Welcome to the website of the 

 

Canadian Federation of University Women Kelowna

 

Since 1960 CFUW Kelowna has provided fun, friendship and activities for our members,

support for our community and for young women in education.

 

 

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  WHO WE ARE
 

CFUW Kelowna was founded in 1960 for Women Graduates and is affiliated nationally and internationally.

 

 

 

 

 

WHO CAN JOIN

 

 

 

Membership in CFUW Kelowna is open to any woman who holds a university degree or who has earned a professional qualification that currently requires a university or college degree.

 

Women without these qualifications are welcome to join as Associate Members.

 

 

 

 

 

DUES

 

 

 

Membership fees are currently $80 per year.  This amount includes dues paid for the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Head Office activities.

 

 

 

 

   

WHAT WE DO

 

 

The Communicator

Several times a year the CFUW National Office produces the Communicator Newsletter.  It covers current events throughout the Federation.

 www.cfuw.org

 
 
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Hold monthly meetings from September to May, with a business component followed by guest speakers.

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Present scholarships and bursaries (approximately $10,000 annually*), with sizable endowment funds established at Okanagan College and the Central Okanagan Bursary and Scholarship society (COBSS).

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Coordinate Interest groups and study groups.

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Host various social functions during the year.

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Contribute to many community projects annually.  Past recipients have included the Kelowna Women's      Shelter; Project Literacy; Habitat for Humanity; Mission Park Greenway; the EECO Centre; Gellatly Nut Farm.  

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Act as a catalyst to initiate various projects including: formation of OUC; boat donation water sampling     to South Okanagan Health Unit; Career Night for High School girls and MS Infinity Conferences to   encourage girls in Science; Kelowna Community Theatre; 'Friends of the Library', initiating first three book sales; Capsule College, and public lectures for 25 years.

 

CFUW members travelling outside of Canada may complete a form requesting an introduction to visit CFUW affiliates.


Download Application Form (pdf) -

Request for Introduction of CFUW Members Travelling Abroad

 

 

 

 

 

 

AFFILIATIONS.

 

We are a member club of the Canadian Federation of University Women. CFUW has 10,000 members across Canada.  There are 26 clubs in CFUW BC Council.  CFUW is a member of the International Federation of University Women (IFUW) which includes 78 countries.

These affiliations provide opportunities for members to communicate on global issues and travel to annual meetings hosted by clubs around the province and across Canada, as well as triennial meetings of IFUW.

        

CFUW BC Council membership consists of the 26 CFUW Clubs located within the Province of British Columbia.  There are three Regional Districts- BC East/North with eight clubs, Vancouver Island with seven clubs and BC West with eleven clubs.

 

The council’s purpose is:

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to promote co-operation and to facilitate communication of information and ideas among CFUW clubs in British Columbia.

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to promote the policies and programmes of CFUW.

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to encourage and initiate studies with respect to matters of provincial concern.

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to keep CFUW informed of special concerns in British Columbia; and to make or to direct  representation consistent with CFUW purposes, to the appropriate provincial authorities.  

* We acknowledge the support of the BC Gaming Commission with this worthwhile programme.

 

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