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 EVENTSMonday December 5, 2022
General Meeting Guest Speaker: Representative from Indwell Housing Monday February 6, 2023
General Meeting Guest Speakers: Matt Wilkinson General Meeting Information
Location: Solel Congregation 2399 Folkway Dr, Mississauga, L5L 2M6 Start Time: 1:30PM social 2:00 PM meeting start |
SEE WHAT'S NEW ON THIS SITE:PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE - Winter 2022 (abridged from Message in Winter Newsletter) As you may know, we recently surveyed our club about the resolutions brought forward by CFUW National. Seven in ten felt the CFUW resolutions were relevant and half of those thought they were worth a full monthly meeting for discussion. Yet only three members reviewed the latest batch in detail: two reviewed one each and one reviewed two of the four resolutions. One way to interpret this is that members are interested in resolutions in theory, but not if there is work involved to assess them.
Our approach to resolution making has a predictable format: a “motherhood” statement” followed by whereas clauses reflecting information gleaned from literature searches, then concluding with a variation on “CFUW urges the government to….” Rarely do we offer any concrete suggestions as to how the government is to achieve the stated objective. Our research is thorough, but academic. In the parlance of government, we are not direct “stakeholders” on many of the issues we raise. We are not directly affected, and often bring no specialized professional knowledge or personal experience to the matters being examined. In other words, for most of our resolutions, we do not have skin in the game. In contrast, many of our members are knowledgeable and trained in the theory and practice of education. All our members have firsthand experience with an education system. When an education issue comes up, where does the government and press go to for input? Annie Kidder and Doretta Wilson who are known local education lobbyists, education unions, education organizations like the College of Teachers, or academic institutions specializing in pedagogy. We could be asked to submit but what weight would our submission have compared to those who dedicate their advocacy on the topic at hand? Aren’t we the group that pontificated on drinking water on reserves, universal pharma-care, and so on? We are not identified as a stakeholder in education matters, but we should be. We have the knowledge and experience. We are stakeholders in education. Let’s be selective about the subject areas to which we can devote sufficient time and resources. Let’s become identified stakeholders on those topics, and have a meaningful impact, be it our education system or other matters such as long-term care about which we can speak with experience and expertise. Dianne Lawson, President CFUW Mississauga |
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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.
