![]() | September 23, 2019, 7:00 p.m. NOTE earlier start time Add Women, Make Change? Women as Provincial and Territorial Leaders in Canada Sylvia Bashevkin, political science professor, author and speaker will kick off our CFUW 100 anniversary celebrations by speaking about how women are making a difference as public leaders in the provinces and the territories. |
![]() | October 28, 2019, 7:30 p.m. EDUCATION NIGHT Global Water Crisis Dr Romila Verma, is a lecturer, researcher, speaker, and consultant. She will speak about the global water crisis and solutions for our reckless consumption of water. |
![]() | November 25, 2019, 7:30 p.m. CFUW GUEST NIGHT Journalism Today Steve Paikin, television anchor, journalist, author, and documentary producer will speak about current hot news topics, business models of journalism, the role of journalism/journalists and fake news. |
![]() | January 27, 2020 7:30 p.m. MEN’S NIGHT Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns Dr. Najma Ahmed, Associate professor of surgery at St. Michael's Hospital will speak about Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns, an advocacy group she co-founded to promote gun control in Canada. |
![]() | February 24, 2020, 7:30 p.m. Music on Yonge Street Throughout the Years Daniel Dishaw, historian, will talk about how the Toronto's live music scene has welcomed some of the greatest performers to ever hit the stage throughout the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, specifically on the Yonge Street strip and the Yorkville coffee houses. |
![]() | March 30, 2020, 7:30 pm. Canadian Women in the Sky Elizabeth Muir, writer, researcher, editor and speaker will share the stories of how Canadian women broke through the sky blue ceiling, first as passengers on planes, then as pilots and stewardesses, and finally as astronauts. |
![]() | April 27, 2020, 7:15 p.m. Annual General Meeting Medical Cannabis for Seniors Teresa Turner, Cannabis Educator, will give us a brief history of cannabis in Canada. She will talk to us the different kinds of cannabinoids, potential benefits when using it, and how to obtain legal cannabis if needed. She will also talk about the future of cannabis internationally. |
![]() | May 27, 2020, 5:30 p.m. ANNUAL DINNER Not your grandparents’ weather! David Phillips, Senior Climatologist, Environment and Climate Change Canada will address the question: What’s happening to our weather? It has become clear that the Earth is warming and the number of weather-related disasters appears on the rise. We can no longer assume that yesterday’s weather will apply tomorrow. |