Our Board of Directors

YSSN’s work is guided by our dedicated voluntary Board of Directors. We wish to thank you for your contributions to our agency and the Board. We are grateful for your service, your loyalty, your leadership and your guidance as stewards of our organization.

At this time, would also like to extend a heartfelt thank you to those members who are stepping down from the Board: Penny Hubbert, Heather Meikle and Ursula Rehdner.

Lois Alderson-Wigelius, Chair

Brad Smith – Treasurer

Susan Dobson – Director

Rosalyn Gambell – Director

Penny Hubbert – Director

Bryan Laviolette – Director

Trish Maxwell – Director

Heather Meikle – Director

Oluwakemi (Kemi) Oduwole – Director

Marcel Price – Director

Ursula Rehdner – Director

Kimberly Thorn – Executive Director/Secretary (ex officio)

Thank You

Thank you to our generous donors and funders for their continued support.

United Way

Red Cross

The Don and Joan Walker Family 

Toronto Regional Real Estate Board

Brookfield Residential

Capital Power

Financials

Sixty-six percent of our funding came from the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services, 24% from the Ministry of Health, and 10% from other sources. Our budget for 2021-2022 totaled $26,751,706, a 5% increase from 2020-2021.

Human Resources

Our number of staff increased 1% from the previous year to 204 employees.

We had 24 new hires, up 20% from the previous year, with a strong retention rate of 93%.