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YWCA Canada Rose Campaign Says Women Forced to Choose between Poverty and Abuse: Calls for Federal Government Leadership on Policy Coordination
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25-Nov-2009: Ottawa, Wednesday November 25, 2009 –YWCA Canada, the country’s single largest provider of shelter s...
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MPs Playing Dangerous Politics with Women's Lives says YWCA Canada: Calls for Honouring the Montreal Massacre and Preserving the Gun Registry
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4-Nov-2009: Toronto, November 4, 2009 - No greater impetus should be needed for the retention of gun control in ...
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YWCA Canada Calls for Coordination on Violence Against Women: Life Beyond Shelter Report recommends government cooperation at all levels
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13-Oct-2009: Toronto, March 16, 2009 - A new report by YWCA Canada, the country’s largest provider of shelter for...
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YWCA Canada devastated by the tragic loss of Carolyn Bray, Executive Director of YWCA Muskoka
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16-Mar-2009: TORONTO, March 16, 2009 - YWCA Canada mourns the loss of Carolyn Bray, Executive Director of YWCA Mu...
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YWCA Canada Calls for Federal Spending to Reduce the Impact on Women: "Where is the Gender Lens?"
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27-Jan-2009: Ottawa, January 27, 2009 - YWCA Canada, the country’s oldest and largest women’s multi-service agenc...
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YWCA Canada Calls on Federal Budget to Count Women In: "Broad Investments Needed"
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23-Jan-2009: Toronto, January 23, 2009 -YWCA Canada, the country’s single largest provider of shelter services fo...
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New YWCA Canada Report Finds Women still have a Long Way to Go toward Gaining Equality: Political Parties Urged to Put Women's Equality Front and Centre
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28-Sep-2008: WINNIPEG, Sunday September 28, 2008 – A new report released today by YWCA Canada, the country’s olde...
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"Who's Afraid of Elizabeth May?" YWCA Canada calls for a woman's voice in election debate
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9-Sep-2008: TORONTO, September 9, 2008 - YWCA Canada, the country’s oldest and largest women’s multi-service org...
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Private Members' Bill C-537
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29-Jul-2008: An Act to amend the Criminal Code
(protection of conscience rights in the health care profession) ...
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Canada's largest multi-service organization by, for and about women and girls urges United Nations and African Union to protect women and girls amidst the growing violence in Zimbabwe
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23-Jun-2008: “The apology is a grand first step,” says Paulette Senior, Chief Executive Officer of YWCA Canada, “...
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Canada’s largest multi-service organization by, for and about women and girls stands beside Aboriginal women following the historic federal apology to residential school survivors
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18-Jun-2008: YWCA Canada credits the federal government for its historic apology to survivors of
residential sc...
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YWCA Canada opposes Bill C-484: The Biggest Threat to Reproductive Choice in Canada in over 20 years
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8-Apr-2008: YWCA Canada, the country’s oldest and largest women’s multi-service organization, strongly opposes B...
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Canadian women and their families sideswiped by federal budget says Canada's largest multi-service organization by, for and about women and girls
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25-Mar-2008: The Harper Government has made clear decisions about who it wants to please with yesterday’s budget,...
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New Study Finds an Alarming Number of Women in Canada’s North Face Homelessness. Women’s Organizations Urge All Levels of Government to Find Solutions Quickly.
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14-Nov-2007: Ottawa – A pan-territorial study on homelessness paints a disturbing picture of the despair many wom...
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Unique Study Finds Women in Canada’s North at Alarmingly High Risk of Homelessness. Study Results to be Released at Ottawa Press Conference November 14.
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9-Nov-2007: Ottawa – The first-ever pan-territorial study on homelessness sheds a stark light on the bleak reali...
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New NFB documentary explores worrying phenomenon of premature sexualization of children. YWCA and NFB partner on Toronto launch of Sexy Inc.- Our children Under Influence.
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5-Nov-2007: Toronto - The YWCA and The National Film Board of Canada are proud to present a new film that invest...
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Canadian women and their families shut out of Throne Speech says Canada’s largest multi-service women’s organization.
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17-Oct-2007: YWCA Canada has carefully reviewed Monday’s Speech from the Throne and concludes that it virtually i...
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YWCA Canada Calls on Conservative Government to Adequately Address Critical Issues Facing Canadian Women and their Families in Throne Speech.
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15-Oct-2007: Canada’s oldest multi-service women’s organization says the federal government must deal with the in...
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YWCA Canada Urges Canadians to Take Action Against Violence in Wake of Latest Alarming Statistics on Serious Violent Crime- Week Without Violence® Campaign Oct.14-20, 2007
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12-Oct-2007: Newspapers across the country scream out the headlines every day: murder, rape, armed robbery and as...
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YWCA Canada Deeply Disappointed about Defeat of Mixed Member Proportional Electoral System in Yesterday’s Referendum. Leader Urges Ontario Government to Hold Second Vote in Time for Next Provincial Election.
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11-Oct-2007: Canada’s largest multi-service women’s organization says Ontarians missed a golden opportunity to ge...
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YWCA Canada Calls on Liberal Government in Ontario to Make Women’s Issues an Urgent Priority in its Second Term
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11-Oct-2007: Toronto - During the election campaign Premier Dalton McGuinty made several promises related to wome...
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At last a documentary denouncing the phenomenon of hypersexualization!
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9-Oct-2007: Montreal – As part of the YWCA Week Without Violence® the National Film Board of Canada is proud to ...
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Canada’s Largest Multi-Service Women’s Organization Gravely Concerned by the Closing of the Leading Legal Organization for Women. YWCA Canada Leader Says Shutting Down of the National Association of Women and the Law is a Big Step Backwards for Women’s Equality in Canada.
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20-Sep-2007: Today marks a major setback in the long-standing struggle to eliminate inequities faced by Canadian ...
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Canada’s Largest Multi-Service Women’s Organization Urges Ontarians to Choose Proportional Representation in Upcoming Electoral Reform Referendum
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10-Sep-2007: Leader says a Mixed Member Proportional system will help more equitable representation of women in p...
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More Women Killed by Men Who Loved Them
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3-Jul-2007: Media coverage – print, radio and television – of two recent intimate partner murder/suicides relied...
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First-Ever Global Conference on Women & AIDS
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5-Jun-2007: Organisers: World YWCA What: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S SUMMIT: Women’s Leadership making a Difference...
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Leader of World YWCA addresses critical global issues facing women at YWCA
Annual Membership Meeting in Banff, Alberta
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30-May-2007: YWCA Canada is honoured to have Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro, the
head of theWorld YWCA, as an honoured gues...
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Canada’s largest multi-service women’s organization to hear about poverty, isolation
and discrimination facing Aboriginal women at major conference in Banff. Native
leader likens situation of aboriginal women to the trauma of a war zone
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28-May-2007: The critical issues facing Canada’s aboriginal women will be
one of the main focuses of a large gat...
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YWCA Canada working together with Baffin Regional Agvvik Society to develop critical services for women and girls in Iqaluit
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11-Apr-2007: YWCA Canada and the Baffin Regional Agvvik Society are developing plans to provide critical services...
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Federal Budget has Negative Consequences for Canadian Women and Children
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20-Mar-2007: YWCA Canada, this country’s largest women’s multi-service organization, is deeply concerned about ye...
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Federal government’s dismal record jeopardizing Canada’s position as a global leader on women’s issues -YWCA leader speaks out on International Women’s Day.
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8-Mar-2007: Today is International Women’s Day, a time to celebrate the achievements and advancements of women a...
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Women Across Canada Call on Harper to Put Equality Back on Track!
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8-Mar-2007: On International Women’s Day, women across Canada continue to call for a reversal of the federal cut...
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YWCA Canada Speaks Out at Rally on the Hill
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8-Dec-2006: From coast to coast throughout YWCA Member Associations, the shock of the Harper Government's attack...
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National Day of Mourning links to Dawson shootings and renewed calls for gun control
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6-Dec-2006: On December 6, YWCA Toronto, will host an afternoon vigil with speakers Hayder Kadhim, Dawson Colleg...
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You’ve come a long way!…. or have you? High profile women leaders gather at unique event to discuss women’s achievements and challenges.
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23-Oct-2006: Toronto - October is Women’s History Month and the 40th anniversary of Homemakers Magazine. So YWCA ...
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Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro to be honoured at the Planet Africa Awards in Toronto
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21-Oct-2006: Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro, World YWCA General Secretary, is to be honoured with the Leadership Award at th...
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Young women experience the highest rates of sexual assault, stalking and spousal homicide, says Statistics Canada.
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12-Oct-2006: Toronto, the 10th annual YWCA Week Without Violence® inspires over 1000 girls nation-wide to take ac...
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Media Statement - Government's real priorities revealed
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26-Sep-2006: OTTAWA, CNW/ - We are deeply concerned about the gutting of the only federal agency that addresses c...
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Leader of the World YWCA Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro, Stephen Lewis, and other high profile leaders call for quick action to support women in the response to the global HIV and AIDS pandemic.
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8-Aug-2006: Toronto, August 8, 2006 – Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro, Secretary General of the World YWCA, Stephen Lewis,...
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Paulette Senior, CEO of YWCA Canada, Nominated for WXN’s 2006 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards.
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Violence Against Women is a National Shame: Now It Must Become a National Priority
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1-Jun-2006: Ottawa. June 1, 2006. YWCA Canada releases a national study that indicates an alarmingly high percen...
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Women Fleeing Violence at Heightened Risk of Being Murdered: New Study Calls
on Canadian Legislators to Make Violence AgainstWomen a National Priority
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30-May-2006: Ottawa. On June 1st, YWCA Canada will release a national study, the first of its kind, involving a n...
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Open Letter to Honourable Minister Day - The Gun Registry Saves Lives
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18-May-2006: Dear Honourable Minister Day,
YWCA Canada asks that you hear what Canadians are really saying ...
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Prime Minister Harper’s Surplus Budget puts Canadian Children at a Deficit
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2-May-2006: YWCA Canada has made the healthy development of women and their children its priority for 135 years....
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Statement by Canada and Quebec’s child care coalitions - Unprecedented joint effort to win Parliamentary support for child care funding in budget Montreal and Ottawa
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28-Apr-2006: La Coalition des services de garde et des services aux familles and the Child Care Advocacy Associat...
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Study Shows National Child Care Plan Can Meet Diverse Needs
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20-Mar-2006: Just as Stephen Harper's Conservatives are
poised to cancel the federal child care agreements with ...
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Media Advisory | Child Care Advocates, Federal/Provincial Politicians Meet To Save Child Care Agreements
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15-Mar-2006: Child care advocates from across Canada will meet at Toronto City Hall on March 20th with Ontario’...
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YWCA Canada Urges Opposition Parties to Hold Conservative Minority Government Accountable on Issues Impacting Women's Lives
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25-Jan-2006: YWCA Canada is calling on the opposition parties to make sure Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the ...
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Mr. Harper Characterizes a Women’s Right to Choose as a Polar Extreme - Women Demand Clarity and Assurances
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20-Jan-2006: Women’s groups are asking Stephen Harper immediately and unequivocally to assure the women of Canada...
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Letter to All Federal Party Leaders - Urgent Call for Affordable Housing
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13-Jan-2006: With the recent release of your party's policy platform YWCA Canada and its Member Associatio...
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Dynamic New Leader of YWCA Canada Calls on Political Leaders to Take a Stronger Stand on Women's Issues in Federal Election Campaign.
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12-Jan-2006: The Board of Directors of YWCA Canada, A Turning Point for Women, takes great pleasure in announcing...
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Women of Canada are Still in Shock
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2-Jan-2006: YWCA Canada joins the Coalition for Women’s Equality (CWE) to produce a federal election voter’s too...
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YWCA Canada - Looking for a Positive Difference for Child Care
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12-Dec-2005: The New Democrats became the third party out the
gate today with its child care announcement. "It i...
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YWCA Canada Calls for Stronger Action to End Violence Against Women on the 16th Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre
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5-Dec-2005: A nurse is stabbed to death in a hospital recovery room in Windsor Ontario by her estranged boyfrien...
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October 16 to 22 is the 2005 YWCA Week Without Violence Across Canada
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13-Oct-2005: Join thousands of Canadians nation-wide next week as they take action against violence during the
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YWCA Responds to Sept 6, 2005 Globe and Mail article: McGuinty insists women safe if shariah allowed in Ontario
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8-Sep-2005: Is Ontario Premier McGuinty inventing a new system of law? Since when do Canadians have a system of ...
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Canada’s Oldest and Largest Women’s Multi-Service Organization Convenes to Mark 150h Anniversary of the YWCA Worldwide
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9-Jun-2005: Kitchener-Waterloo, Thursday June 9 - This week, over YWCA 130 delegates from across Canada will ga...
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YWCA – 150 Years Young!
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23-Apr-2005: On April 24, the YWCA marks its 150th anniversary. Working to improve the status of women and girls ...
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Women in Canada Join an International Action to Focus Attention on a Global Future Without Poverty and Violence
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21-Apr-2005: On May 1st, 2005 Canada will receive the Women's Global Charter for Humanity. The Charter began its ...
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Canadian Women's March Committee - International Women's Day March 8, 2005
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4-Mar-2005: Women in Canada join an international action to focus attention on a global future without poverty a...
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Federal Budget Once Again Too Many Women Left Behind
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24-Feb-2005: "The adage 'you can't judge a book by its cover' comes to mind when analyzing the 2005 Federal Budge...
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YWCA Canada Urges Dryden to Uphold His Commitment to Quality Child Care
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12-Feb-2005: YWCA Canada encourages Minister Ken Dryden to uphold his vision of a national child care program tha...
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YWCA Canada Supports "Long Live Kids!"
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27-Oct-2004: YWCA Canada is pleased to be a partner in the Long Live Kids initiative of Concerned Children’s Adve...
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Launching the 2004 National YWCA Week Without Violence
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17-Oct-2004: WHEN: October 17th to 23rd, 2004
WHERE: Communities across Canada
DETAILS: The 2004 YWCA Week Wi...
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Ottawa’s Nod to Women’s Equality Short on Details, says YWCA Canada
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6-Oct-2004: Canada’s largest women’s multi-service organization joined others in voicing cautious optimism for t...
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YWCA Launches TV Ad Campaign on Domestic Violence
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1-Jun-2004: The YWCA is the biggest, the oldest, and the only women’s multiservice organization that has branche...
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The YWCA, Canada's Oldest Women's Organization Overhauls its Image
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31-May-2004: The opening of a new shelter in Toronto, YWCA Arise, sets the stage for the launch of YWCA Canada’s ...
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Get a Rare Look Behind the Scenes at a Brand New Shelter for Assaulted Women
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28-May-2004: YWCA Canada launches a national public awareness
campaign, and YWCA Toronto invites you to an open ...
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Budget Even Less Visionary Than Throne Speech, YWCA Canada Responds
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24-Mar-2004: Today’s federal Budget cuts $6-billion for projected and existing public spending, privatizes PetroC...
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YWCA Canada Funds National Survey to Assess Young Women’s Interest in Women- Focused Issues
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8-Mar-2004: A study just released by YWCA Canada shows young women are interested in supporting women-focused
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Throne Speech a ‘Down’ (Without the ‘Payment’) for Canadian Women
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3-Feb-2004: Her Excellency Adrienne Clarkson delivered an eloquent Speech from the Throne yesterday voicing prom...
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