UNI-MB - logo
UMNIK - logo
 
E-viri
Celotno besedilo
  • Prairie pragmatism drives t...
    Zabjek, Alexandra

    We Need to Do This, 09/2023
    Book Chapter

    Lena Neufeld was on summer break from university in 1986 when her roommate mentioned a job opening at the women’s shelter in Lethbridge. Neufeld didn’t know much about Harbour House, but figured it had to be better than delivering pizzas until 3 a.m. like she was doing at the time. She completed an application and was hired within a day. The shelter occupied the top floor of Lethbridge’s brick YWCA building on 8th Street. On her first day at work, Neufeld was buzzed up to the secure fourth floor; she stepped off the elevator and was almost immediately handed a