The UWCV Status of Women & Human Rights Committee is taking an active stand against Female Genital Mutilation, seeking to end the practice here at home and around the globe….
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
