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Our Objectives:
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To
promote the pursuit of knowledge and education;
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To
participate actively in public affairs;
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To
provide an opportunity for fellowship, support and networking; and
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To
provide scholarships to women in the community.
Our
Purpose:
International Cooperation: To
participate in the work of CFUW and IFUW for understanding and
cooperation
among women university graduates around the world.
Education:
To assist in developing
a sound concept of educational values and in maintaining high
standards of public education; to encourage continuing
education for women through the granting of bursaries and awards.
Public
Affairs: To arouse and sustain among members an
intelligent interest in public affairs in the educational,
political, social and cultural fields; to encourage active
participation by women in such affairs; to provide an opportunity
for the expression of united opinion and effectual concerted
action; to be concerned with human rights and with the economic,
legal and professional status of women in Canada.
Community
Service: To foster a sense of responsibility and to
encourage university women graduates to place their education and
professional training at the service of the community.
Networking:
To provide an opportunity for social contacts and the friendly
interchange of ideas and information among university women
graduates in the community.
About CFUW
Founded in 1919, the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW)
is a voluntary, non-partisan, non-profit, self-funded bilingual
organization of 10,000 women university graduates in Clubs across
Canada. CFUW members are active in public affairs, working to raise
the social, economic and legal status of women, as well as improve
education, the environment, peace and human rights for all.
CFUW
establishes its policies at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) where
members debate resolutions developed at the grassroots level.
Following the AGM, delegations from CFUW meet with provincial and the
federal to governments to present the CFUW Policy Brief.
CFUW is a founding member of the International Federation of University Women (IFUW),
an organization of 71 national affiliates with a membership of over
180,000. Through IFUW, CFUW provides support for women worldwide, in
their pursuit of higher education and economic stability.
The Ontario
Council was created in 1978 in order to facilitate cooperation
among the
Ontario clubs, and to make representations to the Ontario
government.
CFUW has
consultative status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC) in New York and sends a delegate to the March meeting.
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