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If you would like to help more Liberal women get elected to parliament, please donate to the Judy LaMarsh Fund for Liberal women candidates: https://action.liberal.ca/en/judylamarsh !
You can contribute monthly - $10 or more makes a real difference. If you contribute $100 a month to the $1200 annual maximum, you are automatically a Laurier Club member as well. After the tax credit is factored in, donating this amount could cost you as little as $47.92 a
month. If you would like to host a Judy event, we have created an online toolkit: http://nwlc-clfn.liberal.ca/blog/judy-event-toolkit/ !Contact: Carlene Variyan [email protected] or Mary Pynenburg [email protected]
Johanna Ryan Guy is a life-long Liberal. She ran in the District of Bonavista South in the 2011 Election. She has served as member of that Liberal District, as well as the Federal Liberal Riding of Random-Burin_St. Georges`s Johanna was recently elected President of the Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Women’s Commission. She is also currently seeking the Liberal nomination for the upcoming provincial election in Bonavista South. Her past work experiences lies in the areas of entrepreneurship, marketing, financial planning, fitness and nutrition, as well as computers: and she also has been involved in both the movie and moving industries. With an extensive involvement in, and commitment to community, Johanna has shared her talents and time to advocate for rural development, tourism, fisheries, as well as search and rescue. She is the author of ‘The Ryan`s Commander’ in which she shares the story of the tragic loss of her two brothers in a fishing vessel accident. A long-time resident of Bonavista, Johanna is mother to Bobby Joe and Hannah. Her passion for her district and the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador keeps her actively interested and involved in community and provincial affairs. Contact: [email protected]
July 2014
HAVE YOUR SAY !
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a moment to fill out the 2014 NWLC Member
Survey!!http://nwlc-clfn.liberal.ca/
blog/executive-serve-moment-fill-2014-nwlc-
member-survey/!!If you have any questions,
please contact: Carlene Variyan
WELCOME ON BOARD JOHANNA RYAN GUY!
Johanna Guy
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WELCOME ON BOARD RONDA EVANS, APC VICE-PRESIDENT (WOMEN)
Ronda is an urban Aboriginal woman living in Ajax, Ontario and a member of the North Timiskaming First Nation in Southwestern Quebec. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in economics and philosophy. After entering the workforce, Ronda quickly discovered that helping people to help themselves was her true career calling and “Bay Street” would have to carry on without her. She spent the majority of her federal public service career consulting primarily with Aboriginal community groups. Ronda engaged in community and organizational development support, thereby satisfying her ambition to help people help themselves. For eighteen years prior to retirement, she was a consultant for the Aboriginal Head Start Program where her servant leadership style contributed to the strengthening of Aboriginal families, organizations, and communities. In addition, she also facilitated Aboriginal Women in Leadership workshops. An active community volunteer, Ronda has served as a figure skating club and soccer club board member. She founded the women’s soccer league in Ajax and was part of a small team tasked with revitalizing a soccer club from the ground up and organizing a soccer exchange between Ajax-Pickering and Iqaluit. She was also board member of an Aboriginal Women’s Shelter as well as volunteering as an Infant Loss Facilitator. After retiring Ronda joined the APC Ontario and took on more active and visible roles in her community on the federal and provincial
Liberal Riding Associations where she learned a lot about party organization and the political campaigning process. Ronda recently celebrated thirty years of marriage, adores her grown children, and cherishes her grandsons. She is well traveled and maintains a healthy lifestyle through soccer, hiking mountains around the world (notably reaching the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro), personal training, cycling, running, and all this helps her keep up to her very active grandsons. “We’re still not graduating the numbers we should be. We could have more doctors, more lawyers, more MBA’s. And we need them desperately. We know from experience that when our people serve our own people, we have incredible success.” (2003) ~ Roberta Jamieson Contact: Ronda Evans [email protected] !
If you want to find out more about the Aborginal People’s Commission of the Liberal Party of Canada, or want to get more involved, please see http://apc-cpa.liberal.ca. !Caitlin Tolley, Co-Chair (Female) [email protected] or Kevin Seesequasis, Co-Chair (Male) [email protected]
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YES YOU CAN RUN FOR THE NOMINATION - INTRODUCING SARAH DOUGLAS FOR DARTMOUTH—COLE HARBOUR, NOVA SCOTIA
I love being part of something that is greater than me. I am happiest and at my best when I feel I am contributing to something meaningful, impactful. My candidacy for the federal Liberal nomination in Dartmouth—Cole
Harbour is inspired by my love for our community and my drive to positively contribute to the success of its future. ! Passionate about community engagement and cultural enhancement, I divide my time between work in a provincial constituency office, assisting at a local art gallery, and being part of Halifax’s modern dance community. I surround myself with positive and motivated individuals by volunteering with local initiatives, festivals and projects because I am invested in strengthening our city and working with others to make life better for our neighbours. I believe that we must walk together in order to empower those around us to step forward. ! As a community builder, I know what it means to serve Dartmouth—Cole Harbour. I am inspired by the people who are proud to live here, raise their families, and create avenues to affect positive change in our neighbourhoods. I am motivated by our creative and innovative workforce of entrepreneurs and educators, I am humbled by the generous contributions and sacrifices made by our military families, and I fiercely believe in
the tenacity of those who call Dartmouth—Cole Harbour home. ! I am a candidate for the federal Liberal nomination because our riding deserves a federal representative who knows the strengths of our community and who appreciates its challenges — and there are many. I look forward to leading our riding ahead of those challenges, engaging in more solutions, and empowering our community. !- Sarah Douglas !Contact: [email protected] www.sarahdouglas.ca @sdug04 #DouglasDCH www.facebook.com/DouglasDCH
Sarah Douglas with Halifax Mayor Mike Savage (and former MP for Dartmouth—Cole Harbour) and Kate Hamilton of the Dartmouth Carousel Project
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CAROLINE SAVIC NATIONAL LIBERAL WOMEN’S COMMISSION
VICE- PRESIDENT(QUEBEC)
Caroline Savic was re-elected last February as the Vice-President for Quebec on the National Liberal Women’s Commission during the last Biannual Convention of the LPC. She has enjoyed watching the NWLC grow and gain influence since she started in 1993, becoming Communications Chair on the
National Executive of the Liberal Party of Canada in 2000. Before joining the NWLC, Caroline was Chair of the Quebec Women’s Commission from 1997 to 2005 and had the honor of working for some really fantastic liberal women and helping them with their elections. She has most recently served as campaign co-chair for Linda Julien’s election as the president of the Liberal Party of Canada in Quebec. Caroline has also worked in communications for the successful campaign of the Honourable Stephane Dion for the leadership of the liberal Party of Canada back in 2006. !ELECTED POSITIONS : !• President, Youth in the Saint-Laurent riding
for the first time in 1979. • She was successfully elected to the Quebec
Board in 1995 as Vice-President Anglophone and President of the Quebec Women’s Commission from 1997 to 2005 and again from 2007 to 2009.
• She was elected from 2000 to 2005 on the National Executive as President of the
Standing Committee on Communication and Publicity.
• She is an active member of the Quebec Policy and Women Commissions.
• She co-presided the LPC(Q) Convention in 2005
• She presided the Organisation Commission from 2009 to 2012
• She was elected Vice-President for Quebec on the NWLC in 2012
Her name appears on the list of Canadian Women recognized in the Who’s Who of Canadian Women. !Her objectives are : • To work with the NWLC to increase the
nominations of women candidates in the next Federal elections;
• To promote change that would increase the numbers of women at all levels within the Party structure;
• To educate and encourage women to run for office through programs such as the National Women’s Commission Campaign school;
• To raise awareness about the impact of women's under-representation through policy development;
• To celebrate women in politics by introducing a ‘Political Women of the Year” Award;
• To communicate and implement NWLC's goals and activities through regular newsletters, media releases, Twitter and Facebook activities, and by helping hosting major events. !
Contact: [email protected]
If you would like us to include a profile of a Liberal woman, a candidate or a “greenlit" nomination contestant, please submit 250-350 words plus a photo to [email protected]
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SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM CHERYL STRANGE, NEW PRESIDENT OF MANITOBA WOMEN’S LIBERAL COMMISSION
The Annual General Meeting of the Manitoba Liberal Women's Commission was held on Tuesday, May 27th. The meeting was attended by an enthusiastic group of women of all ages and from many different ridings. Many thanks to those that attended the meeting and who put their names forward to be on the MWLC Executive. The new table officers for the MLWC for 2014/15 are: President: Cheryl Conley-Strange Past President: Georgina Sabesky Vice-President: Trina Racine Treasurer: Nora Fien Manitoba/Saskatchewan NWLC Rep: Gillian Hanson The Commission still has a vacancy for the following position: Director of Organization/Fundraising. There are still positions open for riding reps for the following ridings: Winnipeg North, Elmwood, Provencher, St. Boniface, Portage Lisgar, Selkirk Interlake, Dauphin Swan River and Brandon Souris At future meetings we will have the capability to conference call out of town representatives. If you are in one of these ridings and would like to represent your area on the MWLC, please send me an email and let me know. The MWLC wants to make sure that all women members of the Liberal Party of Canada are aware that membership in the MWLC is automatic, as soon as they purchase a membership for the Liberal Party of Canada (LPC). Our numbers are continuing to grow daily as more and more women sign up to be members of the LPC, especially during this time of nomination meetings. We encourage all members of the MWLC to attend nomination meetings to observe the process of candidate selection for the upcoming federal election in 2015. (a list of upcoming meetings is posted on the LPCM website: http://manitoba.liberal.ca). We would love for you to bring forward any ideas you have for fundraising or other events or policy resolution ideas for the upcoming year. We already have some interesting submissions and we would encourage everyone to be as creative as they can. In the meantime, if you have any questions or concerns or would like to inquire about the available positions on the MLWC Executive, please do not hesitate to contact me. Cheryl Conley-Strange President, MWLC [email protected] !(See page 6 for Cheryl Conley-Strange’s photo and bio)
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WELCOME ON BOARD CHERYL CONLEY-STRANGE, NEW PRESIDENT OF MANITOBA WOMEN’S LIBERAL COMMISSION
!CONTACT US:
Do you have an article, or photos, or notices of upcoming events about women in politics? Mary Pynenburg, President
National Women's Liberal Commission (NWLC) [email protected] Twitter: @womanwhovotes
Complete contact list of the NWLC executive team from across the country: http://nwlc-clfn.liberal.ca/nwlc-executive/
Find us on Facebook: National Women's Liberal Commission https://www.facebook.com/groups/2359386383/
Cheryl Conley-Strange was born and raised in Winnipeg and is a married mother of two grown daughters and she and her husband Tom have two grandchildren. A business college graduate, Cheryl first became involved with the Liberal Party in Manitoba as a young Liberal in 1976. Since working as a poll captain and volunteer office manager in her first election campaign in 1977, Cheryl went on to work on every federal election campaign since 1979. Cheryl has taken on many campaign roles including that of GOTV Chair in six federal elections and was a campaign manager in the recent federal elections of 2008 and 2011. Cheryl has a keen interest in data management and was pleased to fill the role of IT liaison for Manitoba during the Justin Trudeau leadership campaign. Cheryl has had a diverse career in organization and development for several non-profit organizations and proudly served as the Executive Director for the Liberal Party of Canada (Manitoba) from 2002 until her retirement in 2007. Cheryl currently works in a post-retirement position as the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Mayor of Winnipeg. Contact: Cheryl Conley-Strange [email protected]
THE LAST WORD Liberal women have a message for Peter MacKay: !#nomorestereotypes !For more messages and how to get involved, see: http://www.liberal.ca/newsroom/blog/liberal-women-message-peter-mackay/
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