by Rosalind Gunn | Oct 3, 2019 | Blog
Washington P Silk holds a BA in Anthropology from the University of Lethbridge and an MSW from Wilfrid Laurier University. They are a Registered Social Worker and work as a Therapeutic Counsellor with the OK2BME program. Wash is a gender queer person, and uses...
by Rosalind Gunn | Oct 2, 2019 | Blog
Fareeda Adam is a panelist at the upcoming Equal Are We conference. She is a practising lawyer in Toronto with Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC). Fareeda has her BA in Political Science and Women’s Studies, with a minor in Indigenous Studies from McMaster University,...
by Rosalind Gunn | Sep 20, 2019 | Blog, News
CAMBRIDGE, Ontario – On October 22, the Equal Are We conference will take place. Jointly planned and hosted by YWCA Cambridge, The City of Cambridge and Conestoga College, the conference seeks to give space to conversations surrounding topics of equity, specifically...
by Rosalind Gunn | Sep 17, 2019 | Blog, News
Megan Lambe, current chair of the Equal Are We Planning Committee, YWCA Cambridge Board member and Women of Distinction alumna guest blogs this week. She explores the roots of the Equal Are We Conference, how it’s morphed over the years and where it’s headed now....
by Rosalind Gunn | Aug 19, 2019 | Blog
A guest blog post by Small Steps to Success Graduate and YWCA Cambridge Marketing Intern Lisa Lewis Come to the Edge,she said. We can’t. It’s too high. Come to the Edge, she said. We can’t. We might fall. Come to the edge, she said And they came, And she pushed, And...
by Caroline Barker | Jul 5, 2019 | Blog
This blog is the third in a series by guest blogger and YWCA Cambridge employee Tara Kleinsteuber exploring Truth and Reconciliation and her own story of moving through the world as an Indigenous person. So, I’ve told you how I’ve watched my family endure racism. I’ve...
