Club Year 2019-2020

CFUW-Ottawa Pink Rose Award

The Pink Rose is an annual award to one of our Club members, a tradition inaugurated in 2017. This year’s award was to have been presented by the President at our local AGM in May and will now have to be presented at a later date, but the Board of Directors would like to announce the winner here and now, in the Capital Carillon.

The Pink Rose for 2020 goes to Dierdre Abernethy.

This honour goes to those Club members who quietly contribute to our events and activities with no thought of reward or prestige, but with exemplary dedication. Previous recipients of the Pink Rose were Elaine Copland (2017), Lynne Bond (2018) and Mary Broderick (2019). Dierdre, this year’s recipient, has been the Convenor of the popular National Gallery Study and Interest Group for the past four seasons. She is also a stalwart member of UWHAW and of our Literature Group 1 book club. If you come to our General Meetings you will usually see her helping in a quiet and always friendly way at the Used Books table. Like the other Pink Rose recipients, she represents the spirit of CFUW-Ottawa in person.

                                       

CFUW Special Project Award

CFUW Ottawa, CFUW Nepean and CFUW Kanata 

Title of Project: International Women’s Day 2018 Dessert and Drama

The CFUW Clubs of Ottawa, Nepean and Kanata presented a highly successful afternoon of drama and Victorian tea on March 10. Enthusiastic actors gave us a fresh look at how Canada was formed from the point of view of the women in the lives of the Fathers of Confederation in Joan Conrod’s play Women Vote Indirect.  The actors were either members of the clubs or their relatives. The tea was delicious and the drama great fun.
The profits from the event have been divided equally among the three clubs which in turn are giving them to women’s charities of their choice.
The event was a networking opportunity, but it also involved lifelong learning, the advancement of women and fundraising. We were also able to highlight some women in Canadian history.

              

    

CFUW New Members Award

CFUW-Ottawa is one of the CFUW clubs that have had at least 10% new members and therefore qualify for the New Members Award. 

Check out other CFUW 2018 Award winners, click here. and open file that appears in lower left corner of your screen.

Congratulations to CFUW-Ottawa's Notable Women

We pay tribute to our nine nominees for the CFUW Centennial Notable Woman Award. These nine women illustrate the diverse talents of our membership. Their stories show us how Ottawa-CFUW members contribute to our organization and to the wider world in so many different ways. Working together, all of us make a difference. We thank our nominees for their tireless efforts. Let us be inspired by them! Let us celebrate them! Click here.

Club Year 2011-12

Presented by CFUW (Ontario Council) 

Award was presented to CFUW-Ottawa at the Ontario Council AGM held May 12th in Oakville:

 

Presented by CFUW (National) 

Presented to CFUW-Ottawa at the National AGM on June 21, 2012 in Victoria, BC

"For its work with HIPPY (Home Instruction for Pre-School Youngsters), its continuing work to raise awareness about women and Afghanistan, the 2010 National CFUW AGM, its annual International Women's Day conferences with other CFUW clubs and the Ottawa Council of Women, its Environmental Toxins and Health Study Group that publishes a monthly column for the newsletter, its resolutions (3 national and 1 proposed for 2013), its newsletter with monthly articles on issues." 

                                Club Year 2010-11

 

                            Presented by CFUW (National)

 

Awards to Clubs were presented at the Federation Banquet of the 2011 CFUW AGM in St. John's N.L. on Saturday, August 6, 2011. CFUW-Ottawa received the following three awards: