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By: Nura Yunus
Apsari Rara Nastiti

Canada World Youth
 Canada World Youth (CWY) offers international educational
programs to young people aged 15 to 35. Since 1971, more than
37,000 youth from Canada and around the world have
completed a CWY program in 69 partner countries.
 As part of the Youth Leaders in Action program of CWY, groups
of 18 young people from different cultures leave their homes to
spend a total of six months together- three months in a
Canadian community and three months in a community in a
partner country.
 For the eleventh time, Camrose is hosting CWY and this winter
MENPORA (Ministry of Youth and Sports) participants from across
Canada and Indonesia.

Women’s Safety Audit
 A participatory tool created by METRAC, the Metropolitan Action
Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (www.metrac.ca), in
1989 as a gender-specific response to growing concerns about violence
against and women’s feelings of insecurity.
 Canada World Youth acknowledges that women and girls experience and
perceive protection and safety differently than men and boys
 Fear of violence limits women’s choices, quality of life, mobility and freedom of
movement, as they avoid certain places, routes and modes of transportation.
 It therefore limits their full participation in public life, access to essential
services such as health, water and sanitation including political and community
life.
 The key principles of the Women’s Safety Audit (WSA) are:
 Women are considered experts on their own environment and security
 WSAs encourage local and context-specific solutions to issues of insecurity
 WSAs promote partnerships between women and their local governments

 Meeting with groups and community
organizations that represent diverse women
 Camrose Association For Community Living
 Women’s Shelter
 Elder’s Care Committee
 Camrose Ministerial Association
 Augustana University Counselors, students,
President of Students Association, Aboriginal
Support Services
 Walkable Camrose
 Camrose Family Violence Response Council
 Camrose Walkers

 Based on the recommendations from the
organizations and women that we talked to,
we chose December 4th and December 6th as
the dates to do the walk.
 We wanted to include as many Augustana
students as possible before the examinations
 Scheduled the dates around the National Day
of Remembrance and Action on Violence
Against Women
 Chose path of downtown because it is most
widely used by the most members of the
community.

 We started from Augustana University,
headed around downtown, and then went
back to Augustana University

 We started from Camrose United Church and
travelled through downtown area; this night
we took two different paths through
downtown

 Sent email to all local contacts
 Distributed posters and pamphlets
 Created social media account to connect
with public : Facebook
 Contacted media
 Camrose Booster
 Camrose Canadian
 Camrose Morning News
 The Dagligtale
 Edmonton news outlets

 Between the two events, we had 31 in
attendance
 20 CWY participants
 11 community members
 Performed audit noting physical
characteristics along the routes (lighting,
maintenance, signage, etc.)
 Facilitated conversation following walks
 Completed surveys

 Snow shovelling
 Lighting : alleys and certain streets
 80% audit participants felt that there was
inadequate lighting in some areas of the city, or
identified areas where lighting was absent or
broken
 Crosswalks
 Visibility and signage
 Access to help or telephones
 Of the 22 women participating in the walk, 11
were unsure of where to go for help, and 6 had
no indication of where to go for help

 Record additional gender specific information on all
reported Crimes on Persons, not just domestic
violence
 Establish process for citizens to give suggestions on
pedestrian-unfriendly streets, such as website or
comment box
 Add crosswalks to: Intersection of 46 Ave. and 49th St,
44 Ave. and 50th St
 Add signage and lighting: Mirror Lake, Jubilee Park,
more lighting on 50th St. (south of 48 Ave.)
 Add sidewalks to 46 Ave. (from 50St to 48St, along
Augustana campus)
 Improve general walk-ability : snow removal, more
public telephones, buffer between sidewalks and
road (48 Ave.)

 We recognize that our perspective is that of
new residents to the community
 Most participants of the walk believe
Camrose is safe and a walk-able city, but
expressed that there are areas where they
feel unsafe at night
 The recommendations of this audit would
benefit the whole community, not just
women
 This tool is accessible to the community to
audit other areas

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