Sherrie L WinstanleySherrie L. Winstanley returned to post-secondary school as a mature student and earned a Bachelor of Social Work degree. She has worked with multibarriered, vulnerable adults in developing preemployment skills, realizing good mental health and wellnes, and in securing housing. She is the visionary, founder, and executive director of S.H.A.D.E. (Safe Housing and Directed Empowerment) Inc., a secondstage housing initiative in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Their mission is to provide safe housing and social services to immigrant and refugee women who have been impacted by intimate partner violence (IPV) and/or family violence, as they work to rebuild their lives and transition from a place of victimization to a place of confidence, healing, stability, and resiliency. For years, Sherrie has been supporting female clients living in abusive relationships. To learn more about SHADE, please visit www.shadewinnipeg.org. Read More Read Less