by Rosalind Gunn | Jul 8, 2021 | Blog, News
YWCA Cambridge has received a generous $400,000 Social Impact Grant from the Lyle S. Hallman Foundation as part of the Foundation’s response to the community’s needs arising from the pandemic.The funds are unrestricted, allowing YWCA Cambridge to decide where best the...
by Rosalind Gunn | Jun 22, 2021 | Advocacy, Blog
The following letter was co-written by members of the YWCA Ontario Coalition and sent to Minister Alghabra. [Read the PDF version here]June 21, 2021Re: Building an affordable and national public transportation systemDear Minister Alghabra,We are writing today as a...
by Rosalind Gunn | Jun 22, 2021 | Blog
The following blog was contributed by YWCA Cambridge staff member, Tara Kleinsteuber We’ve all heard the “check-in on your______________ friends” sentiment. Usually, an onslaught of memes with that fill-in-the-blank line starts to pop up when an injustice or...
by Rosalind Gunn | Mar 26, 2021 | Advocacy, Blog, News
March 26, 2021 [Read the PDF of the document here] The province has acknowledged that Ontario is in a “she-cession.” However, the budget released this week does not offer us a “she-covery.” While women are mentioned in the budget document 27 times, there are few new...
by Rosalind Gunn | Feb 12, 2021 | Advocacy, Blog, News
Ontario YWCA Coalition Releases Vision for an “Equitable, Gender-Responsive Budget” in Joint Pre-Budget Submission to the Minister of Finance. [Click here for a PDF of the document] YWCA Ontario is a provincial coalition of YWCA Member Associations. We offer a range...
by Rosalind Gunn | Dec 15, 2020 | Blog
CAMBRIDGE — You can now try to catch the ace in support of YWCA Cambridge, a local nonprofit that provides child care, camps and a number of programming for children, youth and adults. “YWCA Cambridge has seen significant financial losses as a result of...
