September 19th, 2025

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.
 

Unfortunately, due to a technical issue, Friday's Club Action newsletter was not sent out. My sincere apologies for the delay. 

 

Elizabeth Malcolm
Member Engagement Coordinator
 

In this Edition:

  • CFUW Charitable Trust AGM
  • 2025-2027 International Service Project – Launched!
  • 2026 CFUW AGM & Conference
  • 2026 Policy Session Resolution Intents
  • Pathway to Economic Security Through Financial Education and Empowerment Webinar
  • Monday Membership Moments
  • CFUW Member Drive + Database Drop-Ins
  • Canva 102 Webinar
  • Important Links for CFUW Members
  • Sharing Corner
    • SEE CFUW CLUB EVENTS HERE
    • Workplace Interventions on Sexual Harassment (WISH)
    • Consent Awareness Week 2025
    • Draw the Line
    • Preventing Intimate Partner Homicide: Reflections from Members of the DVDRC, Part 1
    • Graduate Women in the New Global Economy: Leveraging Knowledge and Opportunity for Empowerment
    • Health and Climate Change: Solutions to Meet New Risks in Canada
  • GWI Updates
  • Club Newsletters
 

Register for the CFUW Charitable Trust AGM on Saturday, October 4 and hear from the recipient of the 2025 Linda Souter Humanities Award - Lauren Stoyles. 

Since she was a toddler running around the London Children's Museum in a dinosaur costume, Lauren Stoyles has been a “museum person”. Stoyles completed her undergraduate degree in History at Huron University College in 2024 while running an antique printing studio and working as a historical interpreter at a living history site. She is now pursuing a Master's degree in Public History at Carleton University where her research centres women's labour in museums. 

Donating to the Trust is as easy as clicking HERE

Register HERE
 

2025-2027 International Service Project – Launched!

The CFUW 2025-2027 International Service Project Young, Happy, Healthy  & Safe - Zambia with our partner the Stephen Lewis Foundation has officially launched! Over the upcoming year, our goal is to raise $15,000 from CFUW Clubs and members to support girls learning about sexual and reproductive health in rural Eastern Zambia.  Education for girls on health and rights information can help protect them from early marriage and pregnancy, gender-based violence, HIV infection, caregiving responsibilities and other determinants that directly impact their quality of life. 

More information about the project and links to a donation webpage are now available on our website.  Be sure to include your Club name with your donation. 

A number of our members attending the 35th GWI Triennial General Assembly and Conference this September in Lusaka, Zambia will be visiting our project partners in rural Eastern Zambia as part of their travel plans.  This is a unique and exciting opportunity for our Club to connect in the field with the Stephen Lewis Foundation at their project sites.

We are also hosting a webinar on the project with the Stephen Lewis Foundation on October 1, 2025 at 6pm ET.   Mark this date in your calendars to learn much more about this exciting new project and hear about our member’s experiences in Zambia.

 

Register HERE
 

Draft Schedule for the 2026 Montreal AGM and Conference.

Please note: this is a draft schedule and is subject to change, although arrival and departure dates will remain the same.

 

Monday, July 20th, 2026: Arrivals, Registration, First Timers Meet and Greet (PM).

Tuesday, July 21st, 2026: Arrivals, Registration, Local Arrangements Committee (LAC) Tours/Excursions around Montreal (TBD). Full day trip and half day excursions will be available. Opening ceremonies dinner. 

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026: Regional Meetings, AGM Session, Member Led Sessions.

Thursday, July 23rd, 2026: Policy Session, Member Led Sessions. Hosted Dinner with LAC. 

Friday, July 24th, 2026: Conference Keynotes & Speakers and Sessions. Check-Out and Departure (PM). 

 

Please note: CFUW Sherbrooke will be planning post-AGM and Conference activities/events in the Eastern Townships region, South East of Montreal for all day Saturday, July 25th and returning delegates to the airport by 3 pm Sunday, July 26th - in time for late afternoon flights.

 

More information to follow as the 2026 CFUW AGM & Conference schedule is confirmed. 
 

2026 CFUW Policy Session Resolution Intents

This notice is to advise Clubs, Councils and Committees that the due date for Intents to write a resolution for the 2026 Policy Session will be October 23, 2025.  The Intent submission includes a proposed title/topic and a short paragraph explaining what the resolution is about.

 

English Form: https://forms.gle/1GVauLF8E7KGGfH27

 

French Form: https://forms.gle/9uj78xv8Zauw8J539

 

An updated Resolutions Information and Guidelines 2025-2026 was approved at the September 4th, 2025 Board meeting. It includes the full schedule for resolutions.
 

Register HERE
 

Our first Monday Membership Moment will be September 29th, 4-5:30pm ET Topic—recruitment with ideas from our clubs increasing their membership by at least 10%. Register HERE

 

CFUW Membership Grants for 2025-2026

Timeline: announced mid September, applications through mid November, $$ December

  • Announcement and applications in Club Action Newsletter starting--  Friday September 19   Deadline Wednesday November 19th
  • Final Decision made at Membership Cttee mtg Wednesday  November 26th
  • Money distributed by e-transfer in early December.

CFUW Membership Grants for 2025-2026

Membership Grants supporting your members and/or raising your Club and CFUW profile will fall into three categories listed below.

  1. Updating branding/profile raising printed materials this year (not retroactive) including a new banner but excluding electronic materials e.g., Web page or Facebook which Communication Cttee will be supporting. Grants up to $250 each.   $1000 total is available for this type of grant.
  2. NEW (started and executed this year:) projects/events that support your members and strengthen your Club’s and CFUW’s profile in the community (including anniversary celebrations). Grants up to $500 each.  $2000 is available for this type of grant.
  3. Expanding or modifying RECURRING or ONGOING event or project with proven success for at least 2 years. Grants up to $250 each.   $1000 total is available for this type of grant.

New “this year” means started and executed August 2025- July 2026. Our committee’s total budget for grants of $4000 will be distributed late fall as outlined. If there is money remaining in the budget, we may have another call for applications in the new year. Money left in any of the grant categories may be redistributed to other categories depending on the number and type of applications in the other categories.

 

A club may not receive funds for the same or similar project from their CFUW Region/Province. 

 

A Club may apply for only one grant—Branding non electronic material, a New project/event, or a Recurring or Ongoing project/event.

The selection criteria will put priority on requests from and ideas that

·       have a strong possibility of being transferable so are easily adoptable or adaptable by other clubs

  • Represent clubs of varying
    • regions across the country,
    • sizes from small to medium to large clubs,
    • types of location for example drawing members from rural, suburban or urban populations and amenities.
  • Are innovative and creative that we have not seen before.
  • Priority is given to a Club who has not received a National CFUW grant in the last 2 years.
 

Elizabeth Malcolm will be hosting biweekly (every two weeks) drop-in sessions for the CFUW Members Drive and CFUW Members Database. We cover topics such as: how to update Club Executive information, event calendar submissions, resources available in the Members Drive and so much more! 

 

Register HERE

 

A recording of a previous Drop-In is available HERE
 

Register HERE
 
 

Have you checked out the new CFUW Event Calendar? It’s jam packed with CFUW Committee meetings, Club Events, and important dates from the National Office!

 

Clubs are encouraged to submit their events to the CFUW National Event Calendar through the CFUW Member Database.
 

The Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) is launching the Workplace Interventions on Sexual Harassment (WISH) Project to tackle the gendered issue of workplace harassment, which disproportionately affects newcomer and immigrant racialized women.

Research reveals that many Canadian Muslim women are unaware of their legal rights and available resources, while employers face challenges accessing the knowledge and tools they require to support employees effectively. The WISH Project aims to enhance legal awareness and access to practical strategies for both employees and small and medium-sized employers to promote safer, more inclusive work environments. For more information, please click here.

We are inviting small to medium sized employers (those with 1 employee to 500 employees) to complete the survey below to help us better understand existing supports, challenges, and opportunities to improve workplace practices. We are asking anyone with supervisory, managerial, employment, or human resources authority over employees in organizations to fill out this survey.

 

Draw the Line is an international campaign addressing the climate crisis,  and Seniors for Climate is one of many partners across Canada.

 

Together we’re working toward the September 20 Day of Action because …

  • Wildfires are displacing communities and polluting the air.
  • Smoke is deadly for seniors with heart and lung conditions.
  • Extreme heat is rising — many seniors live without air conditioning.
  • Storms, floods, and outages leave isolated or medically vulnerable older adults at risk.
  • Insurance, food and housing costs are rising fast — especially in smaller communities.

Learn more HERE
 

Preventing Intimate Partner Homicide:
Reflections from Members of the DVDRC, Part 1
Tuesday, Sept 23, 2025 | 1:00 to 2:30 pm Eastern Time (ET)

 

Founded in 2003, the mandate of Ontario’s multi-disciplinary Domestic Violence Death Review Committee (DVDRC) is to assist the Office of the Chief Coroner in the investigation and review of deaths of persons that occur as a result of intimate partner homicide and to make recommendations to help prevent further deaths. In March 2023, a new 15-member DVDRC committee was appointed and began reviewing deaths. The first report of the new committee will be released this fall.


This webinar is co-hosted by the Learning Network & Knowledge Hub (LN/KH) Webinar Series and the Family Violence Family Law | Awareness to Action (A2A) Project, and is part 1 of a 2-part series. It features members of the DVDRC speaking about their experience on the committee and as contributors to three of the themed chapters of the most recent report: intimate partner homicides (IPH) in aging populations, IPH involving firearms, and homicides in the context of intersecting concerns about mental health and substance use. Major themes and recommendations for preventing deaths in these circumstances will be presented.

 

For those Clubs working on Gender Based Violence advocacy and all other interested members - register HERE
 

Graduate Women in the New Global Economy: Leveraging Knowledge and Opportunity for Empowerment

Thursday, September 25, 2025

7:00 PM  8:00 PM

 

The New Global Economy is characterized by uncertainty. We are witnessing episodic changes in the world as historic alliances among countries and global agreements are disrupted.

 

Collectively, we are struggling to understand the impacts of these far-reaching changes on our personal lives as well as on social, economic and environmental progress around the world. As graduate women we are asking ourselves: How can we meet the impending, still undecipherable challenges of the new economy? How can we build on our previous personal and professional development to advance in the world of work? How will structural and policy changes affect our volunteer work? How can we build knowledge and opportunity in a changing world? How can we find purpose and progress in the midst of seeming chaos?

 

 This webinar will help graduate women begin to create a paradigm for action by doing the following:

  • Expanding our knowledge of the New Global Economy
  • Assembling our concerns about the impacts of economic uncertainty 
  • Helping us re-frame these impacts to gain new insights
  • Supporting creativity in our problem-solving
  • Identifying our strengths and how we organize ourselves around these strengths to achieve our professional and volunteer goals

 

Join this  session to help navigate this changing world dynamic. Register HERE
 

Tickets can be purchased HERE
 
 

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