30th anniversary

The Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter commemorated its 30th anniversary on November 18, 2003. Over 150 community members joined in celebrating this milestone, including greetings from the Province of Alberta by Mrs. Colleen Klein. The evening toasted the achievements of the shelter by recognizing the past, present and future. Mr. Jim Gray toasted to the history and growth of the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter. A toast from a former client of the shelter recognized our present day programs, services and staff. Calgary Chief of Police Mr. Jack Beaton gave a toast to our future. In honor of this special accomplishment, a commemorative booklet was published that tells the remarkable story of the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter.

For  the Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter, 30 years of working to protect families experiencing domestic violence is a celebration of the more than 90,000 lives that we have impacted and the futures we have enlightened with our work. The past 30 years have seen the shelter evolved from a crisis based residential service to a multi-service facility providing a holistic and comprehensive response to families in crisis.  CWES now hosts a wide spectrum of programs including specialized programs for children, youths, men who are abusive and women 50 years and older who are currently or have experienced domestic violence.  These services are in addition to our core residential and extensive outreach programms.

View 30th Anniversary commemorative booklet (pdf)