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Galt staple, WIGG, returns with a pop-up shop this September

CAMBRIDGE – A favourite women’s apparel and accessory boutique which closed its brick and mortar shop in March 2023 will return to Galt for a three-day pop-up shop featuring appearances by style icon, Lynn Spence. Women’s International Gift & Gallery – or, WIGG – a social enterprise operated by YWCA Cambridge which closed the doors …

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OTF Grant Enables YWCA Cambridge to Think Bigger

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn $124,200 OTF Grant Enables YWCA Cambridge to Think Bigger Cambridge, ON – On August 8,  Cambridge MPP Brian Riddell met with YWCA Cambridge staff and leadership to learn more about the $124,200 Resilient Communities grant awarded to the organization by the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) that was used to reinvigorate YWCA Cambridge’s …

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Reflections on YWCA Canada’s 131st Annual Members Meeting

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn May 2023 marked the 131st YWCA Canada Annual Members Meeting, this year held in Waskesiu Lake, Saskatchewan, and hosted by YWCA Prince Albert. YWCA Cambridge was able to send four delegates: our board chair, Norma McDonald Ewing, CEO, Kim Decker, Director of Philanthropy, Nataleigh Ballantyne and Director of Communications and Advocacy, Roz …

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Eight Women to be Recognized by the 2023 Women of Distinction Awards

8 Women to be recognized by YWCA Cambridge Women of Distintion Awards 2023 YWCA Cambridge is thrilled to announce the eight recipients of the 2023 Women of Distinction awards: Rebecca Dickinson Rebecca Dickinson is part of the Women Impacting and Influencing Technology (WIIT) committee at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada- a business partner group that focuses …

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YWCA Ontario Responds to Ontario’s CWELCC Discussion Paper on the 2024 Child Care Funding Formula

On May 5, the YWCA Ontario Coalition submitted its feedback on the Government of Ontario’s Canada-Wide Early Learning Child Care 2024 Child Care Funding Formula Discussion Paper.  Find our full response below. Holly Moran, Assistant Deputy MinisterMinistry of Education Early Years and Child Care Division By email: Holly.Moran@ontario.ca May 5, 2023 YWCA Ontario’s Reflections on the …

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2023 Women of Distinction Award Nominees Announced

YWCA Cambridge is thrilled to announce the nominees of the 29th annual Women of Distinction awards: Amina Gilani Carolyn (CJ) Janzen Ellie Hook Emily Jaarsma Joe-Ann McComb Laura Perrin Maria Empringham Olivia Bluhm Rana Mohammad Rebecca Dickinson Shupi Mapuranga Smriti Nayan Stephanie Pearsall Teresa Gaspar YWCA Cambridge thanks all nominators who took the time to …

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