CEO Update - Spring 2025
In June, I will have had the honour of being CEO of YWCA Metro Vancouver for three years. Every day I continue to be amazed by the strides our employees, volunteers, board members, donors and program participants are making to advance gender equity.
We continue to pursue our vision as we strive for a just and equitable world. Early last year, we developed our five-year Strategic Plan, outlining our goals and commitments. At the end of 2024, to complete our strategic framework, we developed our new organizational values.: intention, courage, community and empowerment. These four values align us, inform our interactions, guide us in challenging situations and are reflected in our decision making. More information about what these values mean to us is available on our website.
We also conducted our second Employee Engagement Survey at the end of 2024, and I’m thrilled with the results. More than two-thirds of our 564 employees completed the survey, with 96% saying they feel the YWCA does a good job of supporting the communities we live and work in. As well, 90% feel proud to say they work at the YWCA and support the direction the YWCA is taking.
These results are encouraging because the work being done at the YWCA wouldn’t be possible without this dedicated, passionate team. It’s only through trust and collaboration that we’re able to offer critical, wrap-around supports like housing, employment resources, mentorship, legal assistance and child care.
This work also wouldn’t be possible without donors and supporters like you. Through these pages you’ll read stories of how these partnerships are having a lasting impact for women, gender-diverse people and children in our community. I continue to be amazed by this collective impact and I’m incredibly excited for what lies ahead.
Thank you for being a part of the YWCA community,
Erin Seeley, CEO
YWCA Metro Vancouver
