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Wanted: more Canadian Fellows for IWF's Leadership Foundation
September 5, 2008 | National
IWF Canada needs your support to ensure that this country's most outstanding women are well represented among IWF's Leadership Foundation Fellows. You can help by bringing strong candidates to our attention or by donating to the program (if you'd like to do both, so much the better). [More]
Remembering Helen Gardiner, cultural visionary
August 6, 2008 | National
Helen Gardiner, a visionary cultural philanthropist and a friend to many of us in IWF, died on July 22 at the family farm in Caledon East where she once hosted the Toronto Chapter for an unforgettable day. [More]
July 3, 2008 | National
On July 1 the Right Honourable Kim Campbell, a longtime friend to many of us in IWF, was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada. [More]
IWF Canada hosts Russian Members in Ottawa
June 11, 2008 | International
Two members of IWF Russia, Natalia Yakunin and Natalia Dubinina, were part of the Russian delegation for an international conference on “Education as a Dialogue Model of Social Development” held in Ottawa on June 11-13. IWF Canada members Diana Burke and Helen Hirsh Spence were also guests at the conference thanks to the generous invitation of Natalia Dubinina. Helen Hirsh Spence then hosted a dine around at her country estate outside Ottawa for the visiting IWF Russia members. [More]
IWF Canada mourns Dr. Sheela Basrur
June 5, 2008 | National
Dr. Sheela Basrur, who died on June 2 at age 51 after an arduous but graceful pas de deux with a rare form of cancer, was a leader in public health, a mentor in the art of living and an infallibly radiant presence in the IWF community. [More]
Dr. Sheela Basrur receives the Order of Ontario
April 20, 2008
In a special ceremony at her hospital bed, where she is undergoing cancer treatment, the indomitable Dr. Sheela Basrur received the province's highest honour, the Order of Ontario, on April 10. [More]
IWF Montreal annouces next chapter president
April 14, 2008 | Montreal
It is with great pleasure that I am announcing Deborah Trudeau as the next Montreal Chapter President. [More]
Congratulations to Mary Aitken
April 7, 2008 | Toronto
YWCA Toronto Woman of Distinction 2008 Entrepreneurship Award - to IWF member Mary Aitken [More]
Sheela Basrur's latest honour: an agency in her name
March 21, 2008 | National
On March 4, the groundbreaking new Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion was named the Sheela Basrur Centre. This milestone marks the five-year anniversary of the SARS outbreak, when Sheela's leadership inspired Canadians. [More]
Congratulations to Gloria Epstein
January 4, 2008 | Members in the News
Toronto IWF Chapter member The Honourable Gloria J. Epstein, Q.C., a Judge of the Superior Court of Justice in and for the Province of Ontario, has been appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. Madam Justice Epstein will fill the remaining pool position at the Court of Appeal for Ontario. [More]
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