Meg Sauvé

With the help of the At Home in Canada programs offered by the YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth, Trixia and her family were able to settle in their new country while getting their daughter ready for school.

As an At-Home Coordinator, Désirée led the implementation of the HIPPY program at Immigration Francophone Nouvelle-Écosse (IFNÉ), in close collaboration with Mothers Matter Canada. Discover the professional path of this dedicated coordinator, the success of the program in a francophone minority setting in Nova Scotia and its impact – one mother, and one family, at a time.

Fatema first heard about the Women’s Insight Project in a community WhatsApp group. What began as a simple message quickly became an invitation she couldn’t ignore – an opportunity to support Muslim girls growing up in the Lower Mainland. She understood the pressures many Muslim women and girls navigate . Many had grown up within patriarchal environments where public spaces and opportunities were often dominated by men, and where girls were rarely encouraged to take risks. Fatema joined the...