The 2016 BC Child Poverty Report Card has just been published. Packed with facts and real-life stories of BC families, it’s a valuable and poignant record of the reality that since the first report card was published in 1995 one in 5 children in BC still live in poverty. First…
The Hycroft Lecture is one of our Club’s signature events that is held to showcase women in our community who are actively living our motto of “leading the way”. After a year of significant action that saw women’s rights rise to the forefront of public conversation, we chose to focus…
We’re a proud supporter of West Coast LEAF and often work alongside them in ensuring women’s equality is front and centre in our province. BC’s new government gives us an opportunity to “chart a new path” and advocate for “critical improvements and systemic change, including on those policies and issues that most…
The University Women’s Club of Vancouver is pleased to welcome Wendy Orvig as the new Club President. An accountant and current Director of Finance at Bard on the Beach, Wendy is the Club’s 63rd President and will serve in her new role for a two-year term. Wendy joined the UWCV in 2008…
Earlier this year our Trust Fund for Education (TFE) came together with local academics, students, and other UWCV members to honour our bursary and scholarship recipients from 2015 and 2016. This treasured biennial tradition allows us to not only celebrate the many achievements of the young women and men we support,…
CFUW Supports Private Member’s Bill to End Non-State Torture On February 26 London MP Peter Fragiskatos introduced Bill C-242, a Private Member’s Bill to amend the Criminal Code of Canada (inflicting torture). CFUW Members have been active on this issue since 2011, and have been working with Mr. Fragiskatos to…
Note about tickets: General Admission ($35) will be available June 14 – September 9, 2016. For those who want to attend but didn’t purchase a ticket online through Eventbrite Door Crasher tickets ($60) will be available at Hycroft on September 14, 2016. Cash only. Regretfully, due to the nature of…
UWCV Club members are celebrating this week after receiving news that our proposed Resolution, BC Youth Aging out of Foster Care, was passed at the 2016 CFUW BC Council AGM with an approval rate of 96%. The University Women’s Club of Vancouver will be working with the CFUW BC Council…
The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) recently released a response to the Government’s 2016 Budget. They carefully analyzed the Budget to see how the Government’s investments, or lack of, will impact the lives of Canadian women and the issues that both they and The University Women’s Club of Vancouver…
Hycroft has been the scene of many stories over its lifetime – mostly of the interesting non-spooky kind. Built from 1909 – 1911 by wealthy entrepreneur Alexander Duncan McRae and his wife Blaunche, to be one of Vancouver’s prestige locations, it was their family home from 1911 – 1941, donated…
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