Registration is open for the

2024 AGM & Conference in Windsor!

REGISTER NOW!

The registration fee is $130 / member. Registration is a 2-step process. Please answer all the questions on the online registration form, including the panels/workshops you'd like to attend. Second, complete the Assignment of Delegate form for your Club and forward to the OC AGM Credentials Chair and to your designated voting delegate.

Please note that, in order to vote at the AGM, each Club needs to complete an Assignment of Delegate form.

AGM Documents

• Assignment of Delegate Form
• 2024 Standing Rules

The venue for the AGM & Conference is the DoubleTree by Hilton, located at 333 Riverside Dr. West in Windsor. A block of rooms for conference attendees has been booked at Best Western Waterfront Windsor, which is located just down the street from the DoubleTree. The overnight rate for May 24 to 25 is $149. To book a room, please call 519-973-5555 and ask for the CFUW Windsor Conference Group or use the block code 2405CFUWW when speaking with the front desk. Reservations cannot be made online.

To get all the information about the 2024 AGM & Conference, including hotel reservations, program and agenda, and how to get to Windsor, please click here.

Elections for the Ontario Council Board for 2024 - 2026 will take place at the AGM. All Board Director positions are open for election. 

So what can you do now?

Looking for a way to be more involved with CFUW?

Come for the challenge and stay for the friendships!

The CFUW Ontario Council Board of Directors is inviting all the ladies of Ontario Council clubs to consider a very worthwhile opportunity to lead!  Apply your skills and knowledge in an interactive group, collectively working towards serving the mission and values of CFUW while shaping the future. See the organization from a different perspective beyond your local community, while making an impact in an inclusive environment. Where there is a passion, a will to contribute and to make new friends, there will be a place for you on the CFUW Ontario Council.

The Nominations Committee, chaired by Teresa Habs, CFUW Barrie, and joined by Anne Groulx, CFUW Cambridge, Carol Sproule, CFUW Peterborough, Heather Conlin, CFUW Southport, Helen Robb, CFUW Barrie and Wendy Taylor, CFUW Orillia, will welcome your nomination and application forms. Candidates must complete both an application form and a nomination form. Please click here for the Nomination form and here for the Application form.

The Nominations period runs from: March 15 to and including April 20, 2024. The role descriptions for each position – president, secretary, treasurer, advocacy co-ordinator, committee chair of education, committee chair of legislation, committee chair of status of women and human rights, committee chair membership, communications chair and six regional directors – are available on the OC website at https://cfuwontcouncil.org/about/executive/.

Please consider running for a position on the

Ontario Council Board

Submitted by Kathy Wosnick

I am an experienced advocate for equity, women’s rights and social justice, and an active member of CFUW since 2010. I believe we have an obligation to use our privilege to help ensure that women and girls are educated and empowered to make transformative change in the world, our country, provincially and locally. We work to facilitate life-long learning, improve public policy and be empowered advocates for ourselves and our communities, setting the stage for progress in social justice, education, human rights and the environment.

A strong Board ensures that we have a strong voice and that our collective needs and priorities are factored into government decisions and policies at all levels. I hope others will join me in ensuring continued gains for all of us in this province and more broadly.

Editor's note: Kathy is running for the OC Advocacy Chair position in the upcoming election at the 2024 AGM.  

Ontario Council has established a special club grant to encourage as many clubs as possible to send a delegate to the AGM. If your Club has sufficient funds to finance your delegate’s attendance at the conference, we ask that you do not apply for this grant, to allow our funds to stretch further. We will at least be able to offer Registration fees, but additional money towards travel and/or accommodation is possible depending on the total number of applicants.

APPLICATION FOR A CLUB GRANT TO ATTEND AGM 2024

Deadline for submission is April 15, 2024

Carolyn Day, a Past-President of Ontario Council, 1998-2000, was the Environment, Clean Water and Great Lakes Policy Advisor from 2000 until her death in 2018. What started as a concern about Walkerton turned into a passion and a knowledge base. During her time, she wrote more than 40 briefs and letters, attended many meetings on our behalf and was even called by government on some occasions. This award is created in her honour.

Tell us about your work to support the environment, locally, provincially, nationally and internationally. Please complete the Carolyn Day Award application and email Advocacy Chair Sandra Shaw, copied to your Regional Director by April 15, 2024.

Carolyn Day Award recipients will be recognized for their work at the 2024 AGM.

The OC Membership Challenge is back! Your Club could win $300 for Recruitment or $300 for Retention. It’s simple to enter. You just need to answer 5 questions for recruitment and/or 5 questions for retention, in 250 words or less for each category. The 5 questions are:

For recruitment of new members:

• What was your single most effective strategy?
• How did it work?
• How did you measure your success?
• What would you do differently?
• Have you tried this before?

For retention of new, recent and long-term members?

• What is your primary strategy?
• How did you measure your success?
• What are the results of engaging new members?
• Would you do anything differently?
• Why is it successful?

Download the 2024 Membership Challenge brochure and follow the instructions to submit your Club’s application! Applications must be submitted on or before April 20, 2024.

On Sunday, April 14th, 2024, CFUW London is hosting a Learn to Paint session on Zoom. This is a free event and guests are always welcome. Please email cfuwlondon@gmail.com for more information or to register. Read more about this event here.

CFUW Belleville – Planet vs Plastics

On April 22nd, CFUW Belleville is inviting you to a conversation about the elimination of single-use plastics. This is a virtual Zoom event. To register, click here.

CFUW Belleville - An Afternoon with Sally Armstrong

Sally Armstrong is an award-winning author, journalist, and human rights activist with decades of experience being on the ground, working with women in zones of conflict. CFUW Belleville invites you to join Sally on April 27th, as she shares stories including the shocking details from Outspoken: My Fight for Freedom and Human Rights in Afghanistan by Sima Samar, with Sally Armstrong. This is the memoir of Dr. Samar, public official, founder of schools and hospitals, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee. She defied the Taliban at every turn and has the inside story on why the Afghan government collapsed. Tickets are $25. To learn more and to purchase tickets, click here.

CFUW Renfrew Annual Used Book Sale!

April 26th & 27th!

May 7 CFUW Sudbury's Celebrate Women Event with Dr. Jean Mormoreo

CFUW Sudbury is your host. In-person and live streaming tickets are $20. For all the details and to purchase tickets please click here.