by Rosalind Gunn | Nov 4, 2022 | Blog, News
This week, the Ontario government passed legislation invoking the Notwithstanding Clause. This decision not only overrides rights laid out in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but threatens to fine individuals and unions who choose to strike while forcibly imposing...
by Rosalind Gunn | Nov 1, 2022 | Blog, News
The holiday season is just around the corner, which means it’s time for YWCA Cambridge’s Festive Futures holiday giving program. Festive Futures is an annual holiday giving program that brings together our community to help women who have been through our...
by Rosalind Gunn | Oct 18, 2022 | Blog, News
YWCA Cambridge and the newly-launched Soroptimist Trust have partnered to host High Tea and High Fashion with style icon Lynn Spence on November 6 in the Toyota Room at the Cambridge Centre for the Arts.“As we slowly inch back to normalcy, it feels good to host an...
by Rosalind Gunn | Aug 11, 2022 | Advocacy, Blog, News
[PDF version of YWCA Ontario’s response to the 2022 provincial budget] August 11, 2022 This week, the Ontario Government re-introduced the 2022 Budget. Although there was an opportunity to address deepening crises in our province, few modifications to the...
by Rosalind Gunn | Jul 27, 2022 | Blog, News
For over 12 years, it has been our pleasure to bring you curated items that have promoted women designers, small business owners and entrepreneurs. Your enthusiasm and unwavering support for YWCA Cambridge’s social enterprise, WIGG, has allowed us to generate...
by Rosalind Gunn | Jun 24, 2022 | Advocacy, Blog, News
June 24, 2022YWCA Cambridge is enraged, grief-stricken and appalled at the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe V. Wade, the 1973 ruling that guaranteed federal constitutional protection of abortion rights in the US. This decision turns the clocks back on...