ACWS

Location: Edmonton, AB

Scope/Scale: Provincial

Type of Org: Charity / Member Organization

Scope of Work: Research, Primary Prevention, Capacity Building, Advocacy, Policy & Systems Change

Populations Served: Organizations, Government, Practitioners, Academic Institutions, Communities

Organization Description: A registered charity, ACWS is the provincial network organization of domestic violence shelters in Alberta. They bring four decades of experience and knowledge to serve their members operating over 50 shelters across the province for women, their children, and seniors facing domestic abuse. We advocate for ACWS members and work with them to end domestic violence through culture-shifting violence prevention programs, collective data and research, and front-line training.

Engaging Men and Boys Work: Leading Change™ programming by ACWS has been used successfully in schools, sports teams, workplaces, and communities. ACWS facilitates in-person and online workshops for all ages, hosts violence prevention events (With the Guys, the Leading Change Summit) to share ideas, and offers the Leading Change Expansion Pack for FREE to help men better understand their role and opportunity to make the world a better place. ACWS also stewards the Men’s Attitudes Survey – a recurring survey of Albertan men aimed at better understanding trends in men’s attitudes toward and understanding of gender-based violence.

Links / Resources: Leading Change Program . Instagram . Facebook . LinkedIn