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The proposed resolutions for consideration at the 2018 AGM are : Resolution 1 :Fair and Non-Discriminatory Management of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Resolution 2: Ending Youth Homelessness Resolution 3: Education to serve as a vehicle for social justice for vulnerable children living in closed religious communities Your Action and Advocacy Committee will facilitate the discussionsContinue reading “Resolutions 2018”

   

As most of you know CFUW voted to remain in GWI at the national AGM last year. At the last GWI triennial in August of 2016 the members voted to approve a fee increase which has now come into effect. This increase results in an additional charge of C$ 8.40 per member, and is dueContinue reading “Notice of Motion”

Tuesday Feb 20, 2018 780 Upper Wentworth St, Hamilton ON L9A 4V5 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Indwell: Affordable Communities for Hamilton   Emma and Graham Cubitt will discuss, Indwell , a non-profit charity that creates affordable housing communities.

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2018   Indwell: Affordable Communities for Hamilton Emma and Graham Cubitt will discuss, Indwell , a non-profit charity that creates affordable housing communities.     Tuesday, March 20, 2018 Resolution Night – Your Actions and Advocacy Committee will facilitate the discussions of the proposed CFUW National or Ontario Council resolutions and update us onContinue reading “Coming Events”

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”