by Rosalind Gunn | Aug 11, 2022 | Advocacy, Blog, News
[PDF version of YWCA Ontario’s response to the 2022 provincial budget] August 11, 2022 This week, the Ontario Government re-introduced the 2022 Budget. Although there was an opportunity to address deepening crises in our province, few modifications to the...
by Rosalind Gunn | Jul 22, 2022 | Advocacy, Blog
At YWCA Cambridge, we operate from an intersectional, anti-oppressive, feminist lens and doing that requires constant re-evaluation of our policies, practices and programming to ensure we’re engaging with, and advocating for, communities and participants in the most...
by Rosalind Gunn | Jun 24, 2022 | Advocacy, Blog, News
June 24, 2022YWCA Cambridge is enraged, grief-stricken and appalled at the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe V. Wade, the 1973 ruling that guaranteed federal constitutional protection of abortion rights in the US. This decision turns the clocks back on...
by Rosalind Gunn | Jun 6, 2022 | Advocacy, YWCA Ontario
June 6, 2022 On June 2, Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives gained a second consecutive majority government. The New Democratic Party (NDP) remains the Official Opposition with 31 seats. Neither the Liberal Party, who gained eight seats, nor the Green Party, who...
by Rosalind Gunn | May 20, 2022 | Advocacy, Blog, News
The Early Years Coalition of Waterloo Region will host a virtual all-candidates meeting May 24 on child care and family issues. The coalition of child care operators and advocates from across Waterloo Region invited each registered political party to send one...
by Rosalind Gunn | May 16, 2022 | Advocacy, News
Community Service Providers Partner to Host Public All-Candidates Meeting on Future of Social Services, Cambridge and Kitchener South-Hespeler Ridings Social service providers from across Cambridge and North Dumfries have partnered to host two provincial election...
