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....
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...
