Blog Posts from June, 2016

Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 10:30

Welcome to My Life: Why you should volunteer too!

This is the last of a three-part series about Welcome to My Life , a YWCA Youth Education program designed to help Grade 7 girls make smart choices...
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Monday, June 27, 2016 - 14:43

YWCA AGM: There’s no such thing as a ‘perfect victim’

Community, YWCA News & Events
This year, our Annual General Meeting ( AGM ) was billed as an event that would explore the fallout from Jian Ghomeshi’s sexual assault trial. The...
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Monday, June 27, 2016 - 13:59

4 Tools to Promote Yourself in Your Job Search

Community
If you’re a strategic job seeker, you know that the job search goes beyond the job posting. Way beyond. This is where self-marketing comes in. The...
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Monday, June 20, 2016 - 17:15

YWCA: One Movement, Many Hearts

Community, YWCA News & Events
Each year, YWCA staff, board members and volunteers from across Canada gather for the Annual Members Meeting ( AMM ). This year, the event took place...
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Monday, June 20, 2016 - 13:49

National Aboriginal Day: Honouring and serving Indigenous women

Community
June 21 is National Aboriginal Day in Canada. On this day, we recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and contributions of our...
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Monday, June 13, 2016 - 00:09

5 ways the YWCA Metro Vancouver is shifting a culture of sexualization

Community
Turn on the television, flip through a magazine, browse social media or walk through a mall and you’ll see the hypersexualized landscape that youth...
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Friday, June 10, 2016 - 09:30

Welcome to My Life: Why I stayed as a volunteer

Community, Social Change
This is part two of a three-part series about Welcome to My Life , a YWCA Youth Education program designed to help Grade 7 girls make smart choices...
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Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 09:43

Announcing the 2016 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards recipients

YWCA News & Events
YWCA Metro Vancouver is pleased to announce the recipients of its 33rd annual Women of Distinction Awards. More than 1,400 guests and volunteers...
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Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 06:00

Everything you need to know to succeed at phone interviews

Community
After you’ve hit SEND on a job application, get ready for the interview. Telephone interviewing is becoming increasingly popular as an additional...
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Monday, June 6, 2016 - 12:16

How YWCA youth resist the sexualization of women and girls

Community
Did you know: almost every type of media contributes to sexualization and encourages self-objectification of girls and women? Teens are surrounded by...
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