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YWCA’s Jen Gordon represents co-creators during important council decision to move forward with the Plan to End Chronic Homelessness

On April 9, Regional Council endorsed the Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, a co-created plan for transformative systems change in the Region’s homelessness and housing system. The nearly 90-page report includes 31 specific recommendations to bring about change, one of which looks to analyze the current system through a gender equity lens. Working with our

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April 12, 2024 No Comments
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30 Years of Women of Distinction Awards: Colleen Smith, 2000

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the YWCA Cambridge Women of Distinction awards, we’re highlighting recipients from over three decades of celebrating ordinary women doing extraordinary things. Colleen Smith (left), Woman of Distinction recipient in 2000, smiles with her daughter, Samantha. Colleen Smith Woman of Distinction award recipient in

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April 2, 2024 No Comments
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30 Years of Women of Distinction Awards: Jill Summerhayes (1994)

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the YWCA Cambridge Women of Distinction awards, we’re highlighting recipients from over three decades of celebrating ordinary women doing extraordinary things. Jill Summerhayes Woman of Distinction award recipient in the category of women in business, 1994. In the face of adversity, some individuals

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March 27, 2024 No Comments
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30 Years of Women of Distinction Awards: Ilidia Sa Melo (2015)

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the YWCA Cambridge Women of Distinction awards, we’re highlighting recipients from over three decades of celebrating ordinary women doing extraordinary things.     Ilidia Sa Melo Woman of Distinction award recipient in the category of nonprofit or public service, 2015 In every corner

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March 27, 2024 No Comments
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A Behind-the-Curtain Look at how YWCA Cambridge is Working to Establish a Women’s Emergency Homelessness Shelter in Cambridge

Did you hear that YWCA Cambridge is on a mission to address women’s homelessness (visible and hidden) in Cambridge? We’ve been busy working on developing an emergency shelter, services and pathways to support women, with particular attention paid to addressing and preventing experiences of gender-based violence that often accompany not

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February 20, 2024 No Comments
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YWCA Ontario 2024 Pre-Budget Submission

Below is a pre-budget submission prepared by the YWCA Ontario Coalition and submitted to the Ontario Ministry of Finance ahead of Budget 2024. Read the PDF here. YWCA Ontario is a provincial coalition of YWCA Member Associations that serves more than 40,000 people each year across Ontario. We offer a

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February 1, 2024 No Comments

Project Willow Research Findings and Their Impact on Cambridge

Project Willow Research Findings and Their Impact on Cambridge In 2022/2023, YWCA Cambridge collaborated on an important research and advocacy project called Project Willow. One of the products of this collaboration was a report titled Don’t Tell Them You’re Homeless: Experiences of gender-based violence among women experiencing homelessness in Waterloo

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January 16, 2024 No Comments
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Working Towards a Gender-Based Violence-Free Cambridge

For 75 years, YWCA Cambridge has been on the forefront of tackling gender-based violence through our work with women, girls and gender diverse individuals in Cambridge. Were fueled by the hope of a future in which everyone lives free of violence and those who do experience it have the support

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November 29, 2023 No Comments
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