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Monday, January 16 is the General Meeting for CFUW Oakville.
The Keynote speaker will be Dr. Laurel Trainor of McMaster University’s Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour. The topic is: How Music Affect Brain Development.
Teri Shaw has volunteered to have her name stand for nomination to the position of CFUW National Vice President, Advocacy for another term. Presently, Teri is CFUW Ontario Council Advocacy Coordinator and CFUW National Vice President, Advocacy. Teri was CFUW Oakville President in 2001.
On Monday, members will be asked to vote on a motion to nominate Teri as Vice President, Advocacy on the CFUW National Board. Below are highlights of Teri’s Advocacy experience.
See you at the Operating Engineers Banquet Hall at 7:00 for the social hour.
Anne Douglas
CFUW Oakville, President
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Teri Shaw CFUW Advocacy Highlights, 2010 – 2011
January 8, 2012
Administrative:
- Advocacy Strategic Plan, passed by Board, June 2011
- Policies including Partnerships, Advocacy guidelines
- Study on Board Committees, September 2011
- Established Advocacy Committee involving the Advocacy Standing Committees
- Analysis of Advocacy Communications tools
What happened at National:
Resolutions – advocacy
- Create the tool-kits for resolution advocacy
- The highlight this year is Irwin Cotler’s Private member’s bill on Non-State Torture
Working with parliament
- Briefs to Finance on the Budget
- Called to speak to the Committee on the Status of Women to speak on the long-form census;
- Called to speak to the Liberal Women’s Caucus
- Major campaign on the Gun Registry over the past two years; won the battle, but ultimately lost the war
- A number of one-on-one MP meetings, including the Minister of the Status of Women’s office
- National creates packages of template letters and information sheets for clubs on a number of topics
Working with NGOs
- Projects with a number of them, like Elizabeth Fry on the current Crime Omnibus Bill; on projects for International Women’s Day; with the Grandmothers to Grandmothers concerning Canada’s Access to Medicine Regime, for example
- Working with the Ad Hoc Coalition for Women’s Equality and Human Rights, a roundtable of national women’s organization. We are attempting to support it in some fashion as funding is being cut for most of the organizations
Working with clubs & club members:
- Campaigns – “Policy to Action” establish a new method to use policy rather than just create new resolutions every year
- Study groups – Aboriginal Study Group, Afghan Focus Group and the Child Care Initiative
- Issue Liaisons – reviving a project involving members monitoring issues for us.
What do I do:
- As mentioned earlier, the Strategic Plan and two studies; created and work with the Advocacy Committee; established policies and projects
- Assist and work with the advocacy Standing Committees
- Vet letters and activities
- Assist with the new website
