Grande Prairie Family Education Society

The Grande Prairie Friendship Centre Ahcahk Youth Program is hiring!!! Youth Program Assistant, the successful candidate will be an outgoing High School Stude...nt, who will assist the Program Coordinator. The job will include implementing the importance of Mental Health combining with the Indigenous culture. The Youth Program Assistant will work with the age groups of 5 years old to 11 years old, from Monday to Thursday. Job Responsibilities: Assist the Program Coordinator with planning activities and crafts based on Mental Health and the Indigenous Culture (i.e. Medicine Wheel and Seven Scared Teachings) Clean and sanitize after each shift. Prepare and set up the snacks before the children arrive. Report to the Program Coordinator on a daily manner to allow the program to continue to be successful. Assist the Elders / Knowledge Keepers once a week when they attend the program. Qualifications: Effective communication skills (i.e. verbal and written) Ability to work independently Knowledge to the Indigenous community and Indigenous culture Knowledge of the importance of Mental Health Ability to work with the age groups of 5 years old to 11 years old High school student from the age of 15 years old to 17 years old. Contact Information: Please send resume to Mercedes Mwemera by email [email protected] Successful candidates will be contacted via phone to schedule an interview.

IMPACT Grande Prairie (formerly Prevention of Family Violence Network) is committed to preventing family violence in Alberta’s Northwest. By supporting agencies... and building confidence that violence is preventable and can be dealt with through collaborative effort, education and public awareness. See more

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. 1 in 3 around the experience physical or sexual violence by: A husband A boyfriend... An intimate partner A lover A parent A relative A colleague A boss A stranger We must END violence against & !

We've been sitting on a super fabulous secret for a little while and we can't keep it to ourselves anymore! Grande Prairie AUTO Repair has teamed up with DRIVIN...G FORCE Vehicle Rentals, Sales & Leasing - Grande Prairie to bring us STUFF A TRUCK! Our kick off will be November 23rd and it will run until December 13th with locations and times to be announced closer to. We will need volunteers who would like to sit with the truck for a few hours. We're hoping to get enough volunteers that no one has to do multiple days. Please pm us if this is you and we can get things rolling. Thank you again to both businesses for their amazing generosity! See more

Are you thriving or just surviving? The COVID pandemic has created a concurrent crisis around mental health. We all need to be taking care of each other, but th...at includes ourselves. This is especially true for healthcare workers. This site from the Colorado Healthcare Ethics Resource Group offers information and resources to help address the anxiety and stress that can, if left unaddressed, deteriorate into crisis. https://cohcwcovidsupport.org/ See more

Isn’t this the truth? FASD Caregivers are some of the best advocates I know!

We support prevention of family violence month and our team is wearing purple to speak out against family violence! #ReachOutSpeakOut #gopurplegp #GoPurple #FamilyViolencePreventionMonth... #fvpm2020 #GoPurpleAB #WhereToTurn See more

For any dad's or male caregivers! Tomorrow is our dad's monthly support group. Please give our office a call to get connected. 780-830-0920. Or email [email protected]. The Dad's support group meets once a month, you can join each month or drop in when you can.