WELCOME TO CFUW MISSISSAUGA !Please explore this website to see what we are all about.
Please Contact Us with any questions or comments. New members are always welcome. We look forward to hearing from you! UPCOMING EVENTSNo General Meeting in January 2020
Please note the change in location for our February & March 2020 meetings. Clarkson Community Church 1880 Lakeshore Rd W, Missississauga General Meeting - Monday February 3, 2020
Speaker: Adeena Niaza, Afghan Women's Organization Location: Clarkson Community Church 1880 Lakeshore Rd W, Missississauga Time: 7:15 PM Mix, Mingle & snacks 7:45 PM Meeting Start General Meeting - Monday March 2, 2020
Speaker: Professor Barbara Murck, UTM Location: Clarkson Community Church 1880 Lakeshore Rd W, Missississauga Time: 7:15 PM Mix, Mingle & snacks 7:45 PM Meeting Start |
SEE WHAT'S NEW ON THIS SITE:Read about our Notable Women of 2019
Please follow this link->> for the Notable Women of 2019 Our latest Newsletter is available: Please follow this link->> for the Nov 2019 - Jan 2020 issue PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE - Nov 2019
Greetings All.
Congratulations to the team that organized the Centennial Celebration. All the hard work was well rewarded. Many thanks to all who participated in making the evening a huge success. The Centennial is a reminder of the women's movement that took shape post WW1. An exciting time, when women realized that their place in life was not only mopping floors, doing the laundry, preparing meals, wiping snotty noses and dirty bums, not to belittle these essential and unpaid tasks, Oh no, women were ready to stride out into the world at large. So now we need to use the same energy in our membership drive. Please members, persuade daughters, daughters-in-law to join the club. There is no doubt that women's participation in the public space, speaking up for issues that affect us all, makes the world a better space. Remember Rosa Parks who fought against segregation and more locally, Ruth Hussey who saved the Rattray Marsh. Let’s get on with the work of advocacy, this is what distinguishes us from other purely social clubs. Some of the issues we could advocate for are guaranteed income support, which would have a huge impact on women's well being and the nurturing of children. We should also push our governments to heed front line workers in substance abuse issues and do everything possible to reduce overdose deaths. There is little room for complacency here. We may think this is not an issue that affects us, but it is something that could hit any of our doorsteps. Street drugs are now laced with powerful synthetic opioids and experimental users are at risk of overdose deaths. Other issues that come to mind are racially coloured carding, arms sales by our country and action on climate change. One of things I will be working on with our membership is to revitalize the work of our Issues & Advocacy Interest Group, which has been inactive for the past year. Issues and Advocacy is one of our key reasons for being, so this is a vitally important group. I will be convening a ‘think-tank’ on what issue we’d like to focus on – let’s pick one that we can really make an impact on! Please see or contact me if you are interested in participating. Naeema Degani, President CFUW Mississauga |
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The Issues and Advocacy Blog - LATEST Post: March 12, 2019
New Blogs: -->> CFUW at the United Nations |
Scholarship Blog - LATEST Posts: May 20, 2019
New Blogs: -->> Mary Lyons leaves leaves legacy of athletic excellence |
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 approximately 160 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 Huron Park Recreation Centre, 830 Paisley Blvd. W, Mississauga, ON. L5C 3P5.
CFUW Mississauga currently has a membership of approximately 160 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 Huron Park Recreation Centre, 830 Paisley Blvd. W, Mississauga, ON. L5C 3P5.
