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 | Apr 29, 2022 | Advocacy, Blog, News
Below is the coalition of Ontario YWCA’s response to the 2022 provincial budget released yesterday. A PDF of our budget analysis can be found here. With a provincial election looming, YWCA Ontario hoped to see a range of critical investments in women and...
by Rosalind Gunn | Mar 7, 2022 | Blog
International Women’s Day is about raising awareness around persisting gender inequities all over the globe. As a feminist agency that works with hundreds of women girls and gender diverse individuals each year, we see up close just how far we as a society have to go...
by Rosalind Gunn | Feb 17, 2022 | Advocacy, Blog, YWCA Ontario
The following is the provincial pre-budget submission prepared by the YWCA Ontario coalition. PDF version HERE. The Honourable Peter Bethlenfalvy Minister of Finance c/o Budget Secretariat Frost Building North, 3rd Floor 95 Grosvenor Street Toronto, ON M7A 1Z1...
by Rosalind Gunn | Nov 5, 2021 | Blog, News, YWCA Ontario
The following is a joint statement issued by the coalition of YWCAs in Ontario. Find the PDF version here. November 5, 2021 Just this week, the YWCA Ontario Coalition officially wrapped its #SheCoveryON campaign to draw attention to the urgent need for a plan to end...
by Rosalind Gunn | Oct 20, 2021 | Blog
Kim Whalen starts her work day around 6:00 a.m. when she arrives at YWCA Cambridge’s St. Elizabeth child care centre. Her day starts with donning all of the required personal protective equipment (PPE) – the gown, the mask, the visor, the gloves. Just as before the...
