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Fit, Active and Healthy Seniors

Posted on 26 June 2025 Posted in Home Page Featured Post, Programs & ServicesTagged seniors

June is Senior’s Month in Ontario, and this year’s theme has been Fit, Active and Healthy Seniors. YWCA Hamilton’s Active Living […]

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Empowering Young Leaders at YWCA Hamilton: A Journey to the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness Conference

Posted on 9 December 2024 Posted in Advocacy, Home Page Featured Post, Programs & ServicesTagged advocacy, Community, Gender-Based Violence, Housing and Shelter, YWCA Staff

Michele Markowski, Manager of Harm Reduction and Low-Barrier Services, and Colleen Allain, Carole Anne’s Place Supervisor, recently presented at the […]

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YWCA Hamilton is ready to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with action, passion, and support for survivors!

Posted on 1 October 20241 October 2024 Posted in Home Page Featured Post, Programs & ServicesTagged Community, Encore, Health and Wellness

Every October, YWCA Hamilton’s Health & Wellness team leads the charge to raise critical funds for our ENCOREplus program. ENCOREplus […]

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YOU Power YWCA Hamilton – Read Our Impact Report 2023-24!

Posted on 26 September 202430 October 2024 Posted in Advocacy, Home Page Featured Post, OAK, Programs & ServicesTagged Community, Economic Empowerment, Employment & Skills Development, Gender-Based Violence, Health and Wellness, Immigration & Settlement Services, Impact Report

Dear YWCA Hamilton supporters, I’m so pleased to send you our 2023-24 Impact Report! In our last fiscal year, we [...]

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This World Refugee Day – We Commend the Stories of Resilience, Determination, and the Power of Community Support

Posted on 20 June 2024 Posted in Advocacy, Home Page Featured Post, Programs & ServicesTagged Community, Immigration & Settlement Services

World Refugee Day was established by the United Nations in 2001 in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the 1951 […]

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Celebrating Two Spirit, LGBTQIA+ communities during pride month: How visibility, representation & joy make queer and feminist movements stronger.

Posted on 31 May 202431 May 2024 Posted in Advocacy, Events, Home Page Featured Post, Programs & Services

June is Pride Month. Hosting and attending events where Two-Spirit and LGBTQIA+ folks come together to celebrate and are celebrated […]

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YWCA Hamilton’s PowerUP Ready program powers local business – Moments By Monique

Posted on 12 December 202326 February 2024 Posted in Home Page Featured Post, Ongoing Opportunities, Programs & ServicesTagged Economic Empowerment

Born with the natural ability to capture moments and a humanitarian passion, Monique Campbell has cultivated an exceptional awareness of […]

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YWCA Hamilton, in partnership with 110th Grey Cup Festival, celebrates youth at RISE & Shine Young Trailblazers Breakfast!

Posted on 24 November 2023 Posted in Events, Home Page Featured Post, Programs & ServicesTagged Community, Youth Programs

“Show up as you are” shared Kia Nurse, a Hamilton legend, basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women’s […]

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The Road to Hope is Never Travelled Alone – Thank you for Supporting YWCA ENCOREplus!

Posted on 16 November 2023 Posted in Events, Home Page Featured Post, Programs & ServicesTagged Community, Encore, Health and Wellness

The Road to Hope is never travelled alone, and our community showed up with overwhelming support for survivors of breast […]

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Road to Hope: The Road is Never Travelled Alone

Posted on 19 October 202323 October 2023 Posted in Home Page Featured Post, Programs & ServicesTagged Encore, Health and Wellness

This month, YWCA Hamilton is calling on our community to raise support for ENCOREPlus – the umbrella program that includes […]

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