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September 30th is The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

Posted on 30 September 2024 Posted in Advocacy, Home Page Featured PostTagged advocacy, Community, Truth & Reconciliation

The National Day of Truth and Reconciliation offers us a moment to pause and reflect on settlers’ treaty obligations to care […]

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

Posted on 26 September 202426 September 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 marks Black History Month with a reading challenge

Posted on 27 February 2024 Posted in AdvocacyTagged Black History Month

As Black History Month comes to a close, we at YWCA Hamilton are proud to share an exciting project we’ve […]

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YWCA Hamilton advocates for Reproductive Care for unhoused community members at the 10th Women’s Health Days with Greater Hamilton Health Network

Posted on 15 February 2024 Posted in Advocacy, Home Page Featured PostTagged Community

Last week, February 7th and 8th, Greater Hamilton Health Network (GHHN) held its tenth Women’s Health Days at YWCA Hamilton’s […]

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YWCA Hamilton advocates for funding for women

Posted on 7 February 202419 June 2024 Posted in Advocacy, Home Page Featured Post, OAKTagged Budget, government relations

It’s budget season at all three levels of government, and YWCA Hamilton has been working hard advocating for needed investments […]

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34 years after the École Polytechnique shooting, women still fight for equality in the workplace

Posted on 6 December 2023 Posted in Advocacy, Home Page Featured PostTagged Gender-Based Violence

On December 6, 1989, 14 women in an engineering class at the École Polytechnique de Montréal were separated from their […]

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CEO Medora Uppal shares remarks on National Housing Day

Posted on 22 November 202319 June 2024 Posted in Advocacy, Home Page Featured Post, OAKTagged Gender-Based Violence, Housing and Shelter

This Sunday, YWCA Hamilton CEO Medora Uppal shared the following remarks focused on housing, hope, and ending gender-based violence as […]

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YWCA Hamilton advocates for more funding for women’s housing on Parliament Hill

Posted on 10 October 202319 June 2024 Posted in Advocacy, Home Page Featured Post, OAKTagged Housing and Shelter

Today, October 10, people around the world will observe World Homeless Day. This international moment of advocacy focuses on working […]

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