May 6, 2023 | Events, News, Speaker Program, Uncategorized
Alison was born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario. She bolted out of town (and country) at the age of seventeen and spent the next twelve years studying, living and travelling throughout Europe, the Middle East, the former Soviet Union, the Amazonian regions of...
Feb 10, 2023 | Events, News, Uncategorized
CFUW Stratford is hosting a breakfast and panel discussion at the Stratford Country Club on Wednesday, March 8 at 7 a.m. to mark International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. Discussion...
Jan 7, 2023 | Events, News, Speaker Program, Uncategorized
This month, our general meeting will be held on zoom and we will visit three Stratford businesses run by young women who took a leap of faith to share their passion with members of our community. Elsa Fahraeus (right) is the owner of Illume Wellness Spa, a certified...
Feb 18, 2022 | Events, News, Speaker Program, Uncategorized
Debra Swan has been supporting organizations serving the most vulnerable among us for over 30 years. Debra is considered a pioneer in the field of community development and capacity building. As a community consultant, her work has taken her across Canada, helping...
Dec 7, 2021 | Advocacy, News, Uncategorized
Departure time of Stratford’s only Via Rail train to Toronto (Union Station) now occurs at 11:16 a.m., more than two hours later than its former departure time at 8:40 a.m. This train now gets to Toronto at 1:38 p.m. Departure time for the return train remains...
Nov 18, 2021 | Events, News, Speaker Program, Uncategorized
Cynthia Carlson, CFUW Stratford vice-president, will present the project Resilience: the story of how a ground-breaking “Roadway Gallery” of artworks by fifty Indigenous women artists took place coast to coast and then was developed into inspiring educational...
