“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” – African proverb
At the Y, we know that by working with others, we can extend our reach and provide vital programs and services to even more Canadians. Through partnerships with government, corporations, NGOs, and other charities, we are finding new and innovative ways of building healthier communities.
YMCAs across the country collaborate with hundreds of partner organizations each year on initiatives that have allowed us to expand into new program areas, support underserved populations, and address critical health issues.
By sharing our expertise, knowledge, resources, and infrastructure with each other, we achieve more than we could alone.
Featured National Partners
Our national partners featured below are just five of the many organizations that are playing a significant role in helping us build a healthier Canada.
YMCA Canada is pleased to be partnering with NPower Canada and Google Canada as part of Google’s $2 million commitment to train job seekers in digital skills in Canada for new careers in technology in under six months. The support includes a three-year Google.org grant to NPower Canada to deliver Google Career Certificate programs and to deploy 5,000 need-based scholarships to access the program.
Over the next three years, the YMCA will have a role in referring 250 youth between the ages of 18 and 30 for participation, an emphasis on encouraging applications from equity-seeking groups including those identifying as female and/or gender-diverse, Black, Indigenous and other racialized youth, LGBTQ2SIA+ youth, newcomer youth, and youth with disabilities.
For more information about the initiative and partnership, see Google Canada’s Press Release.
YMCA Canada is pleased to be partnering with NPower Canada and Google Canada as part of Google’s $2 million commitment to train job seekers in digital skills in Canada for new careers in technology in under six months. The support includes a three-year Google.org grant to NPower Canada to deliver Google Career Certificate programs and to deploy 5,000 need-based scholarships to access the program.
Over the next three years, the YMCA will have a role in referring 250 youth between the ages of 18 and 30 for participation, an emphasis on encouraging applications from equity-seeking groups including those identifying as female and/or gender-diverse, Black, Indigenous and other racialized youth, LGBTQ2SIA+ youth, newcomer youth, and youth with disabilities.
For more information about the initiative and partnership, see Google Canada’s Press Release.
YMCA Canada actively engages and partners with UNICEF Canada on initiatives that elevate youth voice on issues of importance to young people. These have included UNICEF Canada’s U-Report, National Child Day Youth Activism Summit, and Inspiring Health Futures.
Together we are working to make Canada the best place in the world to grow up.
YMCA Canada is proud to partner with United Way Centraide Canada to tackle significant community issues and build a healthier Canada. Many YMCAs across Canada are proud to recognize local United Way Agencies for their generous support of healthy living and community development programs.
As one of the longest-serving charities in Canada, we are proud of our long history of partnership with the YWCAs in Canada, and continue to work together on pressing issues facing all young people across the country. While the YMCA and the YWCA in Canada were established as separate and independent organizations, we have worked together on many occasions to better support our communities.
Today, we have four joint YMCA-YWCA operations that work directly together to serve their communities. The YMCA and YWCA also work together on national projects such as the Strong Girls, Strong World program, empowering young women across the country through 10 local, youth-led projects, funded by Status of Women Canada.