WOMEN WHO CAN CHANGE THE WORLD
 
Today, many talented students are unable to attend university without financial support. Bursaries help ensure deserving students from diverse backgrounds have the opportunity to learn and excel. It provides the promise of a bright and prosperous future for our community and Canada.
 
Breakfast for Bursaries was created to make attendance at Brescia University College possible for mature women from the local area. Last year, the event sold out with over 500 guests in attendance. Proceeds from Breakfast for Bursaries support an endowment fund, in honour of 1939 Brescia graduate, Eleanore Donnelly. 
 
Brescia’s seventh annual Breakfast for Bursaries will be held on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at the London Convention Centre. We are delighted to inform you that this year’s guest speaker is one of Canada’s best known and most respected broadcast journalists, Wendy Mesley.
 
For further information about possible sponsorship opportunities or to purchase tickets, please contact Alison Holden at 519-432-8353 x28446, via email at aholden6@uwo.ca or Visit our Website.  

The Management Development Program for Women (MDPW), offered by the Centre for Research and Education on Women and Work (CREWW), Sprott School of Business, Carleton University is a part-time program for highly motivated working women who would benefit from formal management education. Relevant to professional and entrepreneurial women, the program is designed to facilitate the transfer of learning from the classroom to the workplace through applied business-based assignments. Participants attend classes 3 full days per month for ten months. For more information please visit www.sprott.carleton.ca/mdpw, call 613-520-2650 or e-mail mdpw@sprott.carleton.ca

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, to be built in Winnipeg, will explore the subject of human rights in order to enhance people’s understanding of human rights, promote respect for others and encourage reflection and dialogue. It will be the first national museum to be built outside the National Capital Region and the first national museum to be created in 41 years. The proposed Museum, a $265 million project, has the support of all levels of government, as well as 50 ethno-cultural and human rights groups from across the nation. In addition, many corporations, labour groups, associations, foundations and private donors from across Canada have donated to the private sector campaign. To date more than 2,300 individual gifts have been received.

Donate Today at www.friendsofcmhr.com

Maple Leaf Women’s Learn to Play Clinics

The goal of the program is to reach women who are NOT YET golfers, and show them, in one day, what the basic fundamentals of golf are and what it would take to become a golfer. 

These one-day clinics are the first step for the ultra-beginner golfer, and will allow her to get a feel for the golf course, how to find a golf professional, how to use the driving range, terminology, etiquette, and eventually how to book a tee time!

This exciting experience includes:

• Introduction to putting, chipping, bunker play and full swing.
• On course tour with emphasis on layout, course management and obstacles.
• Discussion topics on etiquette, fashion "do's and don'ts", how to book a tee time and how to find a golf professional.

The Maple Leaf Women's Learn to Play clinics are three hours in length and cost $50 dollars to register. Included in your registration is a welcome gift, take home handbook and a light snack. Sign up at http://www.gao.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/5233/la_id/1.htm   

The Women’s Support Network of York Region

The Women’s Support Network of York Region is a feminist organization providing support to survivors of sexual violence in the Region of York for the past 14 years.

We are located in Newmarket, Ontario and are currently looking for volunteer Board members who are committed to being part of a diverse organization that works solidly from an integrated anti-racist, anti-oppression framework.

We are currently seeking women to join our Board who may have some skills and abilities in the following areas:

• Experience working with groups on issues of anti-oppression/anti-racism, equity, access and diversity
• Human Resources background
• Labour Relations
• Fundraising
• Governance

If you are interested in applying for a position on our Board of Directors, please send your resume and a cover letter outlining your experience and areas of interest to:
Executive Director
Women’s Support Network of York Region
1110 Stellar Drive, Unit 109
Newmarket, ON. L3Y 7B7
msmithwsn@womenssupportnetwork.ca
www.womenssupportnetwork.ca
Fax: 905-895-6542

Volunteer Mentors for Professional Immigrants

The Mentoring Partnership is a collaboration of 10 community and 50 corporate partners that bring together skilled immigrants and established professionals in occupation-specific mentoring relationships. It is delivered by a coalition of partner organizations in the City of Toronto and the regions of Halton, Peel and York.  Since 2005, the program has achieved 70% employment success rate and 2300 matches in GTA. The program also provides great opportunities for personal and professional development for mentors and mentees.
 
Volunteer mentors make a significant impact and difference in the life of newcomers, our community and Canada as a whole. We need more working immigrants to help sustain Canada’s economic activity and standard of living. According to the study of RBC in 2005, Canada will need an additional 2.75 million workers in the next 20 years over and above Statistics Canada’s long-term population projections and assumptions on fertility, mortality, aging labour population and net immigration rates. It also states that if immigrant workers were as successful in the Canadian workforce as those born in the country, personal incomes would be about $13 billion higher each year than at present. Lastly, help save CAD$3.4 - 4.9 billion per annum, the amount costing the economy on issues of unemployment and/or underemployment of skilled immigrants (Conference Board of Canada).
 
We need volunteer mentors for professional immigrants for 24 hours in 4 months in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering, Pharmaceuticals, etc.
 
Contact eleanor.bulatao@it-nconsulting.com or visit
www.thementoringpartnership.com for more details.

Bridges Social Development Website Launch

Bridges Social Development, a volunteer based charitable organization, is pleased to announce the launch of its exciting new website.  We are a Canadian-based organization who values egalitarianism and the promotion of gender equality and female empowerment, both in Canada and in developing nations. Please view our new home on the web at:
www.canadabridges.com

How can Canada expand its leadership capacity to become a leading nation and a nation of leaders? Made in Canada Leadership found the answers through an extensive research featuring 361 leaders and professionals from across the country, including a number of WXN Hall of Fame inductees www.leadership-canada.com.

To ensure an abundant supply of capable leaders now and in the future, Canada must generate a critical mass of leaders. This means aligning leadership development efforts in a strategic, long term and proactive approach through the creation of a National Leadership Strategy comprised of three cornerstones:

• Practical leadership education at all levels
• Widespread access to mentoring  for children and adults
• The inception of a National Leadership Institute.

The Women's Future Fund

The Women's Future Fund is an organization with a uniquely collaborative structure. We raise funds for national women’s groups fighting systemic inequality, contributing to their growth and sustainability, and helping to build a better future for all Canadians. When you give to the Women’s Future Fund, you are supporting programs for women and girls that:

• promote health, well-being and safety
• improve economic, educational and training opportunities
• provide greater access to legal protection

For more information on how your organization can get involved, please contact Mary Breen, Executive Director at wffmary@web.ca. Visit WFF online at www.womensfuturefund.com