation of a user-friendly, customized 

HOMES site for Alberta Shelter use has 

resulted in excellent data collection 

provincially and contributed to the 

advocacy work ACWS engages in. We 

also said farewell to Sharon Gamblin, 

former Executive Director of Columbus 

House of Hope, who served as the 

board designate on the committee. We 

will miss her dedication to the work 

of the SIC and the clarity of thought 

she brought to the group. We also 

said goodbye to Dr. Kate Woodman 

from ACWS who coordinated the SIC. 

Kate’s hard work and dedication to the 

work of this committee will be greatly 

missed. Kate’s vision of shelters’ 

capacity to represent themselves as 

centres of excellence in service delivery 

and accountability was an inspiration 

to everyone who worked with her. We 

wish her the best of luck in her journey 

ahead. Despite the sadness of so many 

SIC members’ resignations, we are 

happy to announce that Patti Smeenk, 

Coordinator of Residential Services 

with the Peace River Regional Women’s 

Shelter, has joined the SIC. Patti has 

been with PRRWS for five years and 

brings a rural perspective to our group, 

and is eager to bring her experiences to 

SIC. 

14 ACWS 2008-2009 Annual Report 

Significant time and effort was 

spent this year by SIC in supporting 

completion of the ACWS Danger 

Assessment project with Dr. 

Jacquelyn Campbell. In March 

2009, representatives from the nine 

participating shelters met in Edmonton 

to explore the findings from the 

research. It proved to be an interesting 

and inspiring meeting for all involved. 

ACWS has been invited to present at 

the first Annual Canadian Conference on 

the Prevention of Domestic Homicides 

in London, Ontario from June 14 to 

16. ACWS is a proud supporter of this 

conference that will bring together 

experts in the field of domestic violence 

including Dr, Peter Jaffe, Dr. Jeffrey 

Edleson, and, of course, Dr. Jacquelyn 

Campbell. 

Level 1 HOMES training was offered in 

Calgary in November 2008, with strong 

attendance and positive feedback. 

However, due to scheduling issues 

with the World Conference of Women’s 

Shelters, the annual Fall HOMES 

training typically held in Edmonton 

was rescheduled for April 25 and 26th. 

The format was slightly revised from 

previous years, with levels 2 and 3 

being condensed into a single session, 

focusing on program logic models and 

reporting, and level 1 still offering 

training on basic data entry. The SIC is 

also scheduled to present a condensed 

one-day training in April 2009 for 

shelter executive directors to introduce 

them to HOMES and its many features. 

Lissa Samantaraya-Shivji, 

Committee Chair
















ACWS Supporters 

Alberta Union of Public Employees 

Alberta Children and Youth Services 

Alberta Lottery Fund 

Alberta Police Golf Association 

Alberta Employment and Immigration 

Alberta Federation of Labour 

Alberta Teachers’ Association 

Authentic Wine and Spirit 

Bruce Saville 

Canadian Auto Workers 

Canadian Women’s Foundation 

Community Incentive Fund 

City of Edmonton 

D. Tolhor 

DisAbled Women’s Network 

Dr. Margaret Savage 

Edmonton Community Foundation 

Edmonton Economic Development 

Enbridge Inc. 

Government of Canada Sector Council Program 

Grasp Software 

Health Sciences Association of Alberta 

International Order of the Daughters of the Empire 

Law Students’ Association, University of Alberta 

Naamat Canada 

Prairieaction Foundation 

River City Law Group 

Shelter Net 

Status of Women Canada 

T. Fath 

Telus Foundation 

United Way 

Woods Homes 

Y.E.S. for Women Society 


ACWS Team 

Board of Directors (2008 - 2009) 

Joie Dery /Barbara Young, President 

Sharon Gamblin, Vice President 

Lois Day, Treasurer 

Pat Vargas, Secretary 

Sharon Gamblin 

Janet Gladue 

Lorne Goddard 

Tess Gordey 

Marlene Haymour 

Marjorie Luger 

Karen Pease 

Edna Willier 

Janene Moch 

Staff (2008 - 2009) 

Jan Reimer, Provincial Coordinator 

Carolyn Goard, Director of Member Programs and Services 

Charleen Shaw, Office Administrator 

Elizabeth Mallard, Finance and Information Administrator 

Patti McClocklin, Communications & Partnership Specialist 

Kate Woodman, Evaluation & Research Specialist 

Ken Seto, Finance and Information Administrator (February 2009) 

Katrina Bray, Fund Development Assistant 


ACWS 

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Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2W4 

Phone: 780-456-7000 

www.acws.ca/contact.php

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