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Club Action Newsletter:
December 9, 2021
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This publication contains time-sensitive information generally directed to Club Executives and members and pertains to CFUW activities and events. Please send relevant pieces to all Club Members.
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- Sexual Violence on Campus Webinar - Dec. 9
- CFUW Library 2022 Award - Coming Soon
- UN Commission on the Status of Women: CFUW Delegation Update
- CFUW's Pay Equity Campaign - Promotional Templates
- Want to be in the CFUW Club Action Newsletter?
- Sharing Corner
- 16 Days of Activism: Share what Your Club did!
- CFUW Kanata - Conversation between Elizabeth Hay & Alan Neal - Jan. 25th at 7 PM EST
- CFUW Orillia Makes the Orillia Matters News!
- Ungendering technology: Women Retooling the Masculine Sphere - Jan. 11 at 6 PM EST
- Action Corner
- Dignity for All - The Campaign for a Poverty Free Canada
- ILO Convention 190 - Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work
- ON Child Care
- GWI Updates
- Important Upcoming Dates
- Club Newsletters
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Sexual Violence on Campus Webinar - Dec. 9
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Save the date! As part of the 16 Days of Activism campaign, CFUW is holding a webinar on Thursday, December 9 at 1pm EST about the issue of sexual violence in post-secondary settings in Canada. We will hear from two speakers, Dr. Tasia Alexopoulos, Mount Allison University's Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Coordinator and Dr. CJ Rowe, Director of Simon Fraser University’s Sexual Violence Support & Prevention Office, for a discussion on the status of prevention and response to sexual violence on Canadian post-secondary campuses and ways to support survivors of violence. This is a public event so please share widely!
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The CFUW Library Award was created to promote literacy and learning by supporting innovative approaches, encouraging community involvement and advocating for the Canadian library system.
Amount of the Award – $4,000; set by the CFUW Charitable Trust budget
Frequency of the Award – Biennial
Eligibility to Apply –Each submission received by the Library and Creative Arts Committee MUST be nominated by a CFUW Club local to the applicant
- Applicants may be from academic institutions, community centres, cultural centres, youth organizations, or any community-based organization/team/group.
- The following is a list of examples considered for this award: school libraries; libraries in provincial women’s institutions; agencies proposing to create a library in a facility such as a daycare or women’s resource centre; specific library and literacy activities or a literacy-related project.
Geographic Coverage - within Canada
For any questions, please email Valerie Hume, Chair Libraries and Creative Arts Committee valeriehume@rogers.com
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UN Commission on the Status of Women: CFUW Delegation Update
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The sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place from 14 to 25 March 2022 to address the theme of "Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes,".
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, in-person participation in UN forums for NGOs and civil society representatives is still under review for the 2022 year. As such, it is still unknown if the UN Commission on Status of Women will be in-person or virtual. We will update CFUW members on the CSW's format once it becomes available and will begin the delegate application process once a decision from UN officials is made. Thank you for your patience. |
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CFUW's Pay Equity Campaign - Promotional Templates
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Pay equity is a fundamental right, yet Canadian women still earn less than men. CFUW is offering a series of free pay equity virtual workshops to empower young women with the professional skills to thrive in the workforce and advocate for pay equity.
We are asking for your help to spread awareness around this initiative and share information with your network. Please find below promotional templates you can use for your club’s newsletter, events page, Facebook, and Instagram.
Get your club involved and help us advocate for pay equity today! For any questions or concerns, please email payequity@cfuw-fcfdu.ca.
If you have any issues opening or using the document and images, please contact memerbservices@cfuw-fcfdu.ca.
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WANT TO BE IN THE CLUB ACTION NEWSLETTER?
If you would like to share what your Club is doing in your community, send pictures and a write-up to Brittany at memberservices@cfuw-fcfdu.ca to have it included in the upcoming Club Action Newsletters. Note, the newsletter is usually sent mid-week, so please send it in on the Monday of the week.
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16 Days of Activism: Share what YOUR Club did!
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CFUW Clubs across Canada participated in the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign. We want to highlight Club activities during this period and share them in the next newsletter! Please send any photos, press releases, or news articles about your Club's 16 Days activities (along with your Club name) to Charlotte Akin at advocacy@cfuw-fcfdu.ca to be featured in the next newsletter! |
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The CFUW, Kanata Chapter, is proud to present a conversation between Elizabeth Hay and Alan Neal on January 25th, 2022 at 7:00PM EST on Zoom.
Enjoy a warm and spirited dialogue with two engaging Canadians who share a passion for excellence in their professions.
The discussion will begin with Elizabeth Hay’s memoir All Things Consoled about the emotionally charged events surrounding the last few years of her parents’ lives; but you can expect much more. During recent decades, Alan’s and Elizabeth’s career paths have crossed periodically, so they share insights and experiences that bring a personal flavour to this online rendezvous. Both are accomplished writers and speakers.
Elizabeth Hay is the winner of the prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize and a best-selling author.
All Things Consoled, her first book of non-fiction, was shortlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize and the winner of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. Formerly a radio broadcaster, she spent a number of years in Mexico and New York City before returning to Canada. She lives in Ottawa.
Alan Neal is the host of "All in a Day", the top-rated drive-home show in Ottawa. You can hear him weekday afternoons from 3-6 on 91.5 FM in Ottawa or on cbc.ca/ottawa. He considers himself a massive fan of Elizabeth Hay, having interviewed her about her works His Whole Life, Alone in the Classroom and All Things Consoled.
Tickets are $20.00 each.
Funds raised from ticket sales will go toward the CFUW - Kanata Scholarship Trust.
Signed copies of Elizabeth Hay's books will also be available in time for Christmas. Perfect Books has kindly offered to donate the profit from these sales to the Scholarship Trust. ( http://perfectbooks.ca/wp/)
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CFUW Orillia Makes the Orillia Matters News!
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It is an article from the Orillia Matters, a local online newspaper, about CFUW Orillia and their advocacy efforts regarding the Single-Use Plastics resolution.
Ruth Watt on Zoom call discussing alternatives to single use plastics.
Group challenging members to find alternatives to plastics that are discarded and where possible replacing items with products that are more environmentally friendly
The Orillia chapter of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) has launched their 2021-22 Advocacy Campaign with a challenge to their members asking them to reduce single-use plastics in their everyday lives.
Many know the club for the successful annual Homes Tour that provides scholarships for local students or for the interesting and informative speakers at monthly meetings.
However, advocacy concerning current issues is also an important endeavour for the club and this year, highlighting single use plastics, reducing their use, and finding alternatives is of primary importance. Although plastics are handy, they are also polluting our lands and waterways, piling up in waste sites, and harming wildlife.
CFUW Orillia is challenging their members to make changes, even one step at a time by finding alternatives to plastics that are discarded and where possible replacing items with products that are more environmentally friendly. The club members will be issued a new challenge every month and will track their progress.
In May, at the annual banquet celebration, lucky winners will receive prizes from Bubbles by Beverley and The Refillery District, local businesses that are supporting the initiative.
The goal is that the challenge will result in a permanent awareness of protecting our precious environment and leaving a cleaner and more sustainable planet for generations to come.
CFUW Orillia invites everyone to join us in this effort. Let’s make a difference!
See the article here!
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Ungendering Technology: Women Retooling the Masculine Sphere - Tuesday, January 11 at 6:00 pm EST
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Please join CFUW St. John's for Dr. Carol Haddad's talk "Ungendering Technology; Women Retooling the Masculine Sphere". This account of women's empowerment takes place, Tuesday, January 11 at 6:00 pm Eastern Time (7:30 pm in NL).
Dr. Carol J. Haddad, a me  mber of CFUW St. John’s, will present research findings from her book on women’s mastery of technologies commonly associated with men. Five original, cross-national case studies will be mentioned, but the emphasis will be on the hand building of a wooden dragon boat by breast cancer survivors in St. John’s, NL. A major contribution of this study is the multidisciplinary analytical framework used to explain women’s motivation to engage with non-traditional technologies, the role of peer and political support in encouraging persistence, and informal as well as formal knowledge and skill acquisition. Above all, it is a story of women's empowerment - individually and collectively.
Carol is a Professor Emerita of Technology Studies and Women’s Studies at Eastern Michigan University. Although her first trip to Newfoundland and Labrador was in 1982, her employment was at academic and research institutions in the USA. Throughout her 36-year career, she collaborated with colleagues in Canada, the UK, Germany, Italy, and Japan on applied research projects, and authored numerous papers and two books.
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Click on the links below to read about the upcoming important dates in December. Feel free to create a social media post on the dates that stick out to you and your Club!
10 December - Human Rights Day
11 December - Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster
24 December - Christmas Eve
25 December - Christmas Day
26 December - Boxing Day
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