by Rosalind Gunn | Oct 18, 2022 | Blog, News
YWCA Cambridge and the newly-launched Soroptimist Trust have partnered to host High Tea and High Fashion with style icon Lynn Spence on November 6 in the Toyota Room at the Cambridge Centre for the Arts.“As we slowly inch back to normalcy, it feels good to host an...
by Rosalind Gunn | Oct 13, 2022 | Advocacy, Blog
Last week, YWCA Cambridge joined YWCAs from across Canada for YWCA Canada’s annual YWCA Day On The Hill, an opportunity for YWCA member associations to gather in Ottawa to meet with Members of Parliament and Senators. Throughout our Day on the Hill, over 60 YWCA...
by Rosalind Gunn | Aug 31, 2022 | Blog
The following is a letter sent to YWCA Cambridge child care families on August 19, 2022. In it, YWCA CEO Kim Decker provides parents with an update on what we know about the status of the Canada-Wide Early Learning Child Care system in Ontario. YWCA Child Care...
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 27, 2022 | Blog, News
For over 12 years, it has been our pleasure to bring you curated items that have promoted women designers, small business owners and entrepreneurs. Your enthusiasm and unwavering support for YWCA Cambridge’s social enterprise, WIGG, has allowed us to generate...
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...