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CFUW – LONDON CLUB
CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY
WOMEN
NEWSLETTER, FEBRUARY 2007
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
P.S. I just read Saturday’s (February 3) London
Voting Free Press … “Write On!”. Congratulations,
Margaret.
Finding new board members is always our Stephanie Kuiack, Ph.D. Interviews
“February & March” project and challenge. If
you are asked to serve on the Board for the
Stephanie is interviewing our members to
2007/08 season, please give it serious thought.
compile a book with stories of University
By accepting the position you will learn more
Women Graduates’ experiences (pertaining to
about our CFUW London Club – and also find it
CFUW London Club). When she asks you if
rewarding to work with the Board members.
you are willing to be interviewed, please say yes.
This also provides an excellent opportunity to
Stephanie, we are looking forward to the day
learn more about CFUW at all five levels:
when we will read your book!
International, National, Provincial, Regional and
local level.
School Kits Project – Renny Thomson
The Board looks forward to working with a “Full
Renny makes sure that we donate the much
Board” for the 2007/08 Club Season. Let’s
needed “School Supplies” to 3rd world countries.
make it happen, we know we can count on you!
“Thank you” Renny for making us more aware
of the great need in other countries.
Some News and the Extra Projects
Laundry Project – Margaret Goodlet
Margaret Arthur, V.P. will be the President for
2007/08 and part of 2009 and our Delegate at the
Margaret keeps on collecting boxes of Laundry
I.F.U.W 29th Triennial Conference in
Detergent for the Women’s Shelter. Thank you
Manchester, England.
to all the members who contribute to this very
worth-while project. Thanks, to Margaret - keep
The Conference is from August 10 – 16th, 2007.
up the good work.
All of us wish you well, Margaret.
Fund Raising
Short Story Contest
In order to finance some of our projects we have
“fund raising”, e.g. Book Sale, Silent Auction,
Margaret, Past President and Chair of the Story
50/50 draws. Some of the interest groups donate
Writing Contest is making her dream come true.
to this worth while money making project.
We wish Margaret and her Committee Members
Thanks to all who make “Fund Raising”
great results regarding the “Write On!” contest.
possible.
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Hopefully we will all continue to make the world interesting to figure out where they had been and
a better place by contributing in whatever way noting that some of the older building are still in
we can. existence.
Sincerely,
Marja Tensen
ARTS & ANTIQUES
Members met at Beryl Hall’s home on
November 20th to view a video presentation of
the post impressionist artist, Georges Pierre
Seurat. Beryl shared her enthusiasm for the On Feburary 19th, 7:30 p.m at Beryl’s Hall’s
artist’s painting “A Sunday Afternoon on the home, the group will meet for a discussion
Island at La Grande Jatte”, which she had about Russia and Czar Nicholas the Second. In
recently viewed in the Permanent Collection at attendance will be a young Russian friend of
the Art Institute of Chicago. The original Beryl’s who name is Anastasia. Anastasia is
painting is huge (81” by 121” or roughly 207 cm also the name of the Czar’s youngest daughter.
by 308 cm.) Discussion and interpretation of the Interesting books of many Russian subjects will
painting followed. be available for viewing.
Milestones
Condolences to Win Tew whose sister passed
away.
Bessie Bowden recently passed away. There
will be a Memorial Service held on Monday,
February 19th at the Millard George Funeral
Home on Ridout Street, London. Visitation at 12
p.m., service at 1 p.m.
Beryl Hall
With deep regret we announce the death of
On January 16th the group enjoyed a delicious former club member Olive Toten.
luncheon at Museum London. The special
exhibit of that day were quilts of different Contact Renny Thomson with “Milestones” such as
designs and ages. The other collection was 80 births, anniversaries and any occasion that you wish
photographs of old London with full to share with others.
descriptions. It was duly noted that a number of
buildings had been demolished. It was
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Standing Committee Meetings of CFUW Ontario Council, June 13, 2007
Please note the new fire regulations at the CFUW Toronto Club House have resulted in some changes to
registering for Standing Committee Meetings. Only 90 people are permitted in the dining room and the meeting
room upstairs used for speakers. Therefore, for the January and March meetings registration is cut off after 90
members apply. Only a registration form and cheque sent by postal mail will be accepted. A committee has been
set up to investigate other venues for next year and a decision will be made before the next provincial AGM.
The National President, Ardeth Toogood, urged all club members not just club presidents to get involved in
advocacy. Currently women must fight to retain the rights that they have won. CFUW is playing a major role in
fighting the loss of government funding to women’s advocacy groups. CFUW has won the right to be one of the
groups to appear before a parliamentary committee on February 14th to protest the loss of funding for the Status
of Women. The National CFUW Council is in the process of preparing a list of questions to be use at all-
candidates meetings sponsored by CFUW clubs in the next federal election campaign.
The theme of the morning session was “Creating Healthy Communities through Education.” Both speakers
belonged to private organizations which were formed to help students and schools in specific ways. The first
speaker was Lucy Di Carlo, Ontario Coordinator of Roots of Empathy, a program designed to promote social
kindness and cooperation among children. A mother and her baby are assigned to visit a classroom nine times
during the school year. The program is used in Grades 4 to 7. Mary Gordan, the founder of the program in 1996,
thought that, by observing the temperament and physical and mental growth of a baby, children would develop a
caring and compassionate relationship with the infant. The classroom teacher then could divert the students’
attention to their own feelings and interpersonal relationships with the goal of reducing aggression and increasing
social emotional competence and empathy toward others. The program started in Ontario but has expanded to the
national and international areas. Funding comes from private companies, ministries of education, local
government and school boards. For more details on the program go to www.rootsofempathy.org
Sue Sigurdson, EdD, R.S.W. Program Director of Pathways to Education talked about this program that was
developed in 2005 in Toronto’s Regent Park, the oldest and largest public housing project in Canada. Its goal was
to reduce the dropout rate of 56% among the high school students of the neighbourhood and encourage them to
pursue post-secondary education. Students had to sign a contract that they would attend tutoring sessions four
times a week, meet in groups to discuss their problems and receive mentoring from older students, attend school
regularly to receive free bus tickets to get to school and that their parents would advocate to get support for their
students in community programs. Successful students could earn $4000.00 to be used for tuition and books in
post-secondary institutions. Students are closely monitored and have mentors who advocate on their behalf with
parents and schools. Career management is provided by ex guidance counselors who are just a few of the many
volunteers in the program. Private corporations such as Bell Canada and RBC help fund the program. Pathways
to Education is expanding into other communities such as Toronto’s Rexdale and Lawrence Heights and in
Ottawa, Kitchener-Waterloo, Montreal and Vancouver. For more information on the program go to
www.pathwaystoeducation.ca
Submitted by Vi Williams
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Education Standing Committee Meeting of Take effective action to counter violence,
CFUW Ontario Council protect victims, especially females, and
January 13, 2007 develop public awareness of the issues
and promote peace programs in all
Considerable time was spent discussing the concerned ministries.
content of the morning speeches. The Chair, 4. Violence-Free Family Life, IFUW,1998
Wendy Taylor, reported on her experiences at Promote awareness of domestic violence
the People for Education Conference. The with emphasis on the human rights of
education system needs more funding and the woman and children.
Ontario government promises to address the
problem, particularly as it relates to Northern Submitted by Vi Williams
Ontario. The positives in Ontario education are
that it has the best teachers in the world and the
EQAO province-wide testing is improving.
However, more teacher-librarians need to be
restored to schools and there is a concern about
the effectiveness of the new programs being
introduced in high ST. VALENTINE TEA & SOCIAL
schools to keep the at-risk students in school “For the Love of London”
until the age of 18.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Wendy Taylor will be preparing a list of
questions to pose to candidates in the Ontario
provincial election in October.
THE CURRENT EVENTS GROUP
Committee members are to discuss four
CFUW Resolutions with club members and do
The group continues to meet the first Thursday
some advocacy work on them before the next
of each month. In November we had fun
meeting on March 3rd. A summary of the
examining the municipal candidates and election
resolutions are:
issues. We looked especially at the mayoralty
1. Improving the Lives of Adolescents,
race between Anne Marie DeCicco-Best, Joe
IFUW, 1995
Fontanna (and the also-rans). We also discussed
Especially for girls in the areas of early
other issues such as the development fund.
marriage, teenage pregnancy, substance
Another election interested us, the London North
abuse, violence, harmful practices and
by-election. The role of religious convictions
lack of opportunities for secondary
such as those of former mayor Haskett interested
education and employment.
us as did the number of parachute candidates.
2. Poverty, CFUW, 2000, UWC Montreal
Inc.
Our December meeting was cancelled due to
Urge the federal government to renew its
stormy weather, but the group re-convened in
commitments to the UN regarding
January for a discussion of two topics. One issue
poverty and urge it and the
was whether various religious groups should
provincial/territorial government to
receive public funding for their schools.
implement measures to reduce and
Members tended to feel that only public schools
prevent poverty, especially child poverty
should be funded since education becomes even
and reevaluate economic, health-care and
more expensive when any separate system of
educational needs of Canadian children
schools is created. It was, however, noted that
and public resources available to fight
the British North America Act provides for
poverty.
funding of Catholic elementary schools
3. Violence at Schools, IFUW, 1998
education in Ontario and Protestant schools in
Quebec. (Newfoundland recently ended funding
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for religion-based education primarily to cut Environmentally Friendly Group. Knowledge of
costs.) The second discussion dealt with past lives and the art around us viewed by Art
terrorism. It was agreed that both oil and and Antiques reinforces the historic backbones
religion are major causes of terrorism. There are of literature discussed by the Reading and
however other causes such as politics and also Revolving Books.
the extension of the desert in sub-Saharan Africa
which dislocated entire peoples and causes Our members are therefore, healthy, informed,
terrorism and outright war. and knowledgeable and obviously up to date and
very soon will use these skills as we begin our
Visitors are always welcome. Our next meeting new venture to promote authorship by children
will be at the home of Vi Williams on March 1st. in South Western Ontario. The Story Contest
For information on this and future meetings begins Saturday February 3rd. 2007. The
contact the convener, Angela Jacob at 472-3709 London Free Press will publish our entry form
or ronjacob@execulink.com. on each Saturday through February and the
deadline will be March 3rd. The Story Contest
Submitted by, Committee are pleased that Dr. Hanna Spencer
Angela Jacob has accepted a request to be a Judge along with
Pauline Cormier, Daisy May Publishing;
ADVENTUROUS DINING Barbara Haworth-Attard: Maggie L. Wood and
The diners began the New Year in style with a Paul Berton.
visit to Aromas on Piccadilly St. The ambiance
there was just what was needed post Christmas. The Judges Panel will choose the finalists at the
Wonderful Mediterranean food and an authentic beginning of April and the children notified.
Portuguese dessert, compliments of Philippe The London Free Press will photograph each
Gomez, the owner, made for a memorable child and this photo with their stories will be
evening. published in later editions. At the Banquet
children will receive their award as well as a
February 13th will provide a complete change CFUW certificate for their records. Perhaps on
when we go to the Seoul Garden Sushi our 95th anniversary a winner of the Booker prize
Restaurant for Korean cuisine. The restaurant is may thank us for his or her first award for
located at 758 York St. For further information creativity and spontaneity. The Contest
and to RSVP please contact Renny @ Committee looks forward to a successful launch
rennyt@alumni.uwo.ca. of this Annual event and know our CFUW-
London members will enjoy reading our
children’s view
The Contest Committee looks forward to a
successful launch of this Annual event and know
ST. VALENTINE TEA & SOCIAL our CFUW-London members will enjoy reading
“For the Love of London” our children's view of the world around them.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
On behalf of the Story Contest Committee
Margaret Lynch, Chair
SHORT STORY CONTEST
Editor’s note:
The health and welfare of our members is well
taken care of by the leaders of our Adventurous
At the time of printing this newsletter, the Short
Dining, Hiking, Out to Lunch, and Vintners
Story Contest has been successfully launched.
Interest groups. We are up to date with Current
Enclosed is a copy of the contest form which
Events and well informed by our
appears in the London Free Press.
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