Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, BC's Representative for Children and Youth
Wed., Nov. 19
7:00 pm
Salvation Army Citadel
4030 Douglas Street, near the corner of McKenzie Ave and the Pat Bay Highway
(Click for Google map)
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond is B.C.’s first Representative for Children and Youth. She was appointed in 2006 and was re-appointed for a second five-year term in 2011.
The Representative is an independent Officer of the Legislature who supports children, youth and families who need help in dealing with the child welfare system. She also provides oversight to the Ministry of Children and Family Development and advocates for improvements to the child welfare system.
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond will share an overview of her office as Representative for Children and Youth. We look forward to this informative and inspiring evening!
Weaving Connections: Leadership, Creativity & Social Change
November 6th, 7th, & 8th (poster here) Join this 3-day intergenerational gathering to inspire a collective understanding of women and leadership in today's world. Come exchange ideas through discussion, humour and creative expression. The event will kick off with a comedy show, and will include speakers, panels, a film screening, interactive workshops, and will close with an unveiling of an art installation. Participants will hear from a diversity of perspectives to learn about local leadership opportunities and critically engage with the complexities of becoming a leader.
General Meeting
Wednesday, October 15
7:00 pm
Salvation Army Citadel
4030 Douglas Street, near the corner of McKenzie Ave and the Pat Bay Highway
(Click for Google map)
Exciting Guest Speaker
Kathleen Gilbert
Film Commissioner, Vancouver Island South Film & Media Commission
Did the filming last year of “Gracepoint” in our town get your attention? “How did it land” in Victoria? How can we be a part of it? It certainly was covered
extensively in the local press and it did intrigue your Program Committee. You won't want to miss this evening for an informative and fun-filled chat with
Kathleen.
Bio: Kathleen Gilbert was born in Ontario. She attended the University of Calgary Fine Arts Department and went on to graduate with distinction from the University of Ottawa with a degree in Communications. She is a well-known member of the Greater Victoria film industry. A member of the Director’s Guild of Canada for 13 years, Kathleen brings to her role 18 years of film experience, 65 productions, and 20 years of Vancouver Island location-scouting. Her goals here in Victoria include developing “a sense of community involvement” by involving local businesses and getting them excited about increasing film production in our area. Come and enjoy Kathleen's behind-the-scenes tales, personal film-related stories and a wee bit of Vancouver Island South Film and Media Commission history.
CFUW-Victoria will GO GREEN this year. Please bring your own mug to our meetings for coffee/tea/juice to support our Green efforts.
Click here to learn about ordering your CFUW coffee mug by Oct. 15
CHEK TV: Royal Roads students spent the last four weeks providing computer tutorials to four elderly adults at a seniors’ residence in Langford to find out if those participating actively online feel less lonely and more connected to the world, friends and family. The pair also interviewed Dr. Fiona Manning, a physician who works at a unique practice in Victoria that offers home visits to elderly patients, and who provided commentary on the potential emotional, social and cognitive benefits of engaged computer use. Now they are hoping others want to help put together a program that would invite high school students to volunteer, to help seniors learn how social media can keep them connected and improve their daily lives.More info
Toronto Star: Financial literacy leader focuses on seniors
By April 2016, the federal government will stop mailing cheques and switch to a direct deposit system. Old age pensions, tax refunds and children’s benefits will be transferred electronically to your bank account. With the transition deadline less than two years away, Ottawa is pushing everyone to sign up for direct deposit.
Direct deposit could pose a problem for low-income seniors who rely on government payments to live on, says advocate John Stapleton.
“Banks still have black lists and won’t allow some people to have accounts, especially if they have defaulted and not paid on a bank product,” he says.
“Some of our very poorest and disenfranchised seniors are going to be further victimized. So cruel.”
Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act: Private Members Bill (Bill M212)
Recently, MLA Michelle Mungall, (Nelson-Creston) tabled a private members bill to implement a provincial Poverty Reduction Strategy. Tabling this bill also enabled discussion in the Legislature on the importance of addressing Child and Family Poverty through the introduction of a Poverty Reduction Strategy. We will follow progress on this Bill as it requires additional readings in order to be implemented. You can watch Michelle's presentation in the Legislature.
As individuals and/or as a club you can email your MLA and ask them to support this Bill. For clubs, you could say something like...CFUW [Name of club] supports the establishment of a provincial Poverty Reduction Strategy as we believe that this approach has the best chance of achieving success in addressing the issue of Poverty. We note that a private members Bill (Bill212 - The Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclusion Act) has recently been presented in the House. We urge you to take action and support this Bill on behalf of children and families facing poverty in BC. Signed by [Club President].
Click here for more information about the bill. Please remember that you may contact your MLA either as an individual or as a club. Contact with the Premier is done through BC Council on behalf of all clubs, but members in your club may contact the Premier as individuals about this issue.) BC Council has also written to the Premier asking for her support in implementing a Poverty Reduction Strategy.
Wednesday, April 16 2014, 7 pm
Salvation Army Citadel, 4030 Douglas Street
A SPECIAL EVENING
In appreciation of our members, current, new and potential, we are delighted to welcome our celebrated guest speaker Robert Bateman, world renowned naturalist, environmentalist, and artist.
Invite friends, neighbours, relatives, associates, partners and potential new members! Introduce them to CFUW Victoria, as we celebrate our accomplishments and our future.
The presentation, titled "Really Seeing", will be followed by a reception. Door prizes as well!
ROBERT McLELLAN BATEMAN
our distinguished/celebrated guest speaker on April 16
Robert Bateman has been a keen artist and naturalist from his early days. He has always painted wildlife and nature, beginning with a representational style, moving through impressionism and cubism to abstract expressionism. In his early 30's he moved back to realism as a more suitable way to express the particularity of the planet. It is this style that has made him one of the foremost artists depicting the world of nature. In the '70s and early '80s, Bateman's work began to receive critical acclaim and to attract an enormous following. His work is in many public and private collections, and several art museums, including the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, WY. Bateman has had many one-
man museum shows throughout North America, including an exhibition atthe Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Recently, the retrospective show, The Art of Robert Bateman, toured Canada and the USA for two years, and a one-man show toured four cities in Russia.
Books about his life and art have had sales of over 1,000,000 copies. He has also been the subject of several films and television programs. His honours, awards and honorary doctorates are numerous including Officer of the Order of Canada. It is in honour of Bateman's contribution to art and conservation that one public and two secondary schools have been named after him; as well, he has been awarded 12 honorary doctorates.
Born in Toronto, with a degree in geography from the University of Toronto, Bateman taught high school for 20 years, including two years in Nigeria. He travelled around the world in 1957/58, increasing his appreciation of cultural and natural heritage. Since leaving teaching in 1976 to paint full-time, he has travelled widely with his artist/conservationist wife Birgit to many remote natural areas.
Bateman Gallery
Bateman's art reflects his commitment to ecology and preservation. Since the early 1960's, he has been an active member of naturalist and conservation organizations, now on a global scale. He has become a spokesman for many environmental and preservation issues and has used his artwork and limited edition prints in fund-raising efforts that have provided millions of dollars for these worthy causes.
The Robert Bateman Centre on the Inner Harbour of Victoria, BC is a place where insights into the life and philosophies of this internationally known artist and naturalist can be explored. There also will be an education department involved in active outreach in the Bateman Foundation’s efforts to reconnect people to the world of nature.
He says, "I can't conceive of anything being more varied and rich and handsome than the planet earth. And its crowning beauty is the natural world. I want to soak it up, to understand it as well as I can, and to absorb it . . . and then I'd like to put it together and express it in my painting. This is the way I want to dedicate my life.”
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