CFUW HAMILTON

Join us February 21, 2017 @ 7:00 pm , Sackville Hill Recreation Centre, 780 Upper Wentworth Street , Hamilton ON L9A 4V5

Our speaker this evening is David Galbraith PhD, the Head of Science at Royal Botanical Gardens. He will trace the story of the RBG from the formation of the landscape in geological history through to millennia of occupancy and use by indigenous peoples through the sweeping changes of the 19th and 20th Century to arrive at today’s RBG. Dr. Galbraith will highlight the women who were important to the development of RBG.

“The Role of Women in the Development of the Royal Botanical Gardens”

 

Join us January 17, 2017 @ 7:00 pm , Sackville Hill Recreation Centre, 780 Upper Wentworth Street , Hamilton ON L9A 4V5

 

Our guest speaker is Christopher Lytle the Accessibility Coordinator with Brock University. His chief role is ensuring that the University is an inclusive, barrier free environment for learning and working.

Chris’ talk will focus on the historical significance of feminism and its link to the disability rights movement.

 

Our Regional Director asked that we share the letter from CFUW Acting President Grace Hollett, concerning  the recent changes to the club at the national level .

To access the letter click on the link below and it will open up in your browser.

message-to-clubs-dec-22-2016

 

 

For the next few weeks we will be running a series of Haiku for CFUW; Scholarship , Meetings, Book Groups,Creative Writing and Nature. The series is compliments of the CFUW-Hamilton Creative Writing Group. We thank them for generously sharing their creative work with us.