Released on September 11, 1998
Violet Stanger, MLA for Lloydminster, on behalf of Judy Bradley,minister responsible for the Status of Women, today presented a
Lloydminster women's organization with a grant to enable it to access
the Internet and train members to use the new communications
technologies.
The Lloydminster Interval Home Society will receive $7,000 from the
Women's Organizations On Line Program, an initiative of the
Saskatchewan Women's Secretariat.
"This program will strengthen the ability of community groups to deal
with pressing issues such as poverty, unemployment and family
violence," Stanger said.
"Through this funding our organization has the opportunity to interact
with groups around the province and around the world, to research
up-to-date information and to more efficiently meet the needs of our
clients and members," Doreen McCaw, director of the Lloydminster
Interval Home Society, said.
The majority of groups receiving funding provide support and services
to lower income women, First Nations or Metis women, rural or northern
women, visible minority and immigrant women and women who are victims
of violence.
Stanger noted that at a recent Internet symposium for
Saskatchewan women, keynote speaker and President of Meta
Strategies Inc. Liz Rykert stated that this program is in the
forefront in Canada and that Saskatchewan is leading the way for
other provinces and territories.
"We look forward to Saskatchewan women's organizations' strong
presence online locally, nationally and internationally," Stanger
said.
The Lloydminster Interval Home Society provides shelter for women
and children who are fleeing abuse or experiencing other life
crises.
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For more information, contact:
Jamie McCamus
Women's Secretariat
Regina
Phone: (306) 787-7424
Doreen McCaw
Lloydminster Interval Home Society
Lloydminster
Phone: (403) 808-5282