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March 17th, 2023

This publication contains time-sensitive information directed to Club Executives

and members and pertains to CFUW activities and events.

Please send relevant pieces to ALL Club members.

  • Club Membership Numbers and Dues

  • Indigenous Issues Sub-Committee Webinar with Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux: April 1st, 2023 @ 11:00 AM ET

  • Request for Proposals for International Service Project

  • Creative Arts Award: Funded by the CFUW Charitable Trust

  • Campaign on Bill C-21: Ban on Assault-Style Firearms

  • Full Immigration Status for All

  • Sharing Corner

    • CFUW Hamilton Scholarship Fundraiser - March 28th - April 18th

    • CFUW Renfrew Book Sale

    • CFUW Fredericton Webinar on Reproductive Health - March 20, 7:00pm

    • CFUW Kitchener-Waterloo Giant Used Booksale

  • GWI Updates

  • Club Newsletters

Club Membership Numbers and Dues

A reminder to please enter your club membership numbers. We need those numbers to start preparing the 2023-2024 Budget.


To enter your numbers please go to https://cfuwmembership.org/Clubs/ClubMembership.aspx


It is requested that clubs submit their numbers to the database and pay their dues by March 31, 2023.


Clubs which pay their membership dues by March 31, 2023, will be entered into a draw for a Kindle E-reader.


If you have any problems, please contact Elizabeth Malcolm at: memberservices@cfuw-fcfdu.ca.

Register on Zoom

Request for Proposals:

International Service Project

Each year, CFUW clubs raise funds for an international project or program to empower women and girls in the global South. CFUW is currently seeking proposals from the international development community for the next cycle of fundraising.


Read the full Request for Proposals here.


The Application is now open - Apply here.


Deadline: April 3rd

Creative Arts Award:

Funded by the CFUW Charitable Trust

The CFUW Creative Arts Award was created to promote interest and involvement in the creative arts by engaging audiences and inspiring discussion.


The amount of the award is normally $4,000 and is set by the CFUW Charitable Trust budget. It is awarded biennially.


Please note that each submission must be nominated by a CFUW Club local to the applicant.


Questions should be directed to Valerie Hume, Chair of the Library and Creative Arts Committee valeriehume@rogers.com.


The application can be downloaded HERE


More information can be found here: https://cfuwcharitabletrust.ca/fellowships-awards-2/

Campaign on Bill C-21:

Ban on Assault-Style Firearms

CFUW joins Women’s 30 other Women’s and Feminist Organizations as part of the #Women4GunControl Coalition to Call on National Party Leaders to Honour Their Campaign Promises to Ban Assault-Style Firearms


“Gun control is a feminist issue, since access to guns is a primary risk factor for armed violence, including femicide. Research has shown that the presence of firearms in a household where there is intimate partner violence significantly increases the risk that the woman will be killed. Rural women are particularly vulnerable to firearm-related intimate partner violence.”


Read the full letter here.


Get Involved! Find here an auto-filled letter template to send to your MP, a phone script, and a drafted tweet to amplify the campaign!

This weekend rallies and marches are taking place in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Edmonton, Niagara, Sudbury and Victoria. For more information on how to participate, click HERE.

GWI Update - March 15

Club Newsletters

AFDU Montérégie - February 2023

UWC Winnipeg - March 2023

UWC Montreal - March 2023

CFUW South Delta - March 2023

CFUW Fredericton - Spring 2023