Dispatch from Africa

  The YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka’s Tom Coon and nine other volunteer and staff leaders are returning to Canada today after a week in Ghana.  Tom, who is also the chair of YMCA Canada’s international workgroup, sent this report: So many resources, so few resources …  Africa is such a continent of contrasts.  Rich in people [...]

The New Cartierville YMCA

Today, the community of Ahuntsic-Cartierville opened the doors of its new YMCA.  Founded in 1906, it is one of Montréal’s oldest neighbourhoods and now home to a very diverse population (including many newcomers from Algeria, Morocco and Haiti who represent 30% of the total.)  Thanks to a creative partnership between the City of Montréal and [...]