CFUW MISSISSAUGA PROGRAM FOR 2022 - 2023:
September 12 , 2022
Guest Speaker: Fran Rider
Guest Speaker: Fran Rider
October 3, 2022
Guest Speakers: Claudine LaRochelle and Maestro Denis Mastromonaco, Mississauga Symphony Orchestra
Guest Speakers: Claudine LaRochelle and Maestro Denis Mastromonaco, Mississauga Symphony Orchestra
November 7, 2022
Guest Speakers: Jackie Czajka and Stephanie Cardenas, Metrolinx
Guest Speakers: Jackie Czajka and Stephanie Cardenas, Metrolinx
December 5, 2022
Guest Speaker: Representative from Indwell Housing
Guest Speaker: Representative from Indwell Housing
February 6, 2023
Guest Speaker: Matt Wilkinson from the Mississauga Historical Society - The Villages of Mississauga
Guest Speaker: Matt Wilkinson from the Mississauga Historical Society - The Villages of Mississauga
March 6, 2023
Guest Speaker: Dr. Wendy Timminen, Retired Immunologist - Vaccines and Beyond
Guest Speaker: Dr. Wendy Timminen, Retired Immunologist - Vaccines and Beyond
CFUW MISSISSAUGA PROGRAM FOR 2021 - 2022: Past Meetings
May 2, 2022
Guest Speaker: Alexandra Gillespie, University of Toronto Mississauga
Guest Speaker: Alexandra Gillespie, University of Toronto Mississauga
April 4, 2022
Resolutions and Annual General Meeting
Resolutions and Annual General Meeting
March 7, 2022
Guest Speaker: Tim Carroll, Shaw Festival
Guest Speaker: Tim Carroll, Shaw Festival
February 7, 2022
Guest Speaker: Stephanie Keeler, Riverwood Conservancy
Guest Speaker: Stephanie Keeler, Riverwood Conservancy
December 6, 2021
Guest Speaker: Jannies Le
Guest Speaker: Jannies Le
Jannies(she/her) has been supporting and working for non-profits for most of her life. Her passion for community work grew through her volunteer engagements and fundraisers to give back. Jannies is committed to working with Violence Against Women agencies to help women and their families find their safe space and support to rebuild their lives.
Jannies joined Armagh’s team in 2021 as their Executive Director and look forward to serving the community she grew up in.
Jannies joined Armagh’s team in 2021 as their Executive Director and look forward to serving the community she grew up in.
November 1, 2021
Guest Speaker: Karen Cumming
Karen Cumming is a veteran journalist, whose career includes 20 years of reporting and producing for TV and radio shows across Canada.
Her presentation will be based on the experiences she and her sister had in guiding their 98 year old mother through the long term care system. It is the basis of the book she and her sister wrote,
“The Indispensable Survival Guide to Ontario’s Long Term Care System”.
Her presentation will be based on the experiences she and her sister had in guiding their 98 year old mother through the long term care system. It is the basis of the book she and her sister wrote,
“The Indispensable Survival Guide to Ontario’s Long Term Care System”.
October 4, 2021
Guest Speaker: Pearce Carefoot
Guest Speaker: Pearce Carefoot
Pearce Carefoote, Head of Rare Books and Special Collections, Fisher Library at University of Toronto, will present the topic “Print, the Reformation and Birth of the Modern World”.
The Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library houses the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections including books, manuscripts and other materials. As one of the leading research libraries in North America, the mandate of the library is to foster the search for knowledge by supporting research and learning across all disciplines at the University of Toronto.
The Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library houses the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections including books, manuscripts and other materials. As one of the leading research libraries in North America, the mandate of the library is to foster the search for knowledge by supporting research and learning across all disciplines at the University of Toronto.
September 13, 2021 - Welcome Back Meeting
Guest Speaker: Kathryn Wilkinson
Guest Speaker: Kathryn Wilkinson
CFUW MISSISSAUGA PROGRAM FOR 2020 - 2021: Past Meetings
September 14, 2020
Guest Speaker: Stephen Dasko
Guest Speaker: Stephen Dasko
“A vibrant community is home to a better life.” So believes Stephen Dasko, a Ward 1 resident - from birth to today. Through his earliest days when Port Credit Arena was hockey’s home ice - to his work as a young researcher on Parliament Hill – to being Chief of Staff for a Provincial MPP, Stephen has brought insight and energy to making better relationships and better communities.
As witness to decades of change in Ward 1, he knows residents have a common question – as the landscape evolves in Mississauga’s South East corner, are the biggest changes yet to come? Indeed they are – and they are happening now.
As witness to decades of change in Ward 1, he knows residents have a common question – as the landscape evolves in Mississauga’s South East corner, are the biggest changes yet to come? Indeed they are – and they are happening now.
October 5, 2020
Guest Speaker: Ron Posno
Guest Speaker: Ron Posno
A lifelong planner, Ron Posno, who lives in London, Ont., did everything possible to manage the terms of his own exit. He worked with his lawyer to change his living will and assigned power of attorney to his wife, who supports his wishes. He laid out eight clear conditions, in writing, under which he no longer wishes to live, all of which have to do with losing mental capacity. But here, Posno knows he is caught in a paradox: Once any of the conditions under which he wishes to die becomes reality, he will no longer be able to consent legally to an assisted death. For this reason, Posno believes Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying law is a “failure by design,” and he’s on a mission to change it.
November 2, 2020
Guest Speaker: Katherine Ashenburg
Guest Speaker: Katherine Ashenburg
In light of our dealing with the Covid pandemic, it is timely to welcome Katherine Ashenburg. She will be presenting a history as outlined in her book The Dirt on Clean. The apparently routine task of taking up soap and water (or not) is Katherine Ashenburg's starting point for a unique history of private life. Every age and culture was convinced that their version of cleanliness was the correct one, from the Roman who spent a few hours a day soaking in public baths of various temperatures to the 17th-century Frenchman who never touched water and believed he cleaned himself by changing into a fresh linen shirt. Our own over-deodorized world — where germophobes shake hands with their elbows and where sales of hand sanitizers, wipes and sprays are skyrocketing — is as extreme, and potentially unhealthy, as the 17th century. And, as with every other age, our definition of "clean" says much about us. Filled with amusing anecdotes and unexpected insights into our notions of privacy, health, individuality, religion and sexuality, The Dirt on Clean takes us on a journey that is by turns intriguing, startling, humorous — and not always for the squeamish. Katherine has published several books:
All the Dirt: A History of Getting Clean, a children’s book
The Mourner’s Dance – What we do when people die
Going to Town – Architectural walking tours of Southern Ontario
Sophie and Cecilia - A novel
All the Dirt: A History of Getting Clean, a children’s book
The Mourner’s Dance – What we do when people die
Going to Town – Architectural walking tours of Southern Ontario
Sophie and Cecilia - A novel
December 7, 2020
Guest Speaker: Lindsay Doren
Guest Speaker: Lindsay Doren
A Victorian Christmas
Lindsay Doren is a lifelong resident of Mississauga with a passion for all things heritage. With degrees in History & Anthropology and a Certificate in Museum Studies, Lindsay uses her historical powers (for good only, she promises!) to develop and lead programming for all ages at the Museums of Mississauga and throughout the city. With a keen interest in historic baking, she is often found in front of the hearth or wood stove during the holiday season.
Lindsay Doren is a lifelong resident of Mississauga with a passion for all things heritage. With degrees in History & Anthropology and a Certificate in Museum Studies, Lindsay uses her historical powers (for good only, she promises!) to develop and lead programming for all ages at the Museums of Mississauga and throughout the city. With a keen interest in historic baking, she is often found in front of the hearth or wood stove during the holiday season.
No Meeting in January 2021
February 1, 2021
Guest Speaker: Kim Wheatley
Guest Speaker: Kim Wheatley
A Traditional Ojibway Grandmother's Journey
Kim is an Anishinaabe (Ojibway) member of the Shawanaga First Nation Reserve located in the Georgian Bay region of Ontario. She is the mother of three daughters and grandmother of three. She is a multi-award winning cultural consultant who utilizes traditional stories, songs and teachings in her presentations especially on the role of women in Indigenous societies. For more than two decades she has been a cultural board member for a wide variety of organizations
Kim is an Anishinaabe (Ojibway) member of the Shawanaga First Nation Reserve located in the Georgian Bay region of Ontario. She is the mother of three daughters and grandmother of three. She is a multi-award winning cultural consultant who utilizes traditional stories, songs and teachings in her presentations especially on the role of women in Indigenous societies. For more than two decades she has been a cultural board member for a wide variety of organizations
March 1, 2021
Guest Speaker: Susanne Jeffery
Guest Speaker: Susanne Jeffery
Great Houses: A Nation's History and Art
Susanne Jeffery (BA, BEd, MFA) is a professional photographer who has balanced lecturing in universities with extensive practical work as a commercial and artistic photographer in Canada, England, Scotland and France. Her focus is fine art in the context of the history or art, world history and society using as a backdrop the great houses of England, their gardens, furnishings, tapestries, paintings, porcelain and architecture.
Susanne Jeffery (BA, BEd, MFA) is a professional photographer who has balanced lecturing in universities with extensive practical work as a commercial and artistic photographer in Canada, England, Scotland and France. Her focus is fine art in the context of the history or art, world history and society using as a backdrop the great houses of England, their gardens, furnishings, tapestries, paintings, porcelain and architecture.
CFUW MISSISSAUGA PROGRAM FOR 2019 - 2020: Past Meetings
September 9, 2019
Welcome Meeting for our 2019-2020 Program and Interest Group Sign-Up
Guest Speaker: Chris Allum - "Protect Your Money"
Welcome Meeting for our 2019-2020 Program and Interest Group Sign-Up
Guest Speaker: Chris Allum - "Protect Your Money"
October 7, 2019
Mississauga CFUW Community Dinner to Celebrate 100 Years in Canada
(NOTE: this Dinner is our regular October General Meeting and not an extra special event)
Location: St John Anapilis Hall, 2185 Stavebank Road North,
(South of Dundas on Mavis, then continue south of the Queensway on Stavebank)
Time: Social at 5:30 PM, Buffet Dinner at 6:30 PM
Tickets: $35
The objective is to have an event that reflects 1919 when CFUW was conceived and to honour our notable women.
Period dress is optional.
Enjoy a traditional dinner accompanied by singing and music.
The profits will fund a one time scholarship for a Masters student studying Canadian History at UTM/UofT.
Mississauga CFUW Community Dinner to Celebrate 100 Years in Canada
(NOTE: this Dinner is our regular October General Meeting and not an extra special event)
Location: St John Anapilis Hall, 2185 Stavebank Road North,
(South of Dundas on Mavis, then continue south of the Queensway on Stavebank)
Time: Social at 5:30 PM, Buffet Dinner at 6:30 PM
Tickets: $35
The objective is to have an event that reflects 1919 when CFUW was conceived and to honour our notable women.
Period dress is optional.
Enjoy a traditional dinner accompanied by singing and music.
The profits will fund a one time scholarship for a Masters student studying Canadian History at UTM/UofT.
November 4, 2019 (Annual Author's Night)
Guest Speaker: Natalie Jenner
Guest Speaker: Natalie Jenner
Natalie Jenner is the author of THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY (St. Martin’s Press, May 2020), a fictional telling of the start of the society in the 1940s in the village of Chawton, where Austen lived. Born in England and raised in Canada, Natalie recently founded the independent bookstore Archetype Books in Oakville, Ontario, where she lives with her family and two rescue dogs. A lifelong devotee of all things Jane Austen, THE JANE AUSTEN SOCIETY is her first published novel.
December 2, 2019
Eden Bells aPeel, from Eden United Church, Mississauga:
The 10-12 Handbell group of Eden United Church was founded in 1987. The group has a 4 ½ octave set of bells and a 3-octave set of handchimes. During our 32 years of ringing, Eden Bells aPeel, conducted by Bev Killen, continues to enjoy ringing at Sunday services, and also at a variety of community events, including the annual Eden Community Christmas Carol Sing with the Mississauga Concert Band, the Brampton Tree-Lighting Ceremony, at retirement homes, and at the Ontario Guild of English Handbell Ringers festivals which are held every two years.
Eden Bells aPeel are honoured to be playing for the Canadian Federation of University Women. We hope you will enjoy our program.
Eden Bells aPeel, from Eden United Church, Mississauga:
The 10-12 Handbell group of Eden United Church was founded in 1987. The group has a 4 ½ octave set of bells and a 3-octave set of handchimes. During our 32 years of ringing, Eden Bells aPeel, conducted by Bev Killen, continues to enjoy ringing at Sunday services, and also at a variety of community events, including the annual Eden Community Christmas Carol Sing with the Mississauga Concert Band, the Brampton Tree-Lighting Ceremony, at retirement homes, and at the Ontario Guild of English Handbell Ringers festivals which are held every two years.
Eden Bells aPeel are honoured to be playing for the Canadian Federation of University Women. We hope you will enjoy our program.
January 2020 - There will be no meeting in January
February 3, 2020
Guest Speaker: Friends of the Schoolhouse
Guest Speaker: Friends of the Schoolhouse
For almost 10 years Joan Reid researched the history of the one room schoolhouses that existed in Peel County from the early 1800s to the 1950s. Included in her research and writings are not only the unique history of each school, but also general information about education which would be common to all Ontario schools in the hundred years from the 1850s to the 1950s. The Friends of the Schoolhouse have preserved Joan’s research in a book – Echoes of the Past. Four of those Friends will be at our meeting to enlighten us on the changing life in particular Peel schools over a century of learning.
For almost 10 years Joan Reid researched the history of the one room schoolhouses that existed in Peel County from the early 1800s to the 1950s. Included in her research and writings are not only the unique history of each school, but also general information about education which would be common to all Ontario schools in the hundred years from the 1850s to the 1950s. The Friends of the Schoolhouse have preserved Joan’s research in a book – Echoes of the Past. Four of those Friends will be at our meeting to enlighten us on the changing life in particular Peel schools over a century of learning.
March 2, 2020
Guest Speaker: Professor Barbara Murck
Guest Speaker: Professor Barbara Murck
Barbara Murck is a Professor in the Environment Programs, Dept of Geography at UTM. A geologist by training, she is also an expert in environmental management including weather patterns. She is a recipient of the Ontario Volunteer Service Award, and has served on the Board of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, the Ontario Science Centre, and Ecospark.
April 6, 2020
Annual General Meeting and Resolutions
THIS MEETING WAS CANCELLED due to COVID-19 and the voting was conducted electronically
Annual General Meeting and Resolutions
THIS MEETING WAS CANCELLED due to COVID-19 and the voting was conducted electronically
May 3, 2020 - Annual Luncheon
THIS WAS CANCELLED due to COVID-19
THIS WAS CANCELLED due to COVID-19
