1. Status of Women Blog: Women’s Equality PEI
The PEIACSW blog this week features a tribute to inspirational labour leader Donalda MacDonald, who died this past Sunday. Visit peiacsw.wordpress.com.
2. Family Literacy Day Events this Saturday, January 26
The PEI Literacy Alliance will be offering fun, free family events at the Confederation Centre Art Gallery this Saturday to celebrate Family Literacy Day.
Time: noon – 3 pm
With their sponsors the Confederation Centre Art Gallery, the PEI Provincial Library and media sponsor Ocean 100, the Literacy Alliance have organized an afternoon of crafts, a puppet show, live music, snacks and celebrity readers. There will be give-aways and literacy loot bags.
For more information, call 368-3620.
3. International Women’s Day
The Provincial International Women’s Day Committee is planning another celebration for March 8th, International Women’s Day, 2008. This year’s event will honour women who are leaders in the environmental movement. Reserve Saturday, March 8th for a special event at the Georgian Room, Charlottetown Hotel. If you are interested in assisting please call 892-2610
4. Social Economy Public Presentation
The public is invited to attend a presentation called “Access of students with learning disabilities to higher education: Issues and Solutions” by Dr. Carla DiGiorgio, of the UPEI Faculty of Education, on
February 1, at 5:15 p.m., in the Main Building Faculty Lounge at UPEI.
This event is presented by the Social Economy and Sustainability Research Network, Subnode 2: Inclusion and Empowerment, based at the Institute of Island Studies at UPEI.
DiGiorgio is working with research colleagues from UPEI and Holland College, as well as the Learning Disabilities Association of PEI, to find out about barriers and challenges facing adults with learning challenges as they attempt to access postsecondary or basic education in P.E.I. The researchers are collecting data from instructors in these institutions and from various programs to discover where the challenges are for the programs themselves, and what practices can be shared and developed to increase support to adult learners.
DiGiorgio has been an assistant professor with the Faculty of Education at UPEI since 2005 and a research partner with the Social Economy since 2006. Her areas of research include inclusive education, learning disabilities, language and cultural studies, policy and school change, and gifted education. She has a PhD in Inclusive Education from the University of South Australia, and a Master of Arts in Education, Learning Difficulties and Administration from Saint Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia.
The Social Economy Research Network seeks to increase the region’s capacity for a dynamic social economy built on partnerships, knowledge and networks by working with its peoples and community partners to meet their research needs and to influence policy at the provincial and municipal levels.
We bring community partners and academics together to conduct research and to hold information sessions focusing on the theme of inclusion and empowerment of marginalized people in the social economy of Atlantic Canada.
For information about this event, please contact the Institute of Island Studies at (902) 566-0377.
5. Gallery Exhibit Opening: “Women, Art & a Birthday”
February 2
3pm-6pm
The Guild
“Women, Art & A Birthday” is a group exhibition to celebrate the 70th birthday of Libby Oughton. The exhibition features an eclectic collection of art and craft by women from Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. Displays until February 29; Free Admission. Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, Noon-5 pm.
www.theguildpei.com 902-620-3333.
The Guild is located at the corner of Queen and Richmond Street.
6. Invitation to Become a Public Speaker on “Canada’s Best Kept Secret”
The Council of Canadians will soon launch a new campaign to spread the message that public health care offers Canadian businesses and citizens a true competitive advantage. The campaign, “Best Kept Secret: Canada’s Health Care Competitive Advantage”, will reach out to small and medium-sized businesses, community groups and other local organizations to encourage them to fight to protect and enhance public health care in Canada.
Here on PEI we are looking for five or six volunteers who will become public speakers/presenters for public health care and be willing to speak to businesses and community groups on Canada’s best kept secret. A training/information session, led by Guy Carron, the Council of Canadians’s health care campaigner, will be held in Charlottetown on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at the Murphy Community Center from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Speakers/presenters will be equipped with a specialized speech, PowerPoint presentation and an extensive resource guide that they can then take into their communities.
The 30-minute presentations have been designed to generate discussion, and to provide clear evidence not only on the economic advantages of public health care, but also about the benefits of public insurance and non-profit delivery of health care services. We will also provide evidence to debunk myths spouted by people like Canadian Medical Association President Dr. Brian Day, who are pushing for health care privatization. If interested in this new HEALTH CARE CAMPAIGN please let me know.
Leo Broderick, lcb@isn.net, 894-4874
7. Women’s Weekend: Women Empowering Women!
SAGE, with our partners, People First and PEI Citizen Advocacy are pleased to host a Women’s Weekend – Women Empowering Women! This weekend is for women who want to feel more confident, strong and safe in their relationships.
Who Can Participate: Any woman with intellectual disabilities, in any part of Prince Edward Island. Each woman will be offered a support person, called a mentor.
What Will Happen: First, a weekend gathering in early March with women participants and women mentors. Second, follow up women’s meeting to start up on-going women’s group.
When Is It Happening: Friday, March 7-Sunday, March 9, 2008, followed by a women’s group meeting later in March or early April, 2008.
Travel and Honorarium: All women who participate, including mentors will have their travel costs covered as well, will receive a honorarium for their participation.
Mentors – Support People: Women who would like to be paired with a participant to provide support on the weekend and possibly, after at follow up group meetings. Mentors will receive guidance prior to being matched with a participant and will be provided with resource materials.
Interested? Or know someone who could be? Please get in touch
Kele Redmond – Project Coordinator – 566 4961 redmondka@yahoo.ca
Barb Fanning – Co-Facilitator – People First – 892 8989 peifirst@isn.net
8. Workshops
LEARNING TO LOVE MYSELF
Are you longing to feel better about who you are? Do you compare yourself to others and wish you were someone else? This positive workshop looks at your own gifts and goodness. It can help you to value and appreciate the person you are.
Facilitator: Sr. Myrna Aylward.
Date: Tues. Jan. 30, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Place: Mount St. Mary’s, Charlottetown, PE
Fee: $15.00. Please register at: 892-6585
Moving From Grief to New Life – A Special Offer
This workshop will explore the reactions to the experience of loss, the necessary phases of grief, obstacles that may hinder the healing process and what enables one to go on and move forward to give meaning to one’s life.
Dates: Jan. 31, Feb.1, and Feb. 2. Times: The two evenings are 7:00pm-9:30pm and Sat. is 9:30am-4:00pm. Cost: $35.00 Location: Mount St. Mary’s, Charlottetown, PE. Facilator: Sr. Myrna Aylward Pre-Registration is required: (902) 892-6585 or myrna@transforming-self.com
BECOMING THE PERSON I AM MEANT TO BE
An indepth exploration of who you are and what you are meant to become, in order to promote order and harmony in one’s life.
Dates: Tues. beginning Feb. 5 @ 700 pm. Cost: The PRH Scale of Fees Location: Mount St. Mary’s, Charlottetown, PE. Facilitator: Sr. Myrna Aylward Pre-Registration is required: (902) 892-6585 or myrna@transforming-self.com
9. Café Scientifique: Finding Ways to Improve the Health of Canadian Youth
Thursday, January 31, 2008
3:00-5:00PM, Culinary Institute of Canada
Please RSVP by January 28 to peihri@upei.ca or to 902 894 2812
Topic of discussion: Finding ways to improve the health of Canadian youth. Dr. Jennifer Taylor, Department of Family and Nutritional Sciences UPEI. Beyond hot dogs and potato chips: Do school nutrition policies work? Dr. Colleen MacQuarrie, Department of Psychology UPEI.
Discovering new ways to disrupt smoking patterns in pregnant adolescents. This event is funded by CIHR.
10. PEI Business Women’s Association – Lunch and Learn Sessions
The Basics of Investing – Montague
Presenter: Kim MacInnis, Wellington West
Studies have shown that, in general, women are more concerned with the fear of losing money than the chance of gaining it. Ease your concerns and gain knowledge and confidence. Learn the basics of registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs).
Location: Active Communities, 540 Main Street, Montague
Date: Thursday, January 31, 2008
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Cost: $15 +GST for members, $20 +GST for non-members
To register, contact Melody Beck by e-mail at office@peibwa.org or by phone at (902) 892-6040. Registration deadline: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 4 pm. Please note: If you register for a lunch and learn session and are unable to attend, please let us know 48 hours in advance. People who do not cancel in advance will be invoiced.
PEI Business Women’s Association, “Women Helping Women Succeed in Business”
Website: www.peibwa.org Phone: (902) 892-6040 or 1-866-892-6040
Fax: (902) 892-6050 Address: PO Box 1903, Charlottetown, PE C1A 7K2
Business Essentials – Alberton
Presenter: Steve MacDonald, Business Development Bank of Canada
If you are a new business or just not certain what would make your business perform better or if you are looking for tools to make your business and time more effective and rewarding, then this is the session for you. This lunch and learn session that will bring you the essentials of good business practices to help you become more effective and productive.
Location: Resources West, 455 Main Street, Alberton
Date: Thursday, February 7, 2008
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Cost: $15 +GST for members, $20 +GST for non-members
To register, contact Elizabeth Noonan by e-mail at elizabeth@peibwa.org or by phone at (902) 892-6040. Registration deadline: Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 4 pm.
The Basics of Investing – Summerside
Presenter: Kim MacInnis, Wellington West
Studies have shown that, in general, women are more concerned with the fear of losing money than the chance of gaining it. Ease your concerns and gain knowledge and confidence. Learn the basics of registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs).
Location: Loyalist Country Inn
Date: Thursday, February 21, 2008
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Cost: $15 +GST for members, $20 +GST for non-members
To register, contact Melody Beck by e-mail at office@peibwa.org or by phone at (902) 892-6040. Registration deadline: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 4 pm.
Please note: If you register for Lunch and Learn session and are unable to attend, please let us know 48 hours in advance. People who do not cancel in advance will be invoiced.
11. Travel Opportunity with Delegation to UN
The 52nd Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women will be taking place between February 25 – March 7, 2008 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. This year’s priority theme will be “Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women” and its review theme will be “Women’s equal participation in conflict prevention, management and conflict resolution in post-conflict peace-building.”
Pending funding, FAFIA hopes to fund a number of emerging female community leaders to attend these meetings as a part of a FAFIA-led delegation. Participation in the FAFIA-led delegation is intended to support community advocates/leaders in advancing women’s economic security in their communities. To this end, in addition to participation in the FAFIA-led delegation, participants will be required to engage in post-meeting follow up through the development and implementation of a community action plan regarding women’s economic security.
If you are interested in joining FAFIA’s delegation, and have expertise and/or experience in any of the following areas of concern, please visit FAFIA’s website at www.fafia-afai.org <http://www.fafia-afai.org/> and fill out our online application to apply.
1. Women and poverty/economic security;
2. Women and the economy;
3. Education and training of women;
4. Women and health;
5. Violence against women;
6. Women and peace;
7. Women in power and decision-making and/or other areas that are relevant
to the priority theme.
Deadline for applications is Sunday, January 27, 2008 – 5:00pm ET. If you have any questions please contact Kristen Wilkinson by email at kwilkinson@fafia-afai.org or by telephone at 613-232-9505 x 229.
* Please note that FAFIA’s funding request for the UNCSW is currently under review. Receipt of application confirms applicant’s availability to attend UNCSW meetings should funding be made available. Likewise, should funding NOT be received, a FAFIA-led delegation will not be attending UNCSW meetings. We will notify all candidates of the status of their application as quickly as possible.
12. Women’s Leadership Program, Tatamagouche Centre
A.L.I.V.E – Anima’s Leading with Integrity, Vision and Effectiveness Program for Women
Tatamagouche Centre, NS, March 7–9; Fri.1pm to Sun. 1pm
“Annahid showed us how to lead while facilitating conscious leadership for women. Breathing, centering, risk taking, vulnerability, unafraid to show “self”… a lovely example…amazing.” – past participant
This is a timely, sophisticated leadership program that enables women to achieve their greatest potential and purpose in innovative and spiritually grounded ways. Drawing on emotional intelligence, neuroscience, quantum physics, psychology, social justice and eastern spirituality, this program taps into innate wisdom; teaches skills in self-awareness, conflict resolution, assertiveness; offers strategies to overcome personal and external barriers; clarifies personal values, goals and connects these to building effective organizations and strong communities. Leadership: Annahid Dashtgaard, Executive Director of Anima Leadership in Toronto is a leadership consultant, bodywork practitioner and social justice educator. She specializes in women’s education, designing and coordinating programs at local, national, and international levels, using an innovative and holistic philosophy that combines concrete leadership training with spiritual awareness. Trudy Watts, Program Resource Group
Cost: $500 (Includes registration, tuition, meals and accommodation)
Bursaries are available, please contact us: 1-800-218-2220
To register for this program please contact us at:
Tatamagouche Centre
1-800-218-2220
email: tatacent@tatacentre.ca
For more information on the Centre and the program visit us at: www.tatacentre.ca
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