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Oakville

September 2019, Vol 38, Issue 1

IN TOUCH

This Issue

Guest Speaker: Sybil Rampen: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.

Why JCHAC is so important to Sybil.

How to find the Artist within.

Articles Page

September Speaker 1

Presidents’ Message 2

Leadership Team 3

100 Debates 3

Ontario Council Speakers

Series

4

AGM Plaque Presentation 5

AGM Report 6

Notable Women 7-8

GWI Report 9

Celebrating CFUW’s 100th

Anniversary

10-12

Sustainability 13

Advocacy 14

This Month’s Scholar

Louise Dean

15

Event Calendar 16

Scholarship Fund 17

Interest Groups 18-23

Business Supporters 24-26

“Spur Action!”

Sybil Salvin Rampen (nee Calverley) was born April 29, 1929 and grew up among United Empire Loyalists on a farm on the Seventh Line, now Trafalgar Road. Setting out to a one-room school with a horse and cutter is one of her favourite memories. Biking, roller skating, walking and even skiing five miles to Oakville High School was character building. Graduation from Trinity College, U of T in Art and Archaeology was followed by 2.5 years studying life and art in Europe. Finally the Ontario College of Education provided an art specialist certificate, which led to teaching art and fibre art all over Canada and the United States for the past 60 years. After raising and educating five sons, the long held dream of building an art gallery became a reality. Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre was not conceived as a commercial venture but as a place for artists to share their work and come together. The 1857 shed with its hand-hewn beams is a historic structure and wonderful space, not only for art but for other events, classes, workshops, weddings, meetings, celebrations, and wakes. The large labyrinth on the far side of the valley is a place to walk and meditate, and the lawns, gardens, orchard and gazebo add destination for visitors. The current population explosion in Oakville, with farms being lost to housing development, brought Sybil to the realization that the 12 acres of Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre has to be preserved. This sanctuary is a friendly and welcoming place, and a legacy for future generations to pause and appreciate the gifts of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

September Meeting

Date: Monday, Sept 16, 2019

Interest Group Sign-up: 6:30-7:45 pm

Meeting and Speaker: 7:45 pm

General Meeting Location:

Queen Elizabeth Park Community

and Cultural Centre (QEPCCC)

2302 Bridge Road

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Presidents’ Message

We are delighted to be taking up the reins as Co-Presidents in this year of the seventieth anniversary of CFUW-Oakville. We hope you have had a relaxing summer, unlike us – more on this to follow. We look forward to reconnecting with returning members and welcoming new members. September is always an invigorating month as we return to take up familiar routines and also meet new challenges and experiences.

Our theme for this year is “Spur Action!” Spur action on what? Well our focus will be action on the environment. What actions can we take as individuals to reduce our own environmental footprint? What actions can we take as a group to spur corporate and political action on greenhouse gas emissions? What actions can we take to bring about social consciousness to act on climate change?

However, our focus must extend beyond these issues to consider the broader social context of our lives. And we also want action as we each foster and develop our own interests through advocacy and through participation in the many and varied interest groups CFUW has to offer. Book clubs, on-line learning, mindfulness and hiking represent some of the wide range of options available. One new interest group of note is ‘Every Action Matters’. This group has grown out of Meet the Press and Advocacy and has as its focus informing ourselves, informing others and taking personal, positive action on climate change.

Last spring we polled the membership for their responses to the motions being put forward at the national annual general meeting. Our Past President, Joyce See, represented CFUW-Oakville at that meeting in Winnipeg. Joyce has reported on the results of that meeting in this Newsletter.

Over the summer, CFUW-National came to an agreement with Graduate Women International (GWI), specifically over the terms of our financial support of GWI. The result was a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) describing the collaboration and co-operation between CFUW and GWI in areas of member relations, global advocacy, communication and financial management. Most importantly, it detailed the repayment of CFUW’s debt to GWI to the end of the 2018/2019 fiscal year with in-kind services and monetary payments. There will be on-going challenges, though, since the motion to increase dues by $10 to meet the GWI dues for the year 2019-2020 did not pass.

There will be a federal election in October. CFUW-Oakville is working with the Halton Environmental Network to sponsor an all-candidates debate on October 3

rd . This will be one of the ‘100 Debates’ that will be taking place across the country on that

day. There will be four questions for the candidates focused on the environment and then the rest of the debate will be open for questions from the audience. Mark your calendars and plan on attending at QE Park Community Centre starting at 6:00 pm.

Ontario Council continues to inspire us with the speaker series. This fall there will be a talk on October 5th by Elizabeth Moore on “Combating the Rise of Intolerance and Hate-Speech”. Please register by September 25th if you’d like to attend. On November 30th , Dr. Andrea Wilkinson will discuss aging and brain health.

This club operates smoothly through the participation and hard work of many volunteers. We’d like to thank all those who have contributed their time in the past and those who are volunteering this year as executive and board members, as chairs and conveners of our various committees and interest groups. This club could not exist without you. Thank you!

We look forward to a challenging, entertaining and stimulating year.

Gay and Lynda


Leadership Team

Save the Date!

OAKVILLE ALL CANDIDATES DEBATE

“100 Debates”

Thursday October 3, 2019

Meet the Candidates: 6 pm Debate Starts: 7 pm

Queen Elizabeth Park Community Centre

Sponsored by Halton Environmental Network, CFUW Oakville and GreenPAC


Check out the CFUW Ontario Council website here.

The latest CFUW Ontario Council Newsletter can be accessed here.

UPDATES FROM OUR SISTER ORGANIZATIONS

CFUW Ontario Council Speakers Series

2019 – 2020 Theme “Women Helping Women”

Yorkminster Park Baptist Church

1585 Yonge St, Toronto, ON, M4T 1Z9

October 5, 2019 10:00 am – 3:30 pm

Morning Plenary: Elizabeth Moore – “Combating the rise of intolerance and hate-speech”

Register by September 25, 2019

Click here for REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Registration Desk is open from 9:00 am to 10:00 am The meeting begins promptly at 10:00 am

L to R: Marlene Bristol, Myra Willis,

Teri Shaw, Wanda Crichton,

Sandy Thomson, Darla Campbell,

Joyce See

CFUW Oakville members at the CFUW National AGM in Winnipeg

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At the recent of the CFUW AGM, a plaque was unveiled and presented to honour the national, historic significance of

the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW). The Government of Canada, through the Historic Sights and

Monuments Board of Canada, recognizes significant people, places and events that shaped our country as one way of

helping Canadians and youth connect with their past. As said by Robert Falcon, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg

Centre, “. . . I am pleased to recognize the national historic significance of the Canadian Federation of University

Women. They have paved the way for women to pursue an education, and fought for the creation of the Royal

Commission on the Status of Women. Their work has directly contributed to making a place for women in universities

across our country. Historic designations reflect Canada’s rich and varied history and I encourage Canadians to learn

more about the CFUW and its important contributions to Canada’s heritage.”

Joyce See

From left to right: David Elias, Parks Canada;

Brenda Shanahan, MP for Chataguay and

CFUW member; in background Dian Payment,

Historic Sites and Monument Board of Canada;

The Honourable MaryAnn Mihychuk, MP from

Winnipeg; Diane Dodd, author of a history of

CFUW; Grace Hollett, President CFUW;

Robert Falcon Oullette, MP for Winnipeg.



I recently had the privilege of representing CFUW Oakville at the Annual General Meeting of CFUW in Winnipeg, August 15-19. In addition to the regular business portion of the meeting, the coming together of members was also a celebration of the 100 years of CFUW and the “Power of Women Working Together”. Because of this, I will provide two reports for the "In Touch" Newsletter. In this first report, I will focus on the 100th Anniversary Celebrations and in the second report for the October Newsletter, I will highlight the business portions of the agenda. The meetings were held in Winnipeg at the Fort Garry Hotel, the site where representatives of the University Women’s Clubs of Canada met to organize the Canadian Federation of University Women. There were approximately 250 women registered for the 2019 conference. The atmosphere was one of excitement as people came together to renew friendships and create new ones. For me, it was my first trip to Winnipeg so in addition to taking in the process of the meeting, I had some time to explore this beautiful city in the centre of Canada. The agenda included several opportunities for celebration. They included:

Voting to approve Dr. Donna Strickland, winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics, as an Honorary CFUW member.

A breakfast speech from Elizabeth May - Leader of the Green Party of Canada. Ms. May is a 10 year member

of CFUW, belonging to a club from British Columbia.

A presentation from Senator MaryLou McPhedran who is also a human rights lawyer. Her talk focused on the

power of women and the value of women’s organizations.

We heard from Dr. Dianne Dodd, who has written a book on the history of CFUW. The book - “Our 100

Years: The Canadian Federation of University Women”, is described as “an engaging study of a still active women’s organization whose more than a centennial history makes its members proud. It also provides a lively exploration of a unique organization founded by early women pioneers of higher education who offered friendship, community engagement and lifelong learning.” The book is in the final stages of production and is expected to be available late this year or early in 2020. We will let you know when it is released.

We then had the unveiling of a plaque honouring the creation of CFUW and the contributions made by the

organization over our 100 year history. See the article in this newsletter (page 5) for more details.

Cheryl Ambrose did a wonderful presentation regarding 100

years of CFUW Advocacy. The wide array of advocacy resolutions developed over the 100 year history of CFUW were presented in the context of the social and political climate of the times. The presentation will be shared with the Issues to Advocacy group. Friday evening I attended the 100th Anniversary Notable Women Banquet. At this event we were introduced to 100 women who were identified as having made outstanding contributions within CFUW and/or the wider community; locally, nationally or internationally in the fields of education, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, economics, political engagement, organizational leadership, cultural endeavours or social innovation. Four members of CFUW Oakville were honoured at this event. They are: Sandra Thomson (President of CFUW Ontario Council), Teri Shaw (Ontario Council), Myra Willis (Ontario Council) and Darla Campbell. I will include the notes detailing the accomplishments of these four members and a photo of each over the next few months in the In Touch newsletter. I will review the outcomes of the business portion of the meeting in the October "In Touch” newsletter. Joyce See Past President



As I mentioned in my report regarding the CFUW AGM in Winnipeg, four members of CFUW Oakville were identified and

honoured as being “Notable Women”. The awards were given to 100 women who were identified as having made

outstanding contributions within CFUW and/or the wider community; locally, nationally or internationally in the fields of

education, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, economics, political engagement, organizational leadership,

cultural endeavours or social innovation. The contributions of the four will be included in upcoming editions of In Touch

newsletters. Included in this edition are the contributions of Sandra (Sandy) Thomson.

A proud coalminers granddaughter! Sandy graduated from

Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, cum laude,

majoring in elementary education. A chance meeting brought

her to St. Catherines, Ontario. She worked for Niagara

Catholic School Board for a short time but found a new career

with what is now the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

where she held various positions with most of her career as

manager of a front-line adjudication team. During these 30

years, she led adjudication recruitment campaigns and

attended Brock University, graduating with distinction in Adult

Education.

Her involvement with CFUW began in 2007 when a work

colleague told her about the Club in Oakville. While at CFUW

Oakville, she volunteered through the ranks of the executive,

serving as the Club president in 2012. When she attended the

National AGM in Victoria, the region of Huron needed a

Regional Director and she put up her hand! Sandy served as

Regional Director for four years, engaging with the four other

clubs and working on Ontario Council. She is in her second

year as President of Ontario Council, the largest cohort under

the National CFUW umbrella, and Vice-President Ontario on

the National Board.

She has been a CFUW delegate to the Commission of the Status of Women, United Nations, for the last three years.

In other volunteer positions, Sandy served on the Board of Directors of the Lake Huron Collaborative Learning Centre,

responsible for bringing educational opportunities to rural Ontario. While wintering in Florida, she works in the Food Pantry

of the St. Vincent de Paul Church and at Habitat for Humanity ReStore.

Joyce See, Past President

Notable Women

As you know, it was my honour recently to represent you at the CFUW AGM. One of the highlights of my sightseeing in beautiful Winnipeg was a stroll through the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. The mandate of the Museum is to explore the subject of human rights, with special but not exclusive reference to Canada, in order to enhance the public's understanding of human rights, to promote respect for others, and to encourage reflection and dialogue. One of the many displays included as part of the story of the creation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom was this photo of a group of women who came together to ensure women’s rights were included in the Charter. Two of the women are now Honorary Members of CFUW Oakville - Bev LaFrancois and Bonnie Brown. Another example of women fighting for all the rights we now enjoy. Thanks to Bev and Bonnie and all the many women shown in this photo.

Thanks to Teri Shaw for taking the pic!

Joyce See

Notable Women



Graduate Women International (GWI) is an organization that advocates for women’s rights, equality and empowerment through access to quality secondary and tertiary education, and training up to the highest levels. Their vision is 100% of girls and women in the world achieving education beyond primary school. Through our membership fees to CFUW (national), all members of CFUW Oakville are part of GWI. On July 25-28, GWI held their 33rd Triennial General Assembly entitled “Peace Through Education” Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. A 10 person delegation from Canada attended, led by Grace Hollett, CFUW President and Joy Hurst, CFUW Vice President of International Relations. The following is the introduction of notes taken by Joy Hurst and distributed to Clubs across Canada. The full text of Joy’s notes can be found on our website; go to cfuwoakville.ca and select {Members} from the menu. The link to the website for more information about GWI is www.graduatewomen.org. Joyce See Past President

The four day Triennial General Assembly and Conference consisted of Business meetings of the General Assembly

which serves the same function as the CFUW annual general meeting (AGM), an opportunity for deliberation, dialogue

and decision making. Interspersed between business sessions was a very impressive lineup of presentations and panel

discussions. A special program and reception was held for pre-registered attendees at the World Trade Organization.

The Peace through Education Conference was held during the last two days with over 60 choices of seminars, paper

presentations or workshops to attend. Unique to a gathering such as this is the multinational, multigenerational and

multidisciplinary environment and opportunities to socialize and network with a broad spectrum of women. Triennial

attendees included seven sets of Mothers and Daughters including CFUW member Godelieve De Koninck and her

daughter Gabrielle Marceau, Counsellor, Legal Affairs Division, World Trade Organization. The Triennial included special

meetings and presentations for the 40 young members who attended.

The CFUW delegation to the GWI 33rd Triennial was comprised of 10 voting delegates and two alternates. CFUW has

10 votes that are exercised by 10 different individuals, a different procedure than followed in CFUW’s AGM where one

delegate holds all of the votes for her club. Our delegation included those who have the historical context of having

attended up to six previous Triennial events and first time Triennial attendees.

Three CFUW members accepted the role of CFUW Ambassadors. They were tasked with reaching out to as many

delegates and attendees from different NFA’s (National Federations and Associations) as possible. Some CFUW

attendees attended pre assembly events on July 23rd and July 24th including meetings for first time attendees and for

workshop/seminar presenters.

Joy Hurst, CFUW Vice President of International Relations

https://www.graduatewomen.org/media-publications/update-newsletter/

http://www.cfuwoakville.ca

http://www.graduatewomen.org


One of the suggestions from CFUW national to celebrate our 100th Anniversary was to

ask club members to tell their stories in a short paragraph: Who are the members of your club? What are their stories? We asked women who have been CFUW members for 40 years and more to comment on their time in CFUW.

We also asked Interest groups to share interesting/fun memories of their time

together. For the next few months, we will share these memories to celebrate what

CFUW and its 100 years has meant to us.

Celebrating CFUW’s 100th Anniversary

Check out the Oakville Heritage Moment on the history of CFUW Oakville, here.

Our long-time members (30 years or more) will be wearing colourful

lanyards and nametags. Watch for them at our September meeting.

These memories are available to see in the password protected Members Only section of our webpage.

Choose {Members} from the menu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j4uVFYycKI








SUSTAINABILITY:

THE CLOTHES ON YOUR BACK

FASHION INDUSTRY STATISTICS

Number of new clothing items produced:

150,000,000,000:

Pounds of used clothing that end up in landfills each

year: 2,500,000,000

Tons of CO2 emissions produced by the apparel and

textile industry each year (second only to the

petroleum industry): 2,100,000

Number of trees cut to make cellulose fabrics such as

rayon and modal: 70,000,000 to 100,000,000:

Gallons of water it takes to make one T-shirt: 700

A garment worker’s monthly wage in Bangladesh:

$91.45

The percentage of the world’s total carbon footprint

that comes from the apparel industry : 10%

(To put it in perspective, the aviation industry

accounts for 2 percent.)

The percentage of clothing companies that don’t

know where their garments were made: 61%

The percentage of companies that don’t know where

their fabrics were woven, knit, or dyed: 76%

The percentage of companies that don’t know the

origins of their raw fiber: 93%

Annual Global Revenue: $2.5 trillion

Employs 60 million; 70 per cent women

United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Relevant to the Fashion Industry:

• SDG 1 – End poverty in all its forms, everywhere.

• SDG 5 – Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

• SDG 8 – Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

• SDG 12 – Ensure sustainable production and consumption patterns.

Sources and Some Readings:

CBC: The Passionate Eye; Fashion Revolution Consumer Report funded by the EC;Textile and Garment Recycling Facts and Figures: US based but eye-opening.

Ginny Boelhower

Shop your closet: Find that hidden treasure.

Buy Consignment: Buying and selling your clothes on consignment keeps textiles out of landfills.

Skip Fast Fashion: Go back to that old-school way of thinking of investment purchases, things that you’ll keep for a really long time, treasure and wear over and over.

Decide what sustainability means to you: is fair trade most important, or tackling climate change? Because it’s unlikely that you are going to find a brand right now that tackles everything.”

Demand Transparency:

Ask more questions about the social and environmental impacts of the clothes you want to buy.

Ask the brands you buy #whomademyclothes in order to demand more transparency.

Write to your elected officials and ask them to do more to guarantee that the clothing you are able to buy and wear has been made sustainably and with respect to the human rights of the people who make them.

Talk to your friends and family: Build a community of people who care and want to wear clothes made without harming the planet or the people who make them.

Actions You Can Take

Minimizing our individual environmental footprint

https://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/features/our-fast-fashion-habit-is-killing-the-planet



https://www.thebalancesmb.com/textile-recycling-facts-and-figures-2878122

https://www.thebalancesmb.com/textile-recycling-facts-and-figures-2878122


SAVE OCT. 3 – DON’T MISS THIS DEBATE!

CFUW Oakville is partnering with HEN (Halton Environmental Network) and with GreenPAC to host an all candidates

debate on Thursday, October 3, 2019 at QEPark. This debate is part of the 100 Debates Plus initiated by GreenPAC

and will be held on the same date in over 100 ridings nationwide. All five ridings (besides Oakville) are holding the

same “100 Debates Plus”.

Debates on the Environment is a non-partisan and politically neutral project that aims to bring voters together at the

riding level to hear candidates’ best policy ideas for the environment. The environment is a top issue for Canadians,

57% of voters indicate they are at least “very concerned” by climate change and 31% say it will be a priority issue for

them when they go to the polls.

All debates will have four common questions that focus on the environment – climate change, wilderness conserva-

tion, water and pollution. Other questions will be solicited from the audience. The moderators are Cindy Toth (Vice-

Chair of the HEN Board) who will be asking the candidates the four environmental questions and Darla Campbell

(CFUW Oakville) who will ask the audience questions.

*** We will need 8 ushers to help with seating. If you are available please email me. ***

Janis Fournier

Advocacy

At our May dinner we collected donations to the Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre.

Jennifer Cairns, their Executive Director writes: “A sincere thank you to everyone at

the CFUW for supporting Sybil’s vision! We received $550 in donations. We are full

of gratitude. “

Thank you to all who contributed.

Oakville members supported the CFUW Charitable Trust

for post secondary students by attending a production of

Brigadoon at the Shaw Festival in Niagara on the Lake. In

addition to the play, Oakville members enjoyed the spring

gardens, town ambience and lunch. Oakville along with

neighbouring club attendees raised $1,617 for the Trust.

Anne Douglas


University Women’s Club of Oakville Scholarship Fund

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High School: Oakville Trafalgar High School

Leadership Roles:

Free the Children Club-member and Executive

Leader

Concert and chamber choir vocalist

School newspaper columnist

Volunteer:

Oakville Academy for the Arts summer camp

Girl Guides and Scouts

Easter Seals

Oakville Fare Share foodbank

CharterAbility

University: Carlton University Journalism Program

“I am pursuing a post-secondary education in order to fulfill

my career goal of becoming a journalist. Having been

involved in many different charities from a young age, I

have always been passionate about raising awareness of

major issues that impact people around the world, as well

as ones we face in our community.”

Louise Dean

CFUW 70th Anniversary Scholarship Award

CFUW was proud to present The CFUW 70th Anniversary Scholarship Award to Louise Dean in June 2019.

Louise has been described by her teachers as an

intelligent, motivated, articulate young lady whose

exceptional academics and social conscience set her

apart from her peers. Her academic average has been

over 95% each year of high school, and reached 99% in

her last semester. She also earned ten awards for

academic excellence at her school’s excellence night.

In addition to her high academics, Louise has participated

fully in all aspects of high school life. Louise’s passion for

human rights and social justice resulted in her contribution

of over 200 hours to the school’s Free the Children Club.

Louise acted as the club’s Executive Leader from 2017 to

2019. She led the club in local initiatives including four

food drives, donating thousands of items to the Oakville

Fare Share Food Bank. Under Louise’s guidance, the Free

the Children Club also participated in global initiatives

including sending children to school in Ethiopia, providing

healthcare to children and mothers in Sierra Leone and

much more. Louise has also devoted a lot of time to the

vocal music program at her high school, and has sung in

three choirs.

Louise has been a very active member of the Girl Guides

of Canada organization from 2006-2018. She has acted as

a mentor to young girls in Guiding and assisted in running

camps for children in Girl Guides and Scouts.


CFUW Oakville 2019 Event Calendar

Event Location Date Time

CFUW Oakville Executive meeting Tavolo, 1515 Rebecca St., Oakville Sept 9,

2019

2:00 pm

CFUW Oakville General Meeting

Sybil Rampen: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow



Rehearsal Hall

2302 Bridge Road

Sept 16,

2019

Interest Grp Sign-up

6:30-7:45 pm

Meeting: 7:45 pm

All Candidates Debate

Sponsored by Halton Environmental Network,

CFUW Oakville and GreenPAC



2302 Bridge Road

Oct 3

2019

Meet the

candidates 6:00 pm

Debate starts: 7:00 pm

CFUW Ontario Council Speakers Series

Women Helping Women

Register by Sept 25, 2019

Yorkminster Park Baptist Church

1585 Yonge St,

Toronto, ON M4T 1Z9

Oct 5,

2019

9:00 am

CFUW Oakville Executive meeting Tavolo, 1515 Rebecca St., Oakville Oct 7,

2019

2:00 pm


Vera Nenadovic, PhD, Founder, BrainsView Inc

Your Body in the 21st Century: Complex not Compli-

cated



Rehearsal Hall

2302 Bridge Road

Oct 21,

2019

Social: 6:30-7:30 pm

Meeting: 7:30 pm

CFUW Oakville Executive meeting Tavolo, 1515 Rebecca St., Oakville Nov 4,

2019

2:00 pm


Brenda Jasmin, Happiness Psychologist: The

Science of Happiness and Wellbeing

Scholarship Fund AGM



Rehearsal Hall

2302 Bridge Road

Nov 18,

2019

Social: 6:30-7:30 pm

Meeting: 7:30 pm

Scholarship AGM

follows general meeting

CFUW Oakville Holiday Dinner Oakville Conference & Banquet

Centre

2515 Wyecroft Rd, Oakville

Dec 2,

2019

TBA

CFUW Oakville Executive meeting Tavolo, 1515 Rebecca St., Oakville Jan 6, 2:00 pm



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History of UWCO Scholarships In putting together a history of scholarships given by the University Women’s Club of Oakville, Donna Kraayeveld and Sue Stephens have used information taken from the booklet “University Women’s Club of Oakville: The First Fifty Years, 1949-1999”. More recent information was obtained by talking with members who had been involved with the UWCO Scholarship Fund and the Awards Committee at some time and from personal experience. We realize that the information that we have may not be totally accurate or complete and so we are asking for input from those who may be able to assist us in dealing with errors or omissions. Please click and look at the draft copy of the history and send any corrections or additions to Sue Stephens at [email protected] On Line Donations: Please check out the new donation section of the CFUW Oakville Website. Go to https://cfuwoakville.ca and click on Donate to the Scholarship Fund. Thanks to the hard work of Pat Zelonka you can now make a donation on line in honour of a member or a friend’s birthday, anniversary, etc. or in memory of a loved one or a friend. We can now send an on line card to the honoree or their family to notify them of your donation. Be sure to try it out. A donation to our Scholarship Fund is a great gift for the friend who does not need more things and who is interested in supporting the education of our deserving young Oakville women. You can pay by Paypal or credit card and all donations of $15.00 and over will be issued a tax receipt. Reminder: When paying your membership dues this September please consider topping up your fees with an additional donation for the Scholarship Fund.

Sue Stephens

Update from the University Women’s Club of Oakville Scholarship Fund

Notice of Meeting: Scholarship Fund AGM

The University Women’s Club of Oakville Scholarship Fund (UWOSF) will hold their Annual General

Meeting Monday, November 18th immediately following the CFUW meeting. All members of CFUW

Oakville are contributors to the Scholarship Fund and are invited to attend as well as anyone who has

made donations to the Fund in the past year.

https://cfuwoakville.ca/draft-uwcos-history/

mailto:[email protected]

https://cfuwoakville.ca


Interest Group Information

One of the great benefits of your CFUW Oakville Membership is the great selection of Interest Group activities from hiking to dragon boat racing, cooking to reading good books, technology to meditation, and many more. While our groups are numerous and varied, they are not limitless. New groups can be formed with a minimum of 4 members with one person willing to be convenor. The Co-Chairs of the Interest Groups are available to help new groups get up and running. Interest Groups sign-up will be at the General Meeting, Sept. 16 - 6:30-7:45 pm Convenors have been asked to confirm who is returning to the group and if there is room for additional members. Returning members will sign up with their convenors prior to the meeting. Convenors who have room in their group will be at a table for those interested in signing up. There is room in the following groups for new members: There will be an Information Table set up to establish wait lists for those interested in groups that are full, to assist new members with any questions and help facilitate the sign-up process. So come out and sign up to be in a group for an interesting and fun time! Gloria Tomlinson and Brenda Walker, Co-Chairs, Interest Groups

Book Beat Ladies at Lunch Cinema Couples Gourmet Psychology/Spirituality Crime and Caffeine

Book Exchange Great Books Beyond Bloomsbury Issues to Advocacy Hiking Dragon Boating

Bridge Word Power through Scrabble Meet the Press MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) Evening Meditation Mindfulness & Meditation

The purpose of this new interest group is to respond to climate change at the level of personal action.

Our group will:

Actively work to be better informed on climate related issues and identify ways that we can respond.

Responsibly communicate so that family members, friends and others can understand that they too can act.

Take action by changing our personal behaviours.

We believe that everyone can take steps to help our planet heal. Our mantra is ‘every action matters’. We welcome members to our group who are committed to understanding climate change on a micro level and taking action.

Date and time to be determined once we have identified interested members.

Ginny Boelhower

New Interest Group: EVERY ACTION MATTERS


Twelve members of our CFUW Golf group played in The Granite Ridge Ladies Annual Golf Tournament on July 16th.

Social Eves had a year end pot luck/planning meeting in May at Arlene Wisser’s with 25 women in attendance!

Lots of chatter and laughter!

Interest Group Fun


CFUW OAKVILLE INTEREST GROUPS CALENDAR

Sept 2019

Book Discussion / Exchange

Name Group Convenor Date and Time

BookBeat

Morning

I Carolyn Collings-Merk

4th Wednesday @ 9:30 am.

Book: TBA Host: TBA

*This group has room for new members

II Pat Zelonka 1st Wednesday @ 10 am

Book: Magpie Murders Host: Pat Zelonka *This group has room for new members

III Sue Monaghan 4th Wednesday @ 9:30 am

Book: The Gown Host: Shirley *This group has room for new members

BookBeat

Evening

I Charlotte Jeneway

Last Thursday @ 7:30 pm

Book: Warlight Presenter: Marilyn

Host: Marilyn

II Deborah May 1st Wednesday @ 7:30 pm

Book: The Woman in the Window Host: S. Vendramine


III Sue Stephens 1st Tuesday @ 7:30 pm

Book: The Happiness Project Host: Julie

Crime & Caffeine

Club

l Melany Smith Last Monday from 1:30 to 3:30 pm

Book: March Violets Host/Presenter: Leigh Mayers

Crime & Caffeine

Club

ll Carolyn Collings-Merk

4th Monday from 1:30 to 3:30 pm

Book: The Dry Host: Carolyn


Book

Exchange

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

Geographical subgroups select up to 12 books each year, circulate them monthly, sharing

costs.

Great

Books

Dodie Layton 4th Thursday @ 9:30 am

Book: Ethan Brand Host D Layton


Literary

Ladies

Ethel Duthie 1st Thursday @ 9:45 am

Book: The Huntress Host: Carmen Presenter: Marie

Book Discussion and Exchange Clubs, morning or evening - Members of these book clubs choose books to read and discuss each month. Selections focus on the particular interests of the members of each group and are usually chosen in June at the end of the sessions.


Bridge, Scrabble and Other Board Games

Celebrating Good Food and Conversation


Social ll Thursday Barbara Rennick

Every Thursday @ 12:45 pm Host varies

Duplicate Friday Mar Koreman 2nd & 4th Friday, 9 am to noon unless otherwise indicated

Host varies

Marathon Couples Angela Lukowski/ Margaret Pospisil

Dates vary. Couples meet monthly to play

Host varies


Word Power through

Scrabble

Pat Hillmer 2nd Tues. @ 1:00 pm Host: Pat



Gourmet

I

Alison Gemmell First dinner Oct. 24 @ 6:30 pm

Theme: A Locavore - food grown close to home

Host: TBA

II Jeanne Crockatt 2nd Thursday @

6:45 pm Host: Edith Livet

Theme: TBA

III

Julie Eldridge 2nd Thursday @ 7:00 pm.

Theme: TBA Host: Jane

Ladies @

Lunch

Joan Owen 3rd Thursday @ 12 noon. Restaurant: Trattoria Timone Planner: B. Pogany


Social

Eves

Gloria Tomlinson / Sue Stavin

4th Wed. of each month 6:30 pm

Theme: Pot Luck Host: Arlene Organizer: Gloria

Bridge, Scrabble and other Board games - Friendly social groups to test one’s skill and enjoy different scenarios.

Celebrating Good Food and Conversation - Gourmet groups meet monthly to share fine food, menus, recipes and good company at each others’ homes. Ladies at Lunch is a fun group that meets monthly for lunch and socializing at a variety of local restaurants. Social Eves (formerly Boomers) focuses on exploring a wide variety of interests and topics while providing an opportunity to socialize, network and have lots of fun – at the same time expanding our friendships within CFUW.


Exploring Ideas Together

Technology

Cinema: At the Movies


Couples Leanne Siracusa Saturday, 4th weekend monthly **members asked to volunteer to assist convenor with monthly organization

Movie: TBA Theatre: TBA



Issues to

Advocacy

Leanne Siracu-sa / Janis Four-nier

2nd Wednesday 7:15 pm. Social 7:30 Meeting

Host: TBA Topic: An opportunity to educate ourselves on current issues. Host: TBA


Every Action

Matters

Ginny Boelhower TBA Location: TBA

Theme: TBA


Beyond

Bloomsbury

I Carolyn Cole

4th Tuesday @ 7:00 to 9:00 pm

Topic: Climate Change Speaker: Aki Tanaka

Host: Louise

II Marie O’Sullivan 1st Tuesday @ 7:30 pm

Host: Susan Walkinshaw Topic: World Religions

III Sue Stephens / Hilary Vavasour

1st Thursday @ 7:30

Topic: outing to “Hanging by a Thread” exhibit / introduction to Oakville Fabric Artists Host: Hilary and Val


Learning Through

MOOCs

(Massive Open Online

Course)

Brenda MacKay / Pat Zelonka

Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 1:30 pm

Host: Pat Zelonka *This group has room for new members

Technology - Learning Through MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) is for women to learn and discuss new ideas and concepts based on Massive Open Online Courses provided by universities and colleges around the globe

Exploring Ideas Together - Issues to Advocacy presents an opportunity to educate ourselves on current issues and explore ideas together. Beyond Bloomsbury members meet once a month to listen to speakers and discuss topics of interest such as health, politics, education, art and literature.

Cinemas: At the Movies - Couples movie night consists of a movie or theatre production followed by socializing.


Meditation and Mindfulness

Physical Activity


Evening

Meditation

Darla Campbell

The group will resume in October.

Enjoy the relaxation of a guided meditation followed by a group

discussion.

Mindfulness and

Meditation I

Dodie Layton 3rd

Tuesday @ 9:30 to noon

Host: Kim Schols

Reading: Ch. 1 of Open to Desire

Mindfulness and

Meditation II

Leigh Mayers / Chris Connell

1st Thursday in October @ 10:00 am to noon

Book: Radical Acceptance Host: Anne Fuller Facilitator: Bronwyn

Psychology/

Spirituality I

Sue McArthur 2nd Thursday @ 9:30 am Host: Sue McArthur Theme: Book - The Five Love Languages

II Leigh Mayers Mon, Sept 9, @ 9:00 am

Host: Chris Connell

Topic: Planning Meeting



Dragon Boating Entering our

9th year!!

Donna Kraayeveld / Sue Stavin

Practices Wednesdays in May plus first two weeks of June at Burloak Canoe Club.

Fun opportunity to learn a new skill. Entering our 9th 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)

Members of varying skills play nine holes at nearby public golf courses. Last organized game is Sept. 17

Happy

Hikers

Sandra Gorlick / Shirley Brosky- Adams

Tuesday mornings weather permitting Sept to June - 8:50 a.m. just outside lower doors of Shoppers Drugs on S side - Oakville Place.

First hike Sept 10 TBA each month


Physical Activity - Dragon Boating, Golf, and Happy Hikers are opportunities for members to participate in the activities they enjoy, in the company of friends and other members.

Meditation and Mindfulness - Evening Meditation enjoys the relaxation of a guided meditation followed by a group discus-sion. Mindfulness and Meditation explores through readings, discussions and practice and Psychology/ Spirituality explores the human soul in a cheerful and friendly atmosphere. Research is shared and discussed.


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