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Our speaker for the evening will be Shawn Selway,  winner of the  2017 Hamilton Arts Council Literary Awards for Non-Fiction  for his book Nobody Here Will Harm You. Shawn’s talk will provide insight into the evacuation of 1,274 Inuit and Cree suffers of tuberculosis from the Eastern Arctic to Hamilton’s Mountain sanatorium from 1950- 1965.Continue reading “Tues Jan 16 @ 7:00 PM”

The most recent edition of CFUW Ontario Council’s “Dates and Data” is now available. It includes a notice of the Florence Martin Graduate Student Research Grant, our Author Night with Anna Olson and notes our continued partnering with Inasmuch House along with updating us on the activities of our sister clubs in Ontario. The completeContinue reading “Dates & Data”

CFUW will be sending a delegation to attend the sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW62) next March 2018. This year’s priority theme: Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls. In preparation for this high-level meeting, CFUW wishes to collect data on its members’ perceptionContinue reading “Rural Women Survey – UNCSW62”

Tuesday, January 16, 2018 7:00 pm Sackville Hill Recreation Centre 780 Upper Wentworth St Hamilton L9A 4V5   Our speaker for the evening will be Shawn Selway,  winner of the  2017 Hamilton Arts Council Literary Awards for Non-Fiction  for his book Nobody Here Will Harm You. Shawn’s talk will provide insight into the evacuation ofContinue reading “Shawn Selway – Winner of the 2017 Hamilton Arts Council Literary Award”

The 2017-2018 Resolution cycle is underway! To allow clubs to plan for speakers on Resolution topics, you can now consult the approved intents  here . As per the Schedule for Resolutions, the deadline to send your intent is now closed. It is to be noted that intents do not guarantee a club will submit a resolution by deadline JanuaryContinue reading “Resolution Intents AGM2018”

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The most recent issue of the CFUW Club Action Newsletter is now available . Please click on the link below for details about: Nominations for the Board of Directors and Regional Directors Update on AGM 2018 Advocacy – 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence starts Nov 25, 2017 CFUW Club Events for the nextContinue reading “Club Action Newsletter”

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November is Woman Abuse Prevention Month. Many of our resolutions support women who need assistance. There are two ways to help local women this month. Bring personal care items for Inasmuch women’s shelter. Absolutely any new item for a women or child is useful; deodorant, shampoo, soap, nightgowns, t-shirts, underwear. Buy a scarf to raiseContinue reading “Abuse Prevention Month”