2025-2026 Speakers – University Women's Club North York

Canada after American Democracy

September 29th 2025 at 7 pm.

Rob Goodman, Associate Professor of Politics and Public Administration at TMU and award winning author, will talk about the state of democracy today.

From Awareness to Action: Circular Fashion & Community Impact in Canada

October 27th 2025 at 7:30 pm.

Education Night

Laura Cristinzo, Fashion Takes Action, advocate for sustainable fashion, explores the powerful connections between fashion, environmental responsibility and community care.

Unequal Benefits : Privatization and Public Education in Ontario

November 24th 2025 at 7:30 pm.

CFUW Guest Night

Sue Winton, Professor in Education, York University, Research Chair in Policy Analysis for Democracy, author will share knowledge about education privatization and its effects on public education.

Defend the Water

January 26th 2026 on ZOOM at 7:30 pm.

Maude Barlow, author, activist, founding member and former board chair of the Council of Canadians, a citizens’ advocacy organization will talk about Canada’s water and protecting water rights.

Born To Walk: My Journey of Trials and Resilience

February 23rd, 2026 on ZOOM at 7:30 pm.

Alpha Nkuranga, author, tells the story of her escape from danger and war in Rwanda at the young age of eight, fleeing, taking her seven-year-old brother with her, hiding in swamps, and living in refugee camps in Tanzania before coming to Canada.

Toronto’s Victorian Underworld, Con artists, Kidnappers and Crooks

March 30th, 2026 at 7:30 pm.

Adam Bunch, George Brown College history teacher, author, won the Governor General’s History Award. A storyteller he will talk about when the city was an outpost on the edge of the British Empire.

When Worlds Collide: Photography in Service to Nature

April 27th 2026 at 7:30 pm.

Annual General Meeting

Patricia Seaton Homonylo, award winning conservation photographer and filmmaker, and Bird Photographer of the Year will tell the stories of birds and nature caught between survival and human encroachment.

Royalty and Popular Culture and the Crown

May 27th, 2026 at 5:00 pm.

Annual Dinner

Dr. Carolyn Harris, University of Toronto, historian, author and royal commentator is an expert in the British Crown and European monarchies will discuss the connections between royalty and popular culture.