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Please click on the link below to read the November 28, 2018 CFUW Club Action Newsletter.

Club Action Newsletter November 28, 2018

Please click on the link below to view the November CFUW Communicator

CFUW Communicator Fall 2018

Many of our resolutions support women who need assistance. There is an opportunity to help local women this month.

ON November 20 please bring personal care items to the meeting for Inasmuch House women’s shelter. Absolutely any new item for a woman or child, is useful – such as travel size deodorant, shampoo, soap,nightgowns, t-shirts, underwear.

Sackville Hill Seniors Recreation Centre
780 Upper Wentworth St, Hamilton, ON L9A 4V5
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Please join us Nov 20, 2018 at 7:00 pm , 780 Upper Wentworth Street Hamilton as Dr. Deborah Bowen, Professor Emerita of English at Redeemer University discusses the unexpected doors that have opened through her explorations of the connections between poetry and the environment

 

CFUW National has released the October Club Action News letter:

Click on the link below to read about –

• October 24, 2018 Webinar – Child Care Now
• Person’s Day 2018
• The Alice E Wilson plaque
• President Grace Hollett’s visit to the National Office
• How to participate in the consultation on the ban of handguns
• 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign

and more Club News

October 18 2018 CFUW National Club Action Newsletter

 

The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women’s 63rd Annual Meeting is fast approaching! Please click here for more information about joining the 2019 CFUW Delegation!

 

Last year CFUW undertook a survey about CFUW/UWC club’s advocacy work locally, provincially, nationally and internationally. After several months of compilation, the results are now in! Consult the survey report to find out more about clubs’ interest and work on advocacy issues!

 

CFUW 2018 Advocacy Survey Report

Please join us October 16, 2018 @ 7 pm at the Sackville Hill Rec Centre, 780 Upper Wentworth Street Hamilton Ontario

Our topic for the evening is Body Brave: Transforming Illness Experience into Social Action.

Body Brave  is a local not-for-profit founded by Dr.Karen Trollope-Kumar and her daughter Sonia Kumar to provide support and advocacy for people struggling with eating disorders. Learn how they transformed a difficult personal journey into helping others facing similar struggles.

 

 

The meeting is free and open to the public. You can click on the link below to view the complete listing of our public speaker programme

CFUWSpeaker Series2018-19-final

 

 

Women’s History Month!

This year’s theme is #MakeAnImpact, celebrating the women in Canada who have made a lasting impact. Please check out Status of Women Canada for more information about this important commemoration.

The CFUW Charitable Trust is presenting a Webinar on Saturday, October 13th, at 1:30pm EDT for a special presentation on the experiences of Indigenous Women in the pursuit of post-secondary education.

This webinar is offered to members in lieu of the CFUW Charitable Trust fundraising event at an AGM. The webinar is free. However donations are always appreciated.

For details please click on the link below:

Women & Education: Indigenous Experiences