Campaigns and Resources
International Women’s Day 2024
Happy International Women’s Day! International Women’s Day (IWD) is a day to celebrate women in all of their diversity and the enormous strides we’ve made in the movement to achieve gender equality. It’s an opportunity to honour the strength and resilience of the women who have touched our lives-our sisters, mothers, grandmothers, friends, teachers, fellow…
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Statement on National Pharmacare Plan
Statement on National Pharmacare Plan CFUW-FCFDU joins Canadians across the country in celebrating the introduction of legislation for a national pharmacare program. In 2017, CFUW-FCFDU resolved as a national body to urge the federal, provincial, and territorial governments to deliver universal pharmacare, a publicly funded and financially sustainable drug plan that would cover medically necessary…
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National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women 2023
On this National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women… CFUW-FCFDU remembers the 14 women who were murdered 34 years ago at the École Polytechnique simply because they were women: Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne -Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard,…
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Letter on COP28
The 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, was held from November 30 to December 13 in United Arab Emirates. Canada sent an official delegation to the conference, including Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault. Ahead of COP28 on November 21, CFUW sent a letter to Minister Guilbeault encouraging the…
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Call to Action: The Right to a Healthy Environment
In 2022, CFUW passed a Resolution urging the federal government to enable constitutional recognition that a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is a human right. CFUW recognizes that without a healthy environment, all other human rights are compromised-the preservation of the environment is central to the improvement of the status of women. We also know…
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16 Days of Activism 2023
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign, and one of the largest organizing strategies in the prevention and elimination of gender-based violence around the world. It begins on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and ends on December 10, Human Rights Day. CFUW…
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Brief on Bill C-35 (Early Learning and Child Care)
Parliamentary Brief Submitted to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, Regarding Bill C-35, An Act Respecting Early Learning and Child Care in Canada CFUW-FCFDU is a national, non-partisan, self-funded organization with 94 clubs across Canada and over 6,600 members. Our mission is to achieve educational and economic equality and social justice…
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Letter on the War and Humanitarian Crisis in Israel and Gaza
On October 27, 2023, CFUW National sent a letter on the war and humanitarian crisis in Israel and Gaza to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as well as Ministers Mélanie Joly, Ahmed Hussen, Bill Blair, and Marci Ien, and Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Rae. Read the letter here.
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Fall Advocacy Package 2023
Take a look at the resolutions adopted at CFUW’s 2023 Policy Session in this year’s 2023 Fall Advocacy Package (in French here). Each resolution has a backgrounder, take action page, and template advocacy letter to guide CFUW clubs in their advocacy work this fall. We encourage CFUW members to review the “Who Does What?” guidelines…
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Response to the Recent Attack at Gender Studies Class at the University of Waterloo
STATEMENT JUNE 30, 2023 CFUW is deeply saddened to hear about the recent attack at the University of Waterloo. The attack happening in a gender studies class brings back painful memories of the 1989 Polytechnique Massacre, where gender and hate were a motivator for violence. Schools and campuses should be a place of safety, for…
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