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Please Contact Us with any questions or comments. New members are always welcome. We look forward to hearing from you! UPCOMING EVENTS General Meeting - October 2, 2017
Guest Speaker: Janet McDougald, Chair Peel District School Board Location: The Church of St. Bride, Clarkson 1516 Clarkson Rd N, Mississauga ON L5J 2W9 Time: 7:15 for beverages & treats;, mix and mingle 7:45 for Meeting Start General Meeting - November 6, 2017
Guest Speaker: Lesia Chytra, Author of “Tarnished” Location: The Church of St. Bride, Clarkson 1516 Clarkson Rd N, Mississauga ON L5J 2W9 Time: 7:15 for beverages & treats;, mix and mingle 7:45 for Meeting Start Membership Application Form: 2017-18 Please mail your two sided membership form with your cheque to Mary Bayne or bring your completed forms and cheque to the September Meeting. To be included in the 2017-2018 Directory, your information and cheque must be received by September 30, 2017.
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Welcome back for the 2017-18 Year! The Membership Application Form is also attached to this issue. Please follow this link->> for the Sept-Oct Issue PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE - September 2017Hope everyone is having a great summer!
I am amazed at all the hard work that some of you have been doing over the summer to prepare for the September meeting and the year ahead! Thank you so much for your efforts! Further to my June report of the AGM in Richmond, BC in June, it was a great experience to spend a couple of days with so many like-minded women who are dedicated to improving the lives of women! On Friday, I attended three workshops, the first one was given by Daphne, a Vancouver columnist who spoke on the need of education and the importance of informing new immigrants of their rights in Canada which are much different than what they were used to in their country. She also spoke of her ten year struggle to have the leader of the polygamous sect in BC, arguing that human rights override religious rights and, interestingly enough, the case recently went to trial and he has been convicted. The second workshop was by Alexa Loo, a two time Olympic snowboarder who became an advocate for women athletes at the local, national and international level and was able to change sport policy to make it more athlete centered, safer and better funded. I also attended the workshop on the new Code of Conduct & Ethics and the Respectful Treatment Policy led by Sandy Thompson, VP Ontario and our own Kathryn Wilkinson, who will give us the details of the new policy. At the business meeting on Saturday, all of the resolutions were passed and the proposal to leave GWI was defeated. Most clubs felt that the new President has made a lot of positive changes and should be given a chance to prove that it can be turned around. There was not enough time to discuss a dues increase so we will have to wait for some direction from National. Moving forward, the year ahead should be a busy and productive one! Our Program Committee has some great speakers lined up and our Study Groups are all ready to go! Margaret Blanchet, President CFUW Mississauga |
ABOUT US
Founded in 1919, the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) is a national non-profit, non-governmental, non-partisan women's equality seeking organization of almost 10,000 women graduates, students and associate members in more than 100 clubs across Canada. CFUW has special consultative status at the United Nations and representation at the Education Committee of the Canadian Commission to UNESCO.
CFUW Mississauga currently has a membership of more than 200 women graduates from many different universities and educational institutions. We meet monthly from September to April, generally on the first Monday of each month, at the Church of St. Bride, 1516 Clarkson Road North.
CFUW Mississauga currently has a membership of more than 200 women graduates from many different universities and educational institutions. We meet monthly from September to April, generally on the first Monday of each month, at the Church of St. Bride, 1516 Clarkson Road North.
