What’s so Funny? with Paul Benedetti

Please join us

Paul_BenedettiTuesday, May 15, 2018

5:30 for 6 pm

Hamilton’s Waterfront Centre

555 Bay St. N,

Hamilton, ON L8L 1H1

 

Speaker – Paul Benedetti, Journalism professor at UWO and an award winning author. Paul’s widely read Saturday column, has been delighting Hamilton Spectator readers for years. His talk for the evening will take us on a not so serious tour through some of the best humor writing in the 20th century and will be followed by the CFUW-Hamilton AGM.

Tickets  are $45 and are available at the general meeting on April 17th. For more information please contact CFUW Hamilton

 

National AGM – June 23, 2018

March 21, 2018
CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN (CFUW)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby provided that the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) will be held electronically from 11:30 a.m. EST to 4:30 p.m. EST on Saturday, June 23, 2018 for the purpose of:
  1. Receiving annual reports and auditor’s report,
  2. Approving the audited financial statements,
  3. Considering proposed external policy resolutions,
  4. Considering proposed amendments to CFUW articles and bylaws,
  5. Considering proposed CFUW internal policies,
  6. Holding elections for the Board of Directors and
  7. Transacting such other business as may be brought before the meeting.
Grace Hollett

National President
CFUW

Next Meeting

imagesTuesday, March 20 ,2018

780 Upper Wentworth St.,

Hamilton ON L9A 4V5

7:00-pm –  9:00 pm

 

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 discussions of the proposed resolutions .

Proposed_Resolutions_AGM_2018.docx

 

A focus on Rural Women and the SDGs

With International Women’s Day fast approaching and the departure of the CFUW delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) in less than two weeks, CFUW National has prepared this special edition of the Club Action Newsletter to reflect on the United Nations sustainable development goals and raise awareness on the key findings and issues CFUW will be discussing at this high-level with its priority theme:  “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls”.

In this issue : 
– The Executive Summary of the Rural Women Survey
– Advocacy Priorities at UNCSW
– The SDG series: International Women’s Day
–  Challenges in Canada’s Remote communities: A video from the students of Villa Maria College

 

Resolutions 2018

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 discussions of the proposed resolutions Tuesday, March 20 , 7 pm 780 Upper Wentworth St S. Hamilton ON L9A 4V5.

Proposed_Resolutions_AGM_2018.docx

Notice of Motion

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 due to be paid to GWI by June 30, 2018. CFUW has asked that any contributions toward these fees be paid to them by April 30, 2018. Our national organization did not address an increase in national dues at the 2017 AGM and consequently there is a short term financial difficulty caused by this fee increase.

The CFUW-Hamilton executive has approved a motion to pay the additional $8.40 per member to CFUW as a show of support for GWI and to help alleviate this short term problem. As required by our constitution we are circulating to all of our members this notice of motion which will be discussed and voted on at our February 20 meeting at 7:00 pm at Sackville Hill Seniors Centre.

The motion reads as follows:
Moved that CFUW-Hamilton pay the additional fees due to GWI for 2018 of $8.40 per member ($571.20) from the general fund by the due date of April 30, 2018.

If you wish to vote on this motion, but you will not be able to attend the meeting on February 20 you may record a vote by emailing: Debbie Welland

Coming Events

Tuesday, Feb 20, 2018

 

Screen Shot 2018-01-27 at 12.59.46 PMIndwell: Affordable Communities for Hamilton

Emma and Graham Cubitt will discuss, Indwell , a non-profit charity that creates affordable housing communities.

 

 

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

imagesResolution Night – Your Actions and Advocacy Committee will facilitate the discussions of the proposed CFUW National or Ontario Council resolutions and update us on the many forms of action and advocacy locally.

 

 

Tuesday April 17, 2018

UnknownMusic Therapy… the Healing Power of Music with Bonnie Brittain

 

 

 

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Paul_BenedettiWhat’s so Funny? with Paul Benedetti,

followed by the CFUW – Hamilton AGM