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Zabjek, Alexandra
We Need to Do This, 09/2023Book Chapter
Ardis Beaudry climbed the winding staircase to the bell tower of the All Saints’ Anglican Cathedral in downtown Edmonton. The corridor was uncomfortably narrow and steep, but she pushed ahead. It was 1970, and it was Beaudry’s first shift at the first shelter for women in the city. Beaudry had no experience as a social worker or a shelter employee, but she was willing to volunteer and, in the early 1970s, that was qualification enough. The bell tower was small and isolated, hardly an ideal spot for an overnight shelter, but it had room for a few pieces of furniture
