by Rosalind Gunn | Oct 15, 2019 | Blog, YWCA Ontario
Isabel is one of our very own from the YWCA movement. She is dedicated to serving causes that work to end inequity and create opportunities for all. She believes that the most effective and crucial way to achieve this end is by joining forces for diversity and...
by Rosalind Gunn | Oct 11, 2019 | Blog
Today is International Day of the Girl, and we saw no better way to acknowledge it than by hosting a guest blog by one of our participants, Madiha Syed. She’s been a part of The W, our programming space for a long time. Madiha (she/her) is a young spoken word...
by Rosalind Gunn | Oct 10, 2019 | Blog
Janice Jo Lee (she/her), aka Sing Hey, is a Korean-Canadian artist from Kitchener, on Haldimand Tract treaty territory. She is a nationally-touring folk singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, spoken word poet, playwright-actor, and educator. She is passionate about...
by Rosalind Gunn | Oct 8, 2019 | Blog
Dr. Eden Hennessey is a social psychologist who researches and mobilizes knowledge related to diversity promotion and discrimination reduction. Her most recent work assesses the consequences of confronting gender bias in science, technology, engineering and math...
by Rosalind Gunn | Oct 7, 2019 | Blog, News
WATERLOO REGION, Ontario – The Feminist Shift, a coalition led by YW Kitchener-Waterloo and YWCA Cambridge, officially launched today with an all-candidates survey focusing on gender-based issues in Waterloo Region. The survey, presented to all federal election...
by Rosalind Gunn | Oct 4, 2019 | Blog, News
With the possibility of a CUPE strike starting Monday, October 7, it is important that we communicate with our service users who might be impacted by the strike. If a strike happens October 7, our child care services at St. Elizabeth and St. Margaret will be affected....
