NOVEMBER, 2017 University Women’s Club

of Winnipeg

54 West Gate

Winnipeg, MB R3C 2E1

204.954.7880

uwc@mymts.net

established for you in 1909

UWCW is a member of the Canadian Federation of University Women which unites 107 clubs and is the largest affiliate of Graduate Women International involving

58 countries.

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HEADS UP!!

The next Bulletin is a double issue covering BOTH Dec. and Jan. so plan ahead in order to cover both months as much as possible. Deadline is Thurs. Nov. 23.

BREAKING NEWS !!! SEE PAGE 12

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UWC PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Linda Asper, President 2017-19 On September 14, 2017, we held a general meeting to discuss UWC’s fu-ture sustainability in Ralph Connor House. Rosalyn Howard, Club member and session facilitator, organized the discussion notes into themes and sent all to me on October 9. This was shared with our Board for its October 17 meeting and discussed in detail by our Executive on October 23. The subsequent draft recommendations will be reviewed again by the Executive at its regular Novem-ber meeting, then presented to the November Board meeting. I have posted a copy of Rosalyn's report on the bulletin board outside Maggi’s office. Should you have any comments or questions, please contact me. Thank you to all our members who realized the importance of this matter and partici-pated in the session. We benefitted from Rosalyn’s expertise and hopefully our

shared wisdom will lead to wise decisions within the next 18 months. We are delighted to report that Leona MacDonald and Deborah Brown will act as our Co– Treasurers. Bob Darling represented FRCH at the September meeting and I have met with Greg Thomas, FRCH President, to initiate positive dialogue on this and other topics. We will move forward in a spirit of sharing and cooperation. One immediate concern is the future of the carriage house. It has recently been broken into twice. With the riverbank erosion of one foot a year, it threatens to slide into the river. Carolynne Presser and I have met four times with our West Gate neighbours (properties from the library to the school) and FRCH reps regarding a riverbank stabilization project. Cornish Library is planning an addition and stabilization of its riverbank in the coming months. We have been left out of the equation. Now we are in a political action process to resolve this matter. While you are enjoying the activities at the Club and pursuing your Club volunteer work, please think of the issues your Board is dealing with and help foster realistic feasible solutions. Enjoy the Christmas market!

Christmas Market needs your help !! It is only a few days away and we have empty slots in our

Volunteer sign-up book. Please - if you haven't already, sign up for a 2 hour shift and perhaps add a second shift if at all possible.

It would be very much appreciated !! Thank you so much for your continued support of

our Christmas Market - Fundraiser. Your Christmas Market Committee

See also page 11 for more about our 37th annual Christmas Market.

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CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN (CFUW) Leona MacDonald, CFUW Liaison

GWI: The GWI deadline for the fee-increase vote from CFUW Clubs was extended to Oct. 19th. Great efforts were made by President Grace Hollett to explain the history of the GWI fee increase and to answer members’ questions, all of which were distributed October 10th. The vote results were distributed in an Oct. 21st newsletter as follows: Question 1: GWI’s proposal to amend the 2016 dues increase motion to a single increase of 6 CHF for CFUW (approximately $8.40 CDN) that would take CFUW per capita dues from $21.70 to $30.10. Response: 196 (56%) voted to approve; 154 (44%) voted to not approve. Question 2: Do you support any per capita dues increase to GWI dues? Response: 150 (43%) voted to approve; 200 (57%) voted to not approve. Question 3 At the 2016 Triennial, GWI adopted a three-step increase that would take GWI per capita dues from 15.5 CHF (approx. $21.70 CDN) to 34.5 CHF (approx. $48.30) over 3 years. Do you support affirming that decision? Response: 96 (27%) voted to approve; 254 (73%) voted to not approve. The Board met Oct. 20th to analyze the results of the poll and by motion decided that, in keeping with di-rection provided by the membership, at the October 23/24 General Assembly the 10 votes of CFUW will be cast in favour of the motion that raises by 6 Swiss francs the GWI dues charged to CFUW. We should know next week for the outcome of all GWI motions for all eligible voters. If this GWI motion passes, this does not raise CFUW dues by that or any other amount at this time. The timing of decisions on CFUW dues is gov-erned by our Articles and Bylaws, which give the earliest time a motion for a dues increase could come be-fore the membership would be at an AGM. AGM 2018 is being held June 2018. That would be in CFUW’s fiscal year 2018-19, and the earliest time Clubs could be required to increase their fees would be in the fis-cal year 2019-20. CFUW: Six club members attended the Prairie Gathering in Edmonton, Sept. 28/29. Friday night was reserved for entertainment and drinks and convivium. Saturday began with a two-minute pop up session in which club rep or RD outlined their club’s points of pride, followed by Regional Directors’ reports. A facilitator helped the group of about 40 to come to consensus about what was important to clubs and what we could do to achieve those goals. Sharing and increased communication were high on the list.Speakers included Grace Hollett, CFUW President ,who gave an address and answered questions; Mary Scott, who spoke eloquently about the history of and creation of IIWR- MB, followed by a session on increasing club profiles and com-munity influence by Dr. Madeleine Kolbach. The program content, excellent meals and inclusive welcoming atmosphere made this a worthwhile event to attend. Fundraising: A Webinar was held at the club Oct. 26 at 2 pm. A new project that has been successful for several years with some clubs-the selling of gift cards from various businesses- was explained. Treesisters – this group that has planted a million trees to reforest the planet, has now changed its goal to a billion trees-an excellent example of women doing their part to change the ecology of our planet. For more info, go to Treesisters online. Advocacy: - Advocacy Action Packages are now ready along with Action plans for the two resolutions passed at the AGM. - On International Right to Know Day, CFUW with 35 (cont. on page 12)

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DINING Please reserve for your chosen meals. The food service com-ment box is located on the phone stand in the front foyer. We welcome all comments! It is Club policy that members, who neglect to inform the Of-fice that they or their guest(s) cannot attend a meal for which they have reserved, are charged for the meal(s).

RESERVE for Tues. Lunch by previous Thurs. $18 RESERVE for Fri. Express Lunch by previous Tues. $12

Tuesday Lunches

(All meals include tea/coffee) Remember, if you have a food allergy or dietary issue with any menu, please advise the kitchen when you reserve and an alternative will be available for you.

Nov. 7 Chicken Souvlaki Greek Salad Lemon Roasted Potatoes Ice Cream Cookies Nov. 14 Salmon Merano

Strawberry Almond Salad Vegetable Potato Apple Pie Nov. 21 Meat Lasagna Caesar Salad

Carrot Cake Nov. 28 Chicken Pot Pie Pasta Salad

Dainties ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Fri. Nov. 10 Lunch & Speaker $18 (pg. 7)

Chicken Teriyaki Stir-fry Rice Vegetables

Chocolate Torte

Wed. Nov. 22 Dinner & Speaker $30 (pg.8) Garden Salad Cucumber Dill Dressing

Chicken Parisienne Chateau Potatoes

Orange Glazed Carrots Cinnamon Torte

WALKING GROUP Janice Ward, Convener Walks start at 10:00 am Wed. Nov. 8 Henteleff Park (St Vital) Meet at 1964 St Mary's Rd. The parking lot is inside park. Yule Henteleff has agreed to lead the walk and start with a brief talk about the 4 themes explored in the Interpre-tive Centre at the park. Wed. Nov. 22 Bruce Park (St. James) Meet at the Bourkevale Community Club 100 Ferry Rd. Wed. Dec. 6 Seine River Parkway Meet at the Franco Manitoba parking lot at 340 Provencher Blvd. All members are welcome to join us. For more information call Janice. ———————————————————- STUDIO 54 (DRAMA GROUP) Vicky Armanios, Agnes Collins Conveners We meet next after the Christmas Market, on Thursday, November 16 from 1:00-3:00. We have completed our reading of one of Canada's most popular plays, Billy Bishop Goes to War. Next, we will view and discuss the excellent NFB documentary The Kid Who Couldn't Miss. This video combines historical footage about Billy Bishop's life, excerpts from performances of the musical and the controversy about Bishop's exploits. We are also making plans to attend Patrick Shanley's play Outside Mullingar at the Warehouse Theatre during the February Master Playwright Festival. Join us and put a little more comedy and drama in your life!

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CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE Karen Emilson, Chair Our fall series had 37 registrants and all presenters gave thought-provoking lectures that were both educational and entertaining. Unfortunately, one presenter fell ill the day prior to her talk and was unable to attend, forcing us to postpone that lecture. We have decided to re-schedule and are currently in the process of firming up details of the final presentation. We will contact everyone by email once this is done. Thank you again for your patience and participation in our event. ————————————————————————————————————————————

DUMP OUT YOUR SHOES, LADIES! IT’S SHOEBOX PROJECT TIME. Sandy Millen This will be our 5th year participating in the Shoebox Project which delivers joy and acknowledgement to many at-risk and oft-overlooked deserving women currently facing challenges and loneliness in our commu-nities. Our collection dates this year will run from November 20 to 30. Here's how to be part of this project:

Don’t have an empty shoebox? Consider picking up decorative boxes from a dollar store or craft store. Lid and box must be separate. Avoid large bows as the boxes have to be stacked for delivery purposes. (Tips for wrapping are on the website listed below.)

Each Shoebox must be valued at approximately $50.

Middle size bottles and containers are just right.

Items containing alcohol are prohibited, whether it is in chocolate, mouthwash or hand sanitizers, etc. Most perfumed body sprays contain alcohol but it is labeled as glycol (Propylene Glycol), or isopropa-nol (Isopropyl Alcohol) which are others form of alcohol. Please keep an eye out for these ingredients too!

Lipstick or lip gloss, eyeshadow and nail polish are popular items.

Pretty scarves are always appreciated by the ladies as are knitted scarves, toques, mittens, gloves, etc.

Candies and chocolate with nuts are not allowed as a safety precaution against nut allergies. There are all kinds of treats in full bars or packages. If choosing packaged candy, they can be divided up as long as each individual piece is factory-wrapped.

Including a Gift Card for Tim Hortons, Shopper’s Drug Mart, or Walmart would be a very thoughtful gesture. It is suggested to limit them to the amount to $15.00

Please try to cut off or remove the price tags. Finally, including a card or a hand-written note means the world to the women.

Questions? Contact Sandy Millen or go to http://www.shoeboxproject.com/manitoba.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PROGRAM COMMITTEE Sue Bishop, Chair

Check out the posters for our November program lunch and dinner - two speakers bringing a distinct woman's voice to their subjects! (One message adds another facet to Remembrance Day.) And a heads up for December – the annual Christmas Lunch on Friday December 8 featuring the Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Choir and then our traditional Christmas Dinner on Wednesday December 13, with guest speaker Judith Valenzuela bringing us tales of A Fur Trade Christmas.

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MYSTERY READERS Pat Elliott, Convener Mystery Movie Night November 8, 2017- 5:00 pm. Our movie is the first of a British series called “New Tricks” about a group of three retired policemen led by a disgraced woman detective; their mission is to solve cold cases of unresolved crimes. They are described as being “back on the job —the old dogs who won’t roll over.” Thank you Rhoda Sewell! The Current Issues and Actions Committee is also meeting this evening, so in-stead of ordering pizza we will ask the kitchen to prepare the same Express Supper for us. Please put your name on the sign-up sheet (or call me) so Chamberlyn’s will know how many meals to pre-pare. We’ll start the meeting at 5:00 pm. (instead of 4:30). On December 6th we will enjoy our usual Christmas party and book “exchange”. Bring a gift-

wrapped book (new or gently used) that you think others will enjoy; if you decide you like some-one else’s gift better than the one you opened feel free to “steal” it and the “ victim” will get an-other chance to choose another book. On January 10th, 2018 Marg Cuddy will present the work of Icelandic writer Yrsa Sigurdar-dottir who appeared recently at McNally Robinson. Don’t forget to bring healthy snacks or money for same for the children at Mulvey School.

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MONDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB Agnes Collins, Catherine Holmes, Co-conveners Monday Afternoon Book Club meets from 1:00 - 3:00 on the first Monday of the month. On November 6th Agnes Collins will present Nutshell by Ian McEwan On December 4th Anne Dunlop will present Stoner by John Wil-liams Members are welcome to join us at any time of the year. ————————————-- CONTEMPORARY

LITERATURE BOOK CLUB

Judy McDonald, Convener

We begin our discussions at

1:00 pm. Come for lunch too!

All are welcome.

After Light, a novel by Univer-

sity of Winnipeg Professor

Catherine Hunter, is our selec-

tion for November. Join us on

Tuesday, Nov. 7th at 1:00 pm. REMEMBERING Jim Gibbs Sept. 23, 2017

Although Jim wasn’t a UWC member, he was a committed and enthusiastic supporter of our house and club. He was a volunteer from the community serving for several years on the FRCH Board. His main function was as Treasurer but he contributed generously both financially and with his spare time in other ways too. Jim’s wife, Sharon Greening, purchased a UWC Lifetime Membership but sadly in 2007 she too died “way before her time”. She enjoyed being on the Program Committee and many of our activities.

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MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Susan Johnsen, Chair Our membership is 115. We are again of-fering our Special Membership of $50 covering the period from November 1 to April 30. Please send me contact information for anyone you think might be interested and I will contact them. There is a Bar 54 on Thursday November 30th at 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm. Please come out and enjoy conversation and drinks with other members. It’s always fun. —————————————————————— Contact Changes for Your Directory Janet Handel jlhandel@mymts.net

PLEASE WELCOME NEW MEMBER

Susan Dietz, BFA (Hons), U of M.; Cert. Interior Decorating & Design, QC Design School 359 Toronto Street, Winnipeg, R3G 1S4 204.223.8637 susan.dietz@gmail.com —————————————————————— HAVE YOU TRIED ANY OF THESE UWC GROUPS? Duplicate Bridge 1st and 3rd Fridays 12:50 Vivian Bruce, Contact Mah Jong 1st and 3rd Fridays 10:00 am Agnes Collins, Leona MacDonald, Conveners Out To Lunch 1st Wed. of most months 11:30 at a designated restaurant Linda Asper, Convener Social Bridge 2nd and 4th Tuesdays 12:45 Ruth Berry, Convener Scrabble & Babble 4th Friday 1:00 Dianne Beaven, Convener The Writing Group 4th Wednesday 2:00 Laura Atkinson, Convener Check this Bulletin for other Interest Groups!!

THE WEDNESDAY GROUP Lorraine Cook, Convener The Wednesday Group meets on December 6 at 1:00 pm at the Club. The amount you may spend on your gift is just $ 5.00 so get out early ladies and look for bar-gains you know your friends cannot resist or live without (and have fun doing it)!! The gift exchange is hilarious as you never know what gift you will be finally taking home with you! Afternoon tea will be served. $ 14.00 Everyone is welcome. Lorraine —————————————————————

UWC BOARD MEETINGS IN NOVEMBER

UWC Executive meets Wed. Nov. 8 at 2:45.

The Board of Directors Meeting will be on

Tues., Nov. 21 at 1:30 pm. Board Members,

please advise Heather Menzies if you cannot

attend. (Why not come to the Tues. Lunch at

12:00 too?)

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ICELAND HERE WE COME!! Sandy Millen

Over a year ago an offer of travel was made to

our members and friends at a Club General Meet-

ing. A number of members signed up to participate

in a possible tour of Iceland in 2018. Recently

the tour has been finalized through our Icelandic

contacts. There is room for 20 people and with

members and friends, we are very close to that

number.

If you feel you have been missed and are able to

participate from June 19 - 30, 2018, contact

Sandy Millen to be put on the waiting list. With

enough interest the number might be increased to

25!

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OUT TO LUNCH Linda Asper, Convener We have postponed until WED. DECEMBER 6, our visit to the AGORA Fine Food Market and Indulge Bistro & Wine Bar at H—1765 Kenaston Blvd., a stripmall with Marshalls and Party Stuff. Free parking lot. https://www.agorafinefoods.ca/ https://www.agorafinefoods.ca/Pages/Menu.aspx?DeptID=66167 (menus) We’ll meet there at 11:30 am. All members are most welcome to join us in our forays to new and old favourite restaurants around town. We attempt to choose a spot that has an interesting menu as well as good parking! Please sign up at the club or contact Linda by phone or email if you plan to come along. (Directions below indicate location in relationship to Kenaston.)

“Linden Ridge Shopping Centre”

Wed. Nov. 15 7:00 to 9:00pm $25 Music by Maggi May & Co. Food by Reserve by Nov. 13

JAZZ NIGHT #3 FUNDRAISER Some of you may have discovered the youtube of Maggi May & Co. which was made a few years ago. Maggi would like you to know that the style of singing she was do-ing on the soundtrack was from her “blues” period. “The music on Nov. 15th will be much like the Jonathan Alexiuk Trio i.e. jazz standards, no drums, no harmonica.” says Maggi. Come out, support our fundraising endeavours to “save the club”, enjoy some great music and great food. Good way to relax after the hectic and heady days of the Home Tours and Christmas Market!

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COUNT DOWN DAYS TO CHRISTMAS MARKET Nov. 3 10:00-5:00 & Nov. 4 10:00-4:00 We are setting up every day starting Tuesday, Oct. 31. If you are available to help, please contact Penni Churko or sign up in the Volunteer Book at the Club on the hall table. Your items for Treasure Trove, Members Room and Bake Shoppe can be delivered on Nov. 1st and 2nd from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Beautiful paintings and objet d’art will be on sale in The Gallery.

Many crafters/vendors will literally fill the house. Enjoy a delicious lunch at Ralph's Bistro (open 11:30-3:00 Fri. & Sat.). See You at CHRISTMAS MARKET 2017 !! ————————————————————————————————————————- DUPLICATE BRIDGE Vivian Bruce, Contact The November Duplicate Bridge will be Friday, November 17 at 12:50 pm only. If you would like an Express lunch of sandwiches, etc., please contact the Office. (Our usual first Friday in the month date is occupied by the Christmas Market.) (Please note that the same date change occurs for Mahjong.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOME TOURS UPDATE Ellen Peel We are happy to report that this event was successful beyond our wildest dreams. We sold out (300 plus tickets), had wonderful cooperation from the homeowners and 80 volunteers (Club members and their families and friends), and a beautiful fall day. We expect to clear at least $8,000, which will assist in continuing to maintain Ralph Connor House as our "home". This project was spearheaded by Dale Laird and a small committee. After Dale's untimely death this summer the committee was able to regroup and carry on in her memory with the sup-port and encouragement of Club President Linda Asper and the addition of several other hard-working members.

We are delighted and we know Dale would be too.

````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` CURRENT ISSUES AND ACTIONS Joan Stone, Chair We met on October 11, 2017 with a discussion of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence from Nov. 25 to Dec. 10, 2017. This is an annual international campaign to challenge vio-lence against women and girls. The Institute for Women’s Rights will be holding a local community event on the first day. The Committee members also reviewed the final CFUW Advocacy Plan for Resolution #1. We meet next on Wed., Nov. 8 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.....* NOTICE TO CLUB MEMBERS: This meet-ing will forgo the usual Committee format as a guest, Gwen Repeta, will be speaking about Fair Trade and the various Manitoba initiatives for assisting to improve the lives of women around the world, their families and communities. All members are welcome. An Express supper can be re-served for $12.00. Contact Joan Stone or the UWC office uwc@mymts.net.

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University Women’s Club of Winnipeg 54 West Gate, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 2E1 PHONE: 204.954.7880 FAX: 204. 954. 7889 E-MAIL: uwc@mymts.net

WEBSITE: www.uwcwpgmb.com OFFICE HOURS: 9:00 am– 3:00 pm. Mon. to Fri. Messages recorded up to 10 pm only.

The Bulletin is the newsletter of the University Women’s Club of Winnipeg, published nine times a year. The next issue is the DEC./JAN. Bulletin. A DOUBLE ISSUE

Deadline is Thursday, November 23, 4:00 pm Submissions should be sent to the Editor by e-mail. Muriel Rhind

Muriel Rhind, Editor

CFUW (cont. from page 3) 35 other organizations, wrote a letter to President of the Treasury Board, Scott Brison, citing Bill C-58’s insufficient reform measures asking for new major reform measures to the Access to Information Act. - CFUW endorsed a statement on the Treaty to ban nuclear weapons and asked Canada to adopt the Treaty. - CFUW endorsed a statement on the latest violence against the Rohingya population in Myanmar calling on the federal govt. to use all necessary diplomatic channels to ensure the cessation of hostilities and to protect the human rights of the Rohingya people. - Gender Equality: CFUW sent a letter to Minister Monsef following funding an-nouncements for Gender Equality welcoming the Government’s investments in gender equality projects. Noted was the socio-economic importance of the funding, urging the government to supply gender-equality programs with enough funding to achieve its goals. Status of Women Canada and its programs now receive

only 1/100th of a percent of federal program spend-ing. - Call for Action: Help get more money in the federal budget for child care. CFUW members are invited to tell the finance committee stories about the state of childcare in Canada. Important Dates: Nov 15: Deadline for Intents to Submit a Resolution for AGM 2018 Jan 15: Deadline to submit the completed draft pro-posed

Please look for fuller information in the CFUW binder in the Ralph Connor Room.

BREAKING NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS Our Club is honoured to be hosting the 2019 Centenary meeting of the CFUW August 13 to 18, 2019. The first meeting of CFUW was held at the Fort Garry Hotel in August of 1919 and we are pleased to be able to return to that venue in 2019!

UWC at Prairie Gathering, Edmonton, September 28, 29, 2017 Doris Mae Oulton Sandy Millen Mary Scott Leona MacDonald Sylvia Marsh Pat Elliott Janet Goldack (Lto R) Grace Hollett (NL), National President, CFUW