Vice President, People & Culture
In her role as Vice President, People & Culture at YMCA Canada, Ida provides strategic leadership to a number of YMCA initiatives related to improving health outcomes. She provides oversight to a national youth engagement strategy ensuring young people are connected to local community priorities and have a voice on identified societal needs. As a passionate advocate for the rights of children and youth, she supports the delivery of the YMCA Young Leaders Initiative, as well as the YMCA Child Protection Strategy.
Over the past 22 years she has been in senior YMCA leadership positions in the areas of child care, health, fitness, and recreation, financial development, and management resources with both the YMCA of Greater Toronto and the YMCA of Hamilton/Burlington/Brantford.
Prior to her career at the YMCA, Ida held several positions within provincial and municipal government in the areas of family support and child care from both licensing and funding perspectives. Ida has a Family Studies degree from the University of Guelph and has completed numerous professional development opportunities throughout her career. Ida is the past chair of the Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada.