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Our guest speaker on September 16 is award winning thought leader Kelly Drennan with “Fashion Takes Action”.  Kelly is dedicated to driving sustainability in the fashion industry, and in 2007, she founded Fashion Takes Action….

The convenors of our Dragon Boat group just brought us news of their activities and successful fundraising this year, with gratitude to the donors. In their own words…….

We are announcing the successful recipients of the University Women’s Club of Oakville Scholarship Fund awards and scholarships for 2024.  CFUW-Oakville is pleased to announce scholarships of $24 600 in total to help local students with their educational journey.  These young women were selected from the city’s publicly funded high schools, based on high academic achievement, outstanding community service and demonstrated leadership.

Click here to see the list of wonderful speakers. More details will follow each month.

Oakville North-Burlington MP Pam Damoff shone a light on the issue of threats and abuse in politics.  In May she announced she will not seek re-election and cited as factors the toxicity and incivility in politics.  CFUW Oakville advanced our policy intention last year, specifically addressing the need to advocate for ending violence against women in politics.  Pam had been a supportive resource as our advocacy team prepared that resolution. 

A spring dinner is our tradition.  On May 6 CFUW Oakville members gathered to socialize and enjoy musical entertainment at one big meeting that heralds the spring and summer. As members ate dinner at the Oakville Conference Centre, musical entertainment was provided by Valentyn Zadoianov and Irina Samarin of the Two Families Band.

For our May dinner, we are pleased to once again enjoy the music of Valentyn Zadoianov, and Irina Samarin. Valentyn and Irina are professional musicians, and part of the Two Families band who entertained us at Christmas displaying a unique flair of Rhythm and Blues, Classic Rock, Jazz, Folk music, and Soul. They are recently arrived from the Ukraine and now live in Hamilton, Ontario.

The University of Guelph apiculture research and education program was established in 1894. Their mandate is to help bees and the beekeeping community thrive. In this presentation, some of the fascinating aspects of honey bee biology will be described.

Susan Williams is the Founder of Booming Encore – a digital media hub dedicated to providing information and inspiration to help people create and live their best later life. Susan is also the co-author of the book, “Retirement Heaven or Hell: Which Will You Choose? “

Maryam Manteghi is an Oakville based family and immigration lawyer with over six years of experience working with the United Nations. She will speak about “Working in Bosnia” In addition to working with the United Nations,