REGIONAL GATHERINGS

Ontario is divided into five regions. Each region is represented by a Regional Director on the Ontario Council Executive Board.

Every year (biennially for Ontario North) each region holds a one day event in order to discuss Club issues and to provide leadership training.

Ontario East | Ontario North | Ontario Central | Ontario South | Ontario West

2009 Fall Gatherings

ONTARIO CENTRAL Fall Gathering

Host: CFUW Aurora-Newmarket
Held:: Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Location: The Royal Canadian Legion, 89 Industrial Parkway North, Aurora
Theme:Making a Difference
Speakers:

• Joanne Jamieson, Regional Director - Club Leadership
• Sharon Jewett and Jane Sagar will address Team Building
• Christina Douglas - Taking the Fear out of Public Speaking
• Wendy Stratten - Promoting Club Volunteering
• Dr. Avis Glaze - The Needs of Women and Children Locally and Worldwide
• Karen Armstrong - Making the Most of Personal Talents

ONTARIO SOUTH Fall Gathering

Host: CFUW Niagara Falls
Held: October 17th, 2009
Location: Americana Conference Resort and Spa, 8444 Lundy's Lane, Niagara Falls
Theme: Fun in Your Club
Keynote Speaker: Sandy Bell-Lundy, cartoonist of Between Friends
Workshop Speakers:

• Roberta Brooks, How the CFUW Charitable Trust and the CFUW Fellowships Program work Together
• Lynn Franklin, Fundamentals of CFUW Finances
• Ardith Toogood: CFUW's work within IFUW
• CFUW Burlington Workshop on Advocacy: Why Advocacy? Can I make a Difference?

ONTARIO WEST Fall Gathering

Host: CFUW Kitchener-Waterloo
Date: November 7th, 2009 - 8:30am to 3:30pm
Location: Bingemans Conference Centre, Kitchener
Title: Celebrate and Continue the Legacy
Theme: Connection to our legacy while reinventing, marketing and sustaining CFUW

Keynote Speaker: David Marskell, Chief Executive Officer of the Children's Museum of Waterloo Region
Topic: Being Relevant and Connecting with Your Community

Plenary Session Speaker: Ginny Dybenko, Dean of the Wilfrid Lauier University School of Business and Economics
Topic: Marketing CFUW in the 21st Century

Workshops:

1. Celebrating the CFUW Heritage with Lynne Woolstencroft, Regional Director for Ontario West and former Mayor of the City of Waterloo
2. Leadership in Challenging Times with Janet Willis, head of her own management training firm established in 1984

• Diane Wolfenden, Investment Advisor with RBC Securities and Chair of the Greater Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber of Commerce
• Barbara Spronk, PhD in anthropology and former Executive Director of the International Extension College in Cambridge, UK
• Myrta Rivera, founder of the Multicultural Centre in Kitchener and Chaplain at St. Mary's Hospital.

ONTARIO EAST Fall Gathering

Host: CFUW Kingston
Held: October 24th, 2009
Location: Seniors Centre, 56 Francis St., Kingston
Speakers: Guests from Kingston Military Family Resource Centre and Canadian Families& Corrections Network
Topic: Separation & Loss and its effects on Children due to Incarceration, Divorce and Death

Workshops:

• How to Conduct a FLEW (Family Law Education for Women) Information Session
• Presidents workshop or Members workshop

ONTARIO NORTH Fall Gathering

Host: CFUW Haliburton Highlands
Held: October 24th, 2009
Location: Pinestone Resort and Conference Centre, Haliburton
Theme: Women Can Do It!
Speakers:

• Myra Willis, President Ontario Council
• Patricia DuVal, CFUW President
• Brenda Robertson, Regional Director Ontario North
• Ardith Toogood, CFUW Director of International Relations
• Margaret Risk, Chair, Haliburton Highland Health Services Board
• Roxanne Casey, General Manager, Canoe FM Radio