by Rosalind Gunn | Mar 29, 2023 | Advocacy, Blog, YWCA Ontario
On March 23, 2023, the Ontario government released its 2023 budget. Below is the YWCA Ontario Coalition’s response. A PDF version of the budget analysis can be found here. A PDF version of the budget analysis can be found here. One of the two themes of this...
by Rosalind Gunn | Mar 21, 2023 | Advocacy, Blog
On March 16, the YWCA Ontario coalition sent the following letter to the Solicitor General, Hon. Michael Kerzner, calling on the province to take more meaningful action in response to the Renfrew County Inquest recommendations. A PDF of this letter can be found here....
by Rosalind Gunn | Mar 8, 2023 | Advocacy
It’s International Women’s Day around the globe and, given this day’s history of being rooted in the women’s labour movement, what better way to celebrate it than by celebrating YWCA’s work in breaking down gendered barriers in male-dominated fields? Since 2021, YWCA...
by Rosalind Gunn | Feb 9, 2023 | Advocacy, Blog, YWCA Ontario
Below is a copy of the YWCA Ontario coalition’s pre-budget submission for Ontario’s 2023 budget. PDF version here. February 9, 2023 The Honourable Peter Bethlenfalvy Minister of Finance c/o Budget Secretariat Frost Building North, 3rd Floor 95...
by Rosalind Gunn | Feb 3, 2023 | Advocacy, Blog
From 2013-2020, YWCA Cambridge was home to two incredible STEM-based programs: STEM Mentoring and TechGyrls. As part of these YWCA Cambridge-made programs, staff would often invite guests from the local science, tech, engineering and math communities to come speak to...
by Rosalind Gunn | Dec 1, 2022 | Advocacy, Blog
1,858. That’s how many individuals YWCA Cambridge’s community-based violence prevention programming reached in 2022. We saw a 70% increase in requests from school administrators, educators, child and youth workers and caregivers to deliver gender-based...