CFUW White Rock/Surrey
Box 75039 RPO, V4A 0B1 Surrey, BC, Canada

The CFUW White Rock/Surrey AGM is coming up - May 26 at Guildford Golf Centre. Reserve now, and make your lunch choice.

The BC Council AGM is coming up next week - April 22, 23, 24 at the Ramada Inn at Abbotsford, B.C.

BREAKING: Supreme Court of Canada extends rights to Métis and non-status Indians.

Malala's voice is spreading to young girls throughout the world. (via Plan International)

Our next meeting: Saturday,March 26, 2016 Where: Mt. Olive Lutheran Church 10:30 am - 12:30 pm 2350 148 Street (24 Ave. & 148 St.)... Surrey, BC See more

Our next meeting: When: Saturday, February 27, 201 Where: Mt. Olive Lutheran Church... Program: "What do you know about Child Care? 10:30 am - 12:30 pm 2350 148 Street (24 Ave. & 148 St.) Surrey, BC What will lead us to Universal Childcare that makes a positive difference for all children and their families?" Speaker: Audrey Hobbs Johnson Audrey is an educational consultant working with British Columbia's key provincial Professional Learning projects. These include work with provincial education partner groups in the area of educational leadership,particularly in the realm of student learning and achievement. Her work focuses on developing professional learning models in the education sector that will make learning possible for both the students and those adults working with them. Audrey is a member of the BC Council for the Canadian Federation of University Women. She works on the BC Childcare Advocacy Committee and is the chair of the BC Resolution process. She lives in North Vancouver and works in her community to promote capacity to provide services for families and children.

Listen to the Sunday Edition about the herstory of women's rights in Canada.

There is one economic indicator where BC is sadly still the undisputed champ: child poverty. ... Vancouver Sun Editorial: It’s clear that whatever the meth...odology and whatever the cumulative total used as a benchmark, things do not appear to be improving when it comes to children in want in this province. Since 2008, a period in which food bank use in B.C. rose by almost 30 per cent, B.C. has collected more than $435 billion in revenue from taxes, resource rents, fees and federal transfers. Our children have a right to expect us to do better by them and we, even in crassest self-interest, have a direct economic case for having government do better... The province might even aspire to leadership on the poverty file as it has so enthusiastically done regarding climate change rather than playing the laggard..." #bcpoli #vanpoli

Coming up on December 6.

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Our next general meeting will take place on Saturday, November 28 at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church 2350 148 Street, Surrey, BC, starting at 10:30 am. Our topic at this meeting will be Estate Planning. Interested in joining the club? Please feel free to attend a meeting and find out more about our organization.

Excellent article about Suffragettes/Suffrigists

A special event coming up on October 17, 2015! ‘FROM THEN TO NOW’ OCT. 17, 2015 ... Sponsored by: The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) White Rock/Surrey Club http://www.cfuwwhiterocksurrey.com PROGRAM 12:00 Welcome Trudy Handel, President, CFUW White Rock/Surrey 12:10 Opening Remarks from the Candidates (4 minutes for each candidate) Moderators - Sue Foley-Currie/Diane Salter Menzo (CFUW) 12:30 Questions from CFUW 1:45 Questions from the Audience (pre-written and collected during program) 2:00 Closing Remarks from the Candidates 2:15 Closing Remarks Anne Low (CFUW) SOUTH SURREYWHITE ROCK FEDERAL CANDIDATES Larry Colero, Green Party of Canada Judy Higginbotham, Liberal Party of Canada Pixie Hobby, New Democratic Party Brian Marlatt, Progressive Canadian Party Dianne Watts, Conservative Party of Canada.

September is here, and the CFUW is in high gear! Our first meeting will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2015 at Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 2350 148 Street Surrey, BC V4A 4M7 Meetings begin at 10:30 am and new/prospective members are always welcome to attend! If you'd like more information, please message us here!

Elva Reid has passed away. Elva REID "Elva was a gracious friend, mentor and confidant."... Our astonishing mother Elva Reid joined our loving father Jack Reid in heaven on Wednesday, March 25, 2015. She was 84. She was born in Toronto, ON, on May 11, 1930, to Ralph Stanley Plant and Ruth Beatrice Hetherington. She grew up in Vancouver, BC, graduating from McGee High School and the University of British Columbia. A lifelong educator, Elva returned to UBC graduate school in 1964 and earned her Master's Degree in Early Childhood Education (ECE). Jack and Elva moved to Pasadena, CA, in 1967 where they lived for eighteen years. While simultaneously raising her 3 kids and leading the Hastings Ranch Nursery School as Director, Elva completed her coursework and turned in her PhD dissertation to her advisers at the Claremont Graduate University. Her PhD research proved that parents who get involved with their kids' education early on stay involved and end up becoming better parents. In 1985 Elva and Jack returned to BC, and settled at Crescent Beach. Elva was a friend, a mother, an aunt, a grandmother, a sister, a partner, a mentor, a confidant, a gardener. She had a razor sharp intellect, was inquisitive, funny, adventurous and loved everyone she met. She led fund raising and was central in creating the Tong Louie Surrey YMCA, ran the Tiny-Y Pre School, taught new ECE teachers at Douglas College and at UBC, was active in her PEO group, the White Rock Canadian Federation of University Women, the Surrey Historical Society, Kwantlen College Third Age Learning, was a greeter at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, and a huge supporter of the Crescent Beach Swimming Club. She was on the board at Alexandra Community House, and was a long time gardener at the Dunsmuir Garden. She is survived by son Mike (Clare), Matt, Jackie, Mary Kate, Tom; son Al (Dolly), Madison, Bailey, Simon; daughter Katie (Mark), Aaron; as well as her brother Albert Plant of Toronto and Sandra Gilmor of Wenham, MA. She is predeceased by her brothers Paul and Keith Plant. Services will be at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at Crescent United Church, 2756 127th Street, Surrey (Crescent Heights). In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to the YMCA, Crescent Beach Swimming Club or the Alexandra Neighbourhood House Published in Vancouver Sun and/or The Province on Mar. 28, 2015