CLUB EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Please use this space to advertise your Club's upcoming events. Send your information to info@cfuwontcouncil.ca. Before sending, make sure that all personal information has been removed, or get permission of the person involved.

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CFUW Burlington is holding an Open Meeting
Date: Monday, January 23, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Burlington Seniors' Centre (Central Park) 2285 New Street, Burlington
Topic: The Impact of Toxic Stress on the Developing Brain
Speaker: Dr. Jean Clinton
About Dr. Clinton
Dr. Jean Clinton is an Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neuroscience at McMaster, division of Child Psychiatry. She is on staff at McMaster Children’s Hospital. In addition, she is an Associate in the Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Toronto and Sick Children’s Hospital. She is an Associate Member of the Offord Centre for Child Studies and has been a consultant to child welfare and children’s mental health programs for 25 years.

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CFUW Aurora/Newmarket and the York Region News Group Announces its
2nd Annual Writing Contest
Topic: A short story on Life Lessons (real or imagined)
Length: 750 Words
Two categories of eligibility:
Residents of York Region who are between the ages of 16 and 21
Residents of York Region who are 22 and over
See Flyer for further details
Registration Forms available at www.cfuwauroranewmarket.ca

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CFUW Brantford is holding a Trivia Night
Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Dunsdon Legion, 9 Tollgate Road, Brantford
Entry Fee: $25.00 per person (Charitable receipt for $15.00) - $100.00 per team

Free Snacks - Cash Bar - Door Prizes
Flyer and Registration form

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CFUW Niagara Falls is hosting a Public Meeting
Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Topic: Healing Gardens Offer Many Little Miracles
Speaker: Theresa M. Forte, Garden Consultant, Writer, Photographer
Location:
La Marsh Room, Victoria Branch, Niagara Falls Public Library,
4848 Victoria Avenue, Niagara Falls

Everyone welcome !
with a special invitation to members of CFUW Welland and CFUW St. Catharines

For more information contact 905 358-3825

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CFUW Ottawa, Kanata & Nepean and the Ottawa Council of Women are collaboratively hosting an International Women’s Day Event
Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Location: Centrepointe, Ben Franklin Place (Council Chamber & Atrium), 101 Centrepointe Dr., Ottawa
Theme: Empower Women – Change the World!
Speaker: Carol Ann Cole - Founder of the Comfort Heart Initiative, Recipient of the Order of Canada,
Author of If I Knew Then What I Know Now
Cost: $25
Entertainment: CFUW/Kanata Guitar Groovers and RCMP Miserable Ride
Light Refreshments | Door Prizes | Displays by our Artisans and Authors

See poster for more information

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CFUW Mississauga is holding A Touch of Elegance Wine Tasting
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Location: Edgemere, 1502 Lakeshore Road East, Oakville
Tickets: $100 per person
For more information see flyer

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CFUW Sudbury is hosting their Annual Celebrate Women Authors Night
Date: Thursday, March 22, 2012
Location: Laurentian University's Fraser Auditorium
Featuring: Dr. Samanath Nutt, Author of Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies and Aid
Dr. Nutt is:

• the Executive Director of War Child Canada, which she founded with her husband, a medical doctor
• a medical doctor herself with more than 15 years experience working in war zones
• a specialist in Maternal and Child Health in zones of armed conflict, Family Medicine, Public Health, Refugee Health and Women's Health
• a staff member at Women's College Hospital in Toronto
• an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Family and Community Medicine
• a wife and mother

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CFUW Mississauga is hosting a Card Night
Date: Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Christ Church, 1700 Mazo Crescent, Mississauga
Tickets: $15.00
See flyer for more information

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