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Ala Mohamed, Manager of Child Services is a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Early Childhood Education 2023!

Posted on 6 October 2023 Posted in Events, Home Page Featured Post, NewsTagged awards, Child Care, Children, Community, Leadership, YWCA Staff

Ala Mohamed, Manager of Child Services is a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Early Childhood Education [...]

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YWCA Hamilton joins the call for better child care on the National Day of Action

Posted on 30 November 2022 Posted in Advocacy, Home Page Featured PostTagged Children

Nov 30 is the National Day of Action on Child Care — and the YWCA Hamilton is among many organizations [...]

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Back to School Bonanza at the Putman Family YWCA helps families fight food insecurity and prepare for September

Posted on 25 August 2022 Posted in Home Page Featured Post, Programs & ServicesTagged Children, Women's Housing, Youth

Back to school is an exciting time for students – and part of the joy and anticipation of heading back […]

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A Statement from speqtrum Co-Founder Jyssika Russell

Posted on 18 June 202118 June 2021 Posted in Advocacy, Home Page Featured PostTagged 2SLGBTQIA+, Children, Speqtrum

I wanted to take some time to share with you some important news, for both speqtrum and myself. In this […]

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Creating community for Two Spirit/ LGBTQIA+ newcomers through food

Posted on 27 May 202110 January 2022 Posted in Home Page Featured Post, Programs & ServicesTagged 2SLGBTQIA+, Children, Speqtrum

Imagine being a queer newcomer to Canada with no connections, no family support, and no sense of belonging. Now, imagine [...]

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YWCA Hamilton’s Family Access Centre helps keeps families connected

Posted on 14 May 202114 May 2021 Posted in Home Page Featured Post, Programs & ServicesTagged Children

Since the pandemic hit, staying connected to our families has become even more important – especially for families navigating court-supervised [...]

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Speqtrum Check-In program helps support 2SLGBTQIA+ youth during the pandemic

Posted on 6 May 202110 January 2022 Posted in Home Page Featured Post, Programs & ServicesTagged 2SLGBTQIA+, Children, Speqtrum

May 7 is National Child & Youth Mental Health Day, which highlights the need to support younger members of our […]

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YWCA Hamilton’s new Join program offers wraparound services for newcomers, youth, and the 2SLGBTQ+ community

Posted on 14 January 202110 January 2022 Posted in Home Page Featured Post, Programs & ServicesTagged 2SLGBTQIA+, Children, Immigration & Settlement Services

We are excited to introduce a new program designed specifically to help newcomer women, youth and 2SLGBTQ+ youth meet all [...]

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How YWCA Hamilton’s STEP program changes lives

Posted on 19 November 202010 January 2022 Posted in Programs & ServicesTagged Children

Three years ago, Emma Farr started a program that changed her life. “I was having a really hard time in [...]

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