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Oakville

May 2017, Vol 35, Issue 8

IN TOUCH

This Issue

May’s Guest Speaker: Dr. Mike Daley

The Life and Music of Joni Mitchell

Articles Page

May Dinner Speaker 1

President’s Message 2

Voting results 4

United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

4,5

Certificates of Recognition 5

May Dinner and AGM 6

Advocacy 7

AWH 7

Susan Aglukark evening 8

Education Report 9

Scholarship Fund 10

Interest Groups 11-14

Event Calendar 15

Ontario Council AGM 15

Leadership Team 16

Our Business Supporters 17,18

Learning ….. Building ….. Influencing

Prepare for a fun evening of great food, fellowship and entertainment at our May Dinner. Please consider bringing cash for the 50-50 draw and making a donation to Big Brothers Big Sisters, our chosen charity for this event.

Details on page 6.

May Dinner and Annual General Meeting

Date: Monday May 8 Cash bar, Appetizers, Social: 6:00 pm

Dinner: 7:00 pm

General Meeting Location: Harbour Banquet and Conference Centre

2340 Ontario Street

(Bronte Rd and Ontario St)

(click for map.)

Dr. Mike Daley holds a Ph.D in music from York University and has taught undergraduate courses at Guelph, McMaster, Waterloo and York Universities as well as acclaimed later-life courses at York, University of Toronto, Ryerson, George Brown, Learning Unlimited in Etobicoke and Later Life Learning in Mississauga.

Mike has published scholarly articles on American popular music in international journals and has been invited to speak at academic conferences from Normandy to Nashville. Mike has also toured the U.S. and Canada as a musician with Jeff Healey, the Travellers and others, and has appeared on dozens of recordings as a guitarist and singer. Presently Mike and his wife Jill are leading music-themed tours to New York, Nashville, St. John's and New Orleans.

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President’s Message Linda Love

This Year’s Theme: Learning ….. Building ….. Influencing

It's spring, my favourite time of year! The flowers are blooming and for those of us who didn't spend any time away in warmer climates this winter, it's finally time to shed our winter coats and boots!

For CFUW Oakville, spring marks a time of leadership transition. I have really enjoyed my term as your President and have truly appreciated the help and support of the Executive, the Board and you, our members. You welcomed me as a relatively new member of the Club to the Executive team last year. You mentored and supported me. Members of the Club have always been available to answer my questions. Thank you for your encouragement and your feedback. I have really appreciated your kindness and your help.

Ginny Boelhower will soon become your new President. I know that with Ginny as our President, CFUW Oakville is in for an exciting year. We will continue to build on our successes and create new opportunities as we demonstrate the power of women working together. Working together will be important as we move forward. Following our National AGM, we may need to deal with changes to our dues. We may also need to deal with changes to our membership status in Graduate Women International (GWI). I want to thank all of you who attended our April 24th meeting and participated in our facilitated discussions on these issues. Darla Campbell did an outstanding job as our exceptional facilitator. She is a wonderful example of the depth of talent and experience that so many of our members bring to our Club.

2016-17 has been a year of learning, building and influencing for the Club as a whole and for me as your President. It is truly amazing how quickly the year has passed and how many initiatives we have collectively influenced both directly and indirectly. It is impossible to highlight everything and even more impossible to thank everyone! Building our membership base was of critical importance to me this year. We updated our publicity materials and focused more on new member recruitment and engagement. We used social media and our website more effectively. A special thank you to Raine Greenwood and Louise Brownlee for their work with these technologies.

In the fall, the Club welcomed 17 new members. We experimented with a more invitational environment for our General meetings and moved away from rows and back to round tables. We've reviewed and updated our position descriptions to align with the 2015 Club Constitution. We created a new Executive Manual for the members of our Board. A special thank you to Debbie Hoffman, Mary Saunders and Jill Wood who have put in countless hours to ensure these projects were completed this year. Finally, under Ginny Boelhower’s leadership, we will have an exciting new format for our Annual Report. The survey process led by Ginny and her committee provided us with information on who our current members are and what they want from their CFUW membership. This data along with any follow up surveys will help us build our membership base through both recruitment and retention initiatives in the future. I know Joyce See, our Membership Chair, will be continuing on the Board next year and has lots of great ideas that will build on our accomplishments this year. Her experience will be very helpful.

Many members of our Club wore orange at our November General Meeting to mark the United Nations 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Our Holiday dinner was marked by outstanding entertainment by one of our Scholarship recipients, a very engaging speaker and truly generous donations on the part of our members to the Food4Kids campaign and to the University Women’s Club of Oakville Scholarship Fund. On Friday February 3rd, I joined a number of our members at the Al Falah Mosque to support the Muslim Community by participating in a Circle of Peace gathering. Susan Aglukark’s concert in April heightened our awareness of the history and challenges faced

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by our Inuit peoples. Through the efforts of Linda Williams and her committee, this event also raised almost $4000 for our Scholarship Fund. Joyce See has organized a trip to the Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford in June that will provide us with new learnings about our Aboriginal peoples and the complexities of Truth and Reconciliation. Building relationships with other likeminded women, fellowship and contributing to the betterment of our communities is important to our members.

All of us who participate in Interest Groups have learned more about everything from online learning and new technologies to gourmet cooking. We have built relationships through hiking and golfing or through discussing spirituality and the books we've read. The speakers at our General meetings touched on topics ranging from Lyme Disease, Cancer Research, Aging and Creativity to The Best Movies You Have Never Seen. We truly enjoyed a wonderful line up of speakers! A special thank you to Phyllis Kingsley and Marg MacLure, our Program Chairs, Bonnie Jenson and Marla Newton, our Hospitality Chairs, Gloria Tomlinson and her Dinner Committee and Donna Lozon, our Interest Group Chair and all of the convenors who contributed to the success of our General meetings, our dinners and our Interest Groups.

Along with representatives of the Advocacy group, I met with John Oliver, Pam Damoff and Kevin Flynn to build stronger connections with our federal and provincial representatives. Dialogues with our elected representatives help them better understand and support the environmental, health, political and social justice issues of importance to CFUW. What a highlight for our Club this year that the ban on imported products containing asbestos was passed by Parliament especially given all our work on the asbestos issue in the past! Both at last year's AGM and at our February meeting we influenced the development of resolutions through the amendment process. As we modify and support resolutions at the Club level, we in turn influence policy development at the National level. On a personal note, I provided input to Teri Shaw as part of the revision process of Ontario Council’s Early Years and Child Care consultation submission that went to the Ontario government. A special thank you to the Issues to Advocacy group and their co-chairs Anne Douglas and Brenda MacKay as well as Susan Brant and Gay Loveland and several other members of the Issues to Advocacy Committee who continually reminded us at meetings, in the newsletter, on our website and on Facebook that Advocacy and the opportunity to influence policy is one of the pillars of CFUW.

Finally, I have been truly privileged this year to represent you at the tea for our Past Presidents and the reception for our Scholarship Award recipients, as well as at other local, provincial and national events. It has also been a pleasure to work with the Executive and the Board. Each one of them brought their own unique set of talents to the Board and something special to our leadership team. Some of them, I have already mentioned. Some of them worked more behind the scenes like Ann Rees, our treasurer and Debbie Hoffman, our secretary. Jill Wood coordinated the challenging task of producing our directory. Deborah Weins and Kathy Wilson worked to obtain the advertisers needed for the Directory and the Newsletter. Always patient with those of us who missed the newsletter deadlines, Pat Zelonka succeeded in creating 8 outstanding editions of In Touch this year. Mary Saunders and Marlene Bristol gifted me with their wisdom and experience as past presidents. It was a pleasure working with everyone on the Board and most importantly getting to know everyone better.

In the September issue of In Touch, I referenced Helen Keller’s quote “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much." Together, each one of us, in our own way, has contributed to the success of our Club. I want to thank all of you for being members of CFUW Oakville and for your participation in Club events this year. Thank you!

Linda Love

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CFUW update Results of voting at the CFUW Oakville meeting on April 24

Amendment of the CFUW National Articles and Bylaws specifically Bylaw F Committees 54 to make the Regional Directors a Standing Committee of the CFUW National Board. Passed by a show of hands.

MOTION: To provide direction to our voting delegate at the national CFUW AGM 2017 in Richmond to support a national dues increase of up to $35. 33 members were in favour of the motion, 29 were against and there was one spoiled ballot.

MOTION: To provide direction to our voting delegate at the national CFUW AGM 2017 in Richmond to support the amendment proposed by CFUW St. Thomas to strike out “CFUW shall be a member of the IFUW” from the ByLaws. 42 members voted in favour of the motion, 20 were against.

This past March, Cheryl Hayles, a member of CFUW Oakville and also VP International for CFUW, led our CFUW National delegation of 20 women to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York. Sandy Thomson and Teri Shaw, also members of our Club, were part of the CFUW delegation. This trip is open to Club members who apply to be part of the national delegation. It is a wonderful example of how CFUW women build connections internationally, influence policy and contribute to our learning. Congratulations to this team on this very successful initiative! Linda Love

United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

(UNCSW61)

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Debriefing by CFUW Delegates attending the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women: Ontario Council Status of Women Meeting, Toronto, March 25, 2017

A delegation of 20 CFUW members from clubs across Canada attended the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW), in New York City in March 2017. CFUW Oakville members Sandy Thomson (Ontario Council President) and Teri Shaw (Ontario Council Advocacy Co-Coordinator) were part of the delegation and made presentations at the Ontario Council Status of Women Meeting in March. The UNCSW is the principal global intergovernmental body dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. UNCSW conducts an annual official meeting to address priority themes and to develop recommendations for governments and other stakeholders to implement. The event draws delegates from around the world and offers an array of seminars, meetings and networking opportunities. Non-government organizations (NGOs) such as CFUW are a critical element in the work of the UNCSW and have been influential in shaping the current global policy framework on women’s empowerment and gender equality. This year’s priority theme was “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Changing World of Work.” Agreed conclusions urge governments at all levels to take action to address gaps relating to women’s participation in the labour force. This includes addressing barriers that women face, such as unequal working conditions and gender stereotypes that reinforce women’s concentration in certain sectors. While not binding, the agreed conclusions are useful to NGOs and other stakeholders as a basis for discussions back home and for influencing action by their government. Seminars also raised awareness of the plight of women from around the world who continue to fight for basic human rights. CFUW delegates were particularly moved by the disturbing presentations on the extent of trafficking of women in the sex trade, not only in war-torn countries, but also in refugee camps and Canadian indigenous populations. CFUW achieved an important milestone at this year’s session. For the first time, CFUW was selected to deliver an oral statement, which was presented on its behalf. This is an indication of CFUW’s growing respect and influence in this forum. CFUW delegate participation at the UNCSW was self-funded. For their investment delegates came away with expanded knowledge and networks that will help them succeed as advocators for the rights of women and girls. Susan Brant CFUW Oakville, Status of Women

Status of Women Report

Congratulations are in order!

CFUW-Oakville is pleased to announce that the following Club members have been awarded Certificates of Recognition for their long years of service to CFUW. 40 years: Catriona (Trina) Cornelissen, Gail Cote, Jane Merwin, Beverley Peat 45 years: Eleanor Ball, Mary Lloyd, Donna Milligan, Wendy Strickler, Joanne Lucas Warren 50 years: Mary Lynn Carter, Joyce Fair, Judith Hay, Beth Henderson, Judith Moore, Nancy Purkis, Helen Riediger 55 years: Carol Gooding 65 years: Doris J. Baker

Many thanks to you all for your dedication to our Club!

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Giving Halton Youth the Confidence to Achieve More At Big Brothers Big Sisters, we connect intelligent and caring adults with children whose fragile life circumstances mean that they are isolated, lost and often with no consistent and positive adult in their lives. Through the power of mentoring, and with the support of our trained staff, our volunteers provide young people with the confidence they need to thrive academically, socially and in their families. See our info at http://www.bbbshalton.ca/en/Home/default.aspx We provide One-to-one Mentoring for children aged 5 to 14. Over 130 children are waiting for a match. Our programs also include: In-school mentoring, Homework Club, Adventure Canada Club for newcomer youth, Girls Linking Our Worlds helps girls from diverse backgrounds gain leadership skills, Go Girls and Game On helps youth learn about healthy eating and active living, Group Recreation, fun and active events.

Please consider making a donation at the AGM Dinner. Tax receipts are provided. Volunteers are always welcomed.

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Appetizers: Vegetable Samosas Salad: Field Greens, Caramelized Apple, Golden Sultanas, Spiced Walnuts, Crumbled Goat Cheese Entrees: Maple Glazed Atlantic Salmon, King Oyster Mushrooms, Lemon Risotto, Citrus Tarragon Beurre Blanc Vegetarian Option: Butternut Squash Ravioli with Sage Brown Butter, White Wine Cream Sauce Dessert: Mason jar Cheesecake with Mixed Berry Coulis, Butter Shortbread Crumble Coffee/Tea

Monday, May 8, 2017

Harbour Banquet Centre 2340 Ontario Street, Oakville

Cash bar, Appetizers and Social at 6:00 p.m. Dinner at 7:00 p.m.

Cost $45

Annual General Meeting/Dinner

50/50 Draw at the AGM Dinner. Members of the Awards Committee will be selling tickets at the AGM Dinner for a 50/50 Draw.

Tickets cost $2 for 1 ticket, $5 for 3 tickets and $20 for an arms length of tickets. Join in the fun and provide support for the University Women's Club of Oakville Scholarship Fund.

You may be the lucky one who takes home 1/2 of what is collected while helping worthy young Oakville women get an education.

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To access CFUW National Website Membership Services for policies, advocacy, resolutions, please go to cfuwadmin.org, click on the Member Login button

Advocacy Report May 2017

Equal Pay Day, April 11. Women work on average 30% longer to earn the same as men. Men can retire at age 65; women retire at age 79 to earn the same amount. A rally was held at Queen's Park. Kevin Flynn, Labour Minister and MPP Oakville, invited Teri Shaw, Sandy Thomson and Anne Douglas to be parliamentary guests in the Legislature on April 11 when he announced the Gender Wage Gap Strategy. Dying with Dignity was presented by Catherine Painvin, MD, CFUW Oakville, at the Issues to Advocacy Meeting. See www.elplanning.ca for a copy of End of Life Planning Kit. Six Nations Tour, Wednesday June 7, cost $40. Museum tour and presentation by an Elder. Three spots available; contact Joyce See.

Anne, Douglas

AWH May 2017

Anne Douglas, Teri Shaw, Minister Indira Naidoo-Harris, Minister Kevin Flynn, Sandy Thomson, Tina Agrell, AWH

Advancement of Women Halton (AWH) is a non-partisan collaborative of 20 women's groups that meet monthly to pro-mote the advancement of women by developing and supporting strategies to achieve gender equality. CFUW Oakville is a founding member.

Advancement of Women Halton co-sponsored an evening with Avi Lewis, environmentalist. The theme was "This Changes Everything". See the book of the same title written by Naomi Kline and LEAP Manifesto for details.

Anne Douglas

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Our Evening with Susan Aglukark

The reviews are in! Our fundraising event “Susan Aglukark: An Intimate Evening of Stories and Songs” was a big hit. One guest summed up the evening this way: “Thank you for a successful evening!!! The history lesson was appreciated and the music was great. Everyone I spoke to said they enjoyed the evening.” Another guest told us: “It was an intimate look at our shameful history regarding our indigenous people. I so admire Susan’s courage in taking on this advocacy and educative role. We are in her debt. Thank you for making this available to Halton residents.” Thanks to Club members who invited others and spread the word, we were sold out two days before the event and raised over $4,000 for the UWC Oakville Scholarship Fund.

Despite the heavy rain, members of our Club, their friends and families, folks from other CFUW clubs, the Canadian Club, WHAM , Rotary, local schools, and the wider Oakville community made their way to King’s Christian Collegiate’s Music Conservatory on April 6/17. This inviting room provided the perfect venue in which to succumb to Susan’s spell: “Susan's stories and songs were a wonderful way to tell the story of the Inuit peoples.” Nationally renowned, Susan has lived through both the best and the most difficult circumstances our country has had to offer. Her parents were among the last Inuit to live in an igloo and a tent. Using photographs, her music and a riveting narrative, Susan wove a tale of Inuit life from a historical perspective and shared her own journey as a songwriter and story teller. She also introduced her new Arctic Rose Foundation, a charity through which Susan provides art kits to indigenous youth to help them recover from abuse or struggles in their isolated communities. At the end of the evening, Club President Linda Love presented Susan with a beautiful walking stick, hand-painted by Adrian Kraayeveld, husband of Scholarship Fund Chair Donna Kraayeveld. Susan then encouraged us all to support the indigenous people of Canada by tweeting “Canada 150+”.

Joan Barber showed true CFUW form: “It was a wonderful evening on Thursday, important information in a most palatable way. Should we not follow it up in some way? Carol Gooding has a reading list (see below) from a few years back and I have some suggestions. It could be productive summer reading.” Any takers?

The Fundraising Committee is grateful to all CFUW-Oakville members who attended, invited others, and provided refreshments. We are also indebted to Susan Aglukark for her support of our efforts and for donating her time. Lastly, we thank Sharon Van Beilen of King’s Christian Collegiate for her assistance at the venue. Stay tuned for more “fun”d-raising activities next year, and if you have any suggestions, please let us know.

Linda Williams, Chair

For more information on the Arctic Rose Foundation, visit www.arcticrose.org. or contact Susan at www.susanaglukark.com.

Carol Gooding headed up a study group several years ago. Then it was called First Nations. Carol developed a reading list which Jean Wetlauffer has through Bloomsbury 2. BB2 had Carol King speak at one of our meetings this year. Sue Monaghan was our contact person. Joan Barber also has that list plus one of her own. Joan thinks it may be time to have another study group.

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Education Report from the Ontario Council Standing Committee Meeting

March 25, 2017.

At the CFUW Ontario Council Standing Committee Meeting in Toronto on March 25, Shannon Fuller, the the acting Assistant Deputy Minister in the Early Years Division of the Ministry of Education, presented a renewed vision for early child care and education called “Renewing and Expanding Ontario’s Early Years System”. This initiative began in 2009 with a report by Dr. Charles Pascal recommending more integrated early learning and child care systems, including a full day kindergarten.

In 2015, The Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014 came into effect, replacing 70 year old legislation, strengthening compliance with programming with play-based learning and regulated health and safety requirements in early years settings. As Linda Love mentioned in the April Newsletter, the pillars of this plan were affordability, accessibility, responsiveness to needs and quality. Ministry of Education representatives had travelled throughout the province for several months talking with parents and teachers, listening to their recommendations and needs, recognizing that there are not enough quality early care programs for families that need them.

Moving forward in August 2016, the government announced an additional 100,000 child care spaces within a five year plan. Legislation has been put in place to provide support systems, licensing, access to affordable full day and before-and- after school care, fair wages for child care workers, and removal of wait list charges. Expansion of daycare for 6 to 12 year olds is underway.

Shannon collected feedback from the assembled members for use by the Ministry as they engage with all partners and stakeholders to continue to develop the “Renewed Early Years and Childcare Policy Framework and Expansion Strategy”. The well-being and education of our young children is an important focus for the future.

Gay Loveland

From Dave Dryden who spoke at our January meeting, here are the six children who benefitted from the CFUW Oakville donation to his charity, Sleeping Children Around the World.

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Here are the answers to some questions that many new members and some older members have recently asked about the University Women’s Club of Oakville Scholarship Fund.

1. When writing cheques for the Fundraiser or making a Scholarship donation, why are the cheques made out to the University Women’s Club of Oakville Scholarship Fund and not CFUW Oakville?

Answer: The original name of the Club when established in 1949 was the University Women’s Club of Oakville. The Scholarship Fund was formally established with its own Constitution in 1987 and received a charitable number in 1988 while retaining the original name of the organization.

2. Who manages the Scholarship Fund?

Answer: The Fund is managed by the Trustees (club members) which include the Chair, Vice Chair, Awards Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. The CFUW Oakville President and Treasurer are non-voting members.

This structure provides an “arms length status” from the Club which complies with government rules for charities.

The Trustees do not manage the accounts. They just ensure that the portfolio managers at the bank are following the established directives. The Treasurer of the Fund is usually an accountant or money manager who provides updates at each of the Fund’s meetings and who issues a financial report to the membership at the AGM in May and another at the AGM for the Fund in late November.

3. What is the purpose of the Scholarship Fund?

Answer: The purpose of the Fund is to advance and promote education for young women. A well managed Scholarship Fund, plus Fundraisers and private donations provide the money for the Scholarships that are presented each spring to the Award winners.

If you are approached about considering a position on the Scholarship Fund, there is no need to hesitate you now know what it is!!

Submitted by

Donna Kraayeveld

Chair, The University Women’s Club of Oakville Scholarship Fund

The University Women’s Club of Oakville Scholarship Fund

Our 2016 scholarship winners

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CFUW OAKVILLE CLUB ACTIVITIES CALENDAR

May and June 2017

Book Discussion / Exchange

Name Group Convenor Date and Time Description

BookBeat Morning

I Carolyn Collings-Merk

4th Wednesday @ 9:30 am, May 24th No meeting in June

Planning/Potluck and Book Exchange Host: TBD

II Pat Zelonka 1st Wednesday @ 10 am, May 3rd and June 7th

May: Nightingale by Kristin Hannah June: Planning Meeting

III

Sue Monaghan 4th Wednesday @ 9:30am, May 24th and June 28th

May Book: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Host/Presenter: Marla Newton June: Planning Meeting Host: TBD

Literary Ladies

Karen Motherwell and Joanne Diamond

1st Thursday @ 9:45 am, May 4th and June 1st

May: Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly Presenter: Marilyn Beamish Host: Sue Logan June: Planning Lunch Host: Marilyn Beamish

Great Books

Donna Milligan

4th Thursday @ 9:30 am, May 25th No June meeting

May Book: Jane Eyre Presenter: Maureen Rudzik Host: Elinor Moyse (This group follows a reading program set up by the Great Books Foundation from the University of Chicago)

BookBeat Evening

I Marilyn Hutchinson and Kimberly Schols

Last Thursday @ 7:30 pm, May 25th and June 29th

May Book: The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters Host: Kimberly Schols Presenter: TBD June: Planning Meeting Host: TBD

II Phyllis Kingsley 1st Wednesday @ 7:30 pm, May 3rd and June 7th

May Book: The Piano Maker by Kurt Palka Presenter/Host: Jane Avery June: Planning Meeting Host: Becky Pogany

III Linda Pinkney 1st Tuesday @ 7:30 pm, May 2nd and June 6th

May Book:The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant Presenter/Host: Sharon Pogany June: Planning Meeting and Potluck Host: Julie Eldridge

Crime and Caffeine Club

Chris Connell Monday from 1:30 to 3:30, May 29th and June 12th

May Book – Inca Gold by Clive Cussler Presenter: Melany Smith Host: Marg Maclure June: Planning Meeting Host: Linda Love

Book Exchange

Joanna Blair One meeting in October to select books for the year.

Four geographical subgroups select up to 12 books each year, circulate them monthly, sharing costs.

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Bridge

Celebrating Good Food and Conversation

Name Group Convenor Date and Time Description

Social Tuesday Helen Riediger 2nd & 4th Tuesday @ 1 pm, May 9th and 23rd, June 6th and 20th

Host varies

Thursday Shirley Andrews Every Thursday @ 12:45 pm Host varies

Duplicate Friday Joanne Diamond 2nd & 4th Friday, May 12th and 26th and June 9th and 23rd, 9am to noon unless otherwise indicated

Host varies

Marathon Couples Angela Lukowski & Margaret Pospisil Dates vary.

Friendly social bridge. Couples are paired with a different duo each month at a mutually suitable date. Host varies.

Name Group Convenor Date and Time Description

Gourmet

I Mary Lynn Carter/ Joanne Diamond

2nd Thursday, Time varies May 11th and June 8th

Host varies

II Sandy Gaik

2nd Thursday @ 6:45 pm, May 11th and June 8th

Host varies Theme: TBD

III Julie Eldridge

2nd Thursday @ 7:00pm, May 11th and June 8th

May Host: Sue Stephens, June Host: Patti Kent Theme: TBD

IV Pat Hillmer

3rd Thursday at 7:00pm, May 18th June 16th to 18th - Weekend at Catherine Dunn’s Cottage

May Host: TBD Theme: French Cuisine June Host: Catherine Dunn Theme: Planning Weekend

Ladies @ Lunch Joan Owen

3rd Thursday @ noon, May 18th and June 15th Summer Event - TBD

This is a fun group that meets monthly for lunch and socializing at a variety of local restaurants. May Restaurant: Harbourside Planner: Rosemary Shea June Restaurant: Jac’s Bistro Planner: Debbie Hoffman Special Summer Event: Susan Walkinshaw will host a summer luncheon at the Oakville Club.

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Exploring Ideas Together

The Digital Age

Name Group Convenor Date and Time Description Issues to Advocacy

Anne Douglas and Brenda MacKay

Usually 2nd Wednesday @ 7:00 pm, May 17th

Wednesday, June 7th

An opportunity to educate ourselves on current issues and explore ideas together. May Host: Brenda MacKay

June: Woodlands Cultural Centre, Facilitator : Joyce See

Beyond Bloomsbury (Members of these groups meet once a month to listen to speakers and to discuss topics of interest such as health, politics and education.)

I Judy Moore, Convenor and Ann Ferguson, Treasurer

Last Tuesday, May 30th, 7:00 pm for 7:45 start No meeting in June

Host: Nancy Purkis Topic: Dinner and Planning Meeting

II

Jean Wettlaufer and Joan Barber

1st Tuesday @ 7:30 pm, May 2nd and June 6th

May Host: Jane Avery Planner: Sue Monaghan Topic: Mindfulness Speaker: Deborah Rossiter June Host/Planner: Sybil Rampen Topic: Planning Meeting and Potluck

III

Susan Walkinshaw and Val Irvine

1st Thursday, May 4th 7:30 social for 8:00 pm meeting start 1st Thursday, June1st at 6:30 pm

May Planner: Mary Saunders Topic: Dementia Speaker: Shannon Tanners Host: Lindsey Thom June Host: Marilyn Hutchinson Topic: Planning Meeting and Potluck

Name Group Convenor Date and Time Description Wired Women

Ginny Boelhower, Raine Greenwood

2nd Thursday at 7:30pm, May 11th and June 8th

Host: Ginny Boelhower or Raine Greenwood Wired Women is for Women curious about the lat-est technologies, the Internet, new communications and how we can benefit. We communicate and share with an online group between meetings. May Topic: Big Data Explained June Topic: TBD

Learning through MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)

Ginny Boelhower

1st Tuesday at 1:30pm, May 2nd and June 6th

Host: Ginny Boelhower This interest group will learn and discuss new ideas and concepts based on Massive Open Online Courses provided by universities and colleges from around the globe. May MOOC: Moralities of Everyday Life This course explores the psychological foundations of our moral lives. June MOOC: TBD

Name Group Convenor Date and Time Description Couples Leanne Siracusa Saturday, 4th weekend

of the month in the evening, May 27th and June 24th

During the 4th weekend of the month, the Couples Movie Group enjoys socializing after viewing a movie or a theatre production.

Cinema: At the Movies

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Meditation and Mindfulness

Physical Activity

Name Group Convenor Date and Time Description

Evening Meditation Darla

Campbell

2nd Tuesday at 8 pm, May 9th and June 13th

Enjoy the relaxation of a guided meditation followed by a group discussion. Host: Check with convener. Email Darla at darla@amonavi.com or call 416-562- 9082

Mindfulness and Meditation

I Louise Brownlee

3rd Tuesday @9:30 to noon, May 16th and June 20th

May Host: Dodie Layton Meditation/Moderator: Anne Fuller Topic: Chapter 9 – The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion by Christopher Germer June Host: Sue McArthur Meditation: Kathy Wilson Topic: Planning Meeting and Potluck

II Anne Fuller

1st Thursday @ 9:30am, May 4th and June 1st

May Host: TBD Meditation: TBD Topic: Chapter 6 – The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion by Christopher Germer June Host: TBD Meditation: TBD Topic: Planning Meeting

Psychology/ Spirituality (These groups explore the human soul in a friendly at-mosphere. Research is shared and discussed.)

I –daytime Sue McArthur

2nd Thursday @ 9:30 am, May 11th and June 8th

May Host/Presenter: Jennifer Chong Topic: Preview of New Book by Jennifer and Dennis Chong Snacks: Jeanne Crockatt and Donna Lozon June Host: Sybil Rampen Topic: Planning Meeting and Potluck Lunch

II - evening

Ielca Torok 1st Monday at 7:00 pm. May 1st and June 5th

May Host/Presenter: Ielca Torok Topic: TBD June Host: Dinner out

III-daytime

Chris Connell

2nd Wednesday 1:30 to 3:30pm, May 10th and June 14th

May Host/Presenter: TBD Topic: TBD June Host/Presenter: TBD Topic: Planning meeting

Name Group Convenor Date and Time Description Dragon Boating

Sonia Ellis

Practices Wednesdays May to June @ 6 pm at Burloak Canoe Club. Regatta date: Sunday, June 11th

Fun opportunity to learn a new skill. Entering our 7th year, we are always looking for additional paddlers. No experience or equipment required.

Golf Sue McArthur

Tuesdays@ 9:30 am to noon, May – Early September (Some Mondays and Thursdays)

Planning Meeting: May 1, 7:30 pm at Sue MacArthur’s Members of varying skills play nine holes at nearby public golf courses.

Happy Hikers

Betty Dolbear & Jocelyn Kerby

Meet Tuesdays September to June @ 8:50 am at the Sears parking lot.

Planning Meeting: TBD Hikes are on the Bruce Trail or other nearby trails averaging 90 minutes to 2 hours plus travel time. (One hike a month is longer.)

Skiing

Brenda MacKay

Fridays, Caledon Ski Club. January and February Finished for the season!

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CFUW Oakville 2017 Event Calendar

Event Location Date Time

CFUW Oakville Annual Meeting and Dinner Harbour Banquet and Conference Centre

2340 Ontario Street

(Bronte Rd and Ontario St)

May 8, 2017

Cash bar, Appetizers, Social: 6:00 pm

Dinner: 7:00 pm

Ontario Council AGM and Conference

"The Transformative Power of the Arts"

Stratford, Ontario May 12,13 2017

CFUW AGM and Conference "Gateways/Passerelles"

Richmond, BC June 22-24 2017

From: Sandra Thomson, President CFUW Ontario Council

NOTICE OF THE 2017 CFUW ONTARIO COUNCIL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The executive of CFUW Ontario Council wishes to notify you that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Ontario Council will take place in Stratford on May 12th and 13th, 2017. Business Meeting Saturday, May 13th, 8:30 am to 10:30 am Registration Opens at 7:45 am Speakers and Workshops Saturday, May 13th, 10:30 am to 3:15 pm The Keynote Speaker is Anita Gaffney, Executive Director of the Stratford Festival Appreciations and Announcements Immediately Following Location: Festival Inn, 1144 Ontario Street, Stratford, Ontario Evening Reception Friday, May 12th, 7:45 pm to 10:00 pm Location: Festival Inn, 1144 Ontario Street, Stratford, Ontario

COMPLETE REGISTRATION PACKAGE HERE

An added bonus is that you may purchase discounted tickets available until April 14th for Friday (May 12) and Saturday (May 13) performances at the Stratford Festival Theatre.

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Executive

Position Incumbent

President Linda Love

Vice-President Ginny Boelhower

Secretary Debbie Hoffman

Treasurer Ann Rees

Past President Marlene Bristol

Honorary President

Mary Saunders

University Women’s

Club of Oakville Scholarship Fund

Trustees

Chair Donna Kraayeveld

Vice-Chair Darla Campbell

Secretary Mar Koreman

Treasurer Nancy Williams

Awards Chair Sue Stephens, Marla Newton

Ex-Officio Linda Love, Ann Rees

Standing Committee Chairs

Position Incumbent

Advocacy Anne Douglas, Brenda MacKay

Awards Sue Stephens, Marla Newton

Finance Ann Rees

Hospitality Bonnie Jensen, Marla Newton

Interest Groups

Donna Lozon

Membership Joyce See

Newsletter Editor

Pat Zelonka

Programme Phyllis Kingsley, Marg MacLure

Committees by Appointment Chairs

Position Incumbent

Advocacy Sub-Committees

Education Gay Loveland

Legislation Anne Douglas

Status of Women

Susan Brant

Archivist TBA

Directory Jill Wood

Newsletter Advertising/ Distribution

Deborah Wiens, Kathy Wilson

Nominations Marlene Bristol

Publicity/Social Media

Raine Greenwood

Webmaster Louise Brownlee

IFUW/CFUW Liaison

Marlene Bristol

Special Club Appointments

Advancement of Women Halton

Anne Douglas, Marlene Bristol

Fundraising Linda Williams

Dinners Gloria Tomlinson, Val Irvine

CFUW Oakville 2016—2017 Club Leadership

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