M.B.P.W. NEWS

YOUR CURRENT PROVINCIAL EXECUTIVE

President: Elaine Elliott - Selkirk Club,
321 Superior Avenue, Selkirk, MB, R1A 0Z9
Home: 482-6741 Fax: 785-1703
Email: jsearch1@mts.net

1st. Vice President: Lorri Apps - Winnipeg Club,
270 Ashland Avenue, Winnipeg, MB., R3L 1L4
Home: 452-0428
Email: aplor@mts.net

2nd Vice President: Colleen Allan, - Selkirk Club,
58 Captain Andrews Kennedy Road, St. Andrews, MB, R1A 2X5
Home:338-0862 Work: 994-6283 Fax: 786-7768
Email: callan@afm.mb.ca

Secretary: Sandra McKnight, - Winnipeg Club,
602 Selkirk Avenue, Selkirk, MB, R1A 0G8
Home:482-6753
Email: ubique@mb.sympatico.ca

Treasurer: Agnes Gillespie - Selkirk Club,
5 Bell Bay, Selkirk, MB, R1A 0J1
Home:482-9863, Fax: 785-2415
Email:wfizell@shaw.ca

Past President: Carol Pelton - Thompson Club,
23 Cornell Place, Thompson, MB, R8N 0H4
Home: 677-3348 Fax: 677-6249
Email: pelcon@norcom.mb.ca

COMMITTEES:

Federation Promotion: Carol Pelton
Projects & Programs: Colleen Allan
Personal Development: To be Decided!
International Affairs: Norma Leahy - Thompson Club
Provincial Council of Women - To be decided!
Public Affairs:
Publicity & Public Relations/Newsletter: Carol Pelton
Resolutions & By-Laws: Barbara Barnett - Fontaine, 3797 Ross Farm Road, East St. Paul, MB., R2E 1E1 H: 237 - 7323 W: 945 - 1517 F: 948 - 2539 Email: bbarnettfo@gov.mb.ca
International Peace Gardens: Irene Grant, Winnipeg Club, 904 Crescent Dr., Winnipeg, R3R 1X2 H: 474-2210 Email: www.peacegarden.com
Budget and Finance: Agnes Gillespie
Young Career Woman:

Selkirk Rep:
Thompson Rep: Norma Leahy, 51 Rainbow Cres., Thompson, MB., R8N 1A9 H: 677 - 2228 Email: nleahy@mb.sympatico.ca
Winnipeg Rep: Lorri Apps

Club Presidents:
Selkirk: Colleen Allan
Thompson: Norma Leahy
Winnipeg: Executive Committee

 

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Provincially:
Board Meeting: Winnipeg Club - March 1/03
BPW Annual Conference: Thompson Club - June 13 - 15/03

Nationally:
BPW Mid Term Board Meeting - Vancouver - July 11 - 13/03
BPW Bienniel Convention - Regina - July/04

Internationally:
North American - Non - Spanish Speaking Caribbean Regional Conference - February/04. Sharon Selkirk is looking for a host affiliate. More details to come.

ON THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT:

Canada was well represented in Melbourne, Australia this past October. Antoinette Ruegg, from Switzerland, is the International President 2002 - 2005. Fittingly, the next International Congress will be held in Switzerland June 2005.
BPW Canada received two Outstanding Medals - BPW Canada for the "Career Skills Achievement" Program and BPW Regina for the "Career Unlimited 2001" project. Two of the three Outstanding BPW Leaders were from Canada : Darla Campbell, 1st Vice President and Dr. Shannon MacNeil, Past President of BPW Regina.
Sharon Selkirk was elected as the Regional Representative for the BPW members of the North America and the Non - Spanish Speaking Caribbean region. Good Luck Sharon!

ON THE NATIONAL CIRCUIT:

All members should have received the National mailings. Barbara Hall, National Secretary, has also put out the first newsletter by email. Clubs News for the national mailing can be sent to: Marge Donovan, Administrative Secretary, 1487 Duncan Avenue. E., Penticton, B.C., V2A 2X5. Fax:(250)492-4333 Email: midonovan@shaw.ca (note new email address)

ON THE PROVINCIAL CLUB CIRCUIT:

SELKIRK:
Selkirk Club under the direction of Colleen Allan has continued to hold monthly meetings. Regular meeting times is the last Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Location of meeting may vary. The Club participated in the St. Andrews Craft Sale in November.

THOMPSON:
Regular meetings continue to be held in Thompson under the direction of Wendy Hodgson, program chair. A balance of speakers and networking meetings offer variety for the members and guests.

WINNIPEG:
An Executive Committee continues to keep the Winnipeg organized and providing a variety of guest speakers. Meetings are the last Tuesday at the Sheraton. Winnipeg is hosting the Spring Board Meeting for BPW Manitoba.

"Degree of Women's Homelessness Underestimated Study Finds"

The full extent of women's homelessness is severely underestimated, a new study finds. Commissioned by the charitable organization, Sistering, and funded by Health Canada and the Status of Women Canada, "Common Occurrence: The Impact of Homelessness on Women's Health" highlights homelessness as a significant women's health issue that seriously impacts women's emotional, mental, spiritual and physical health.

Building on the realization that women's homelessness has not been adequately represented in other studies, and that the continuum of homelessness for women has not been fully understood, researchers sought to incorporate both 'hidden' and 'visible' homelessness in their report.

Visible homelessness includes women who stay in emergency hostels and shelters and those who sleep rough in places considered unfit for human habitation, such as parks and ravines, doorways, vehicles and abandoned buildings.

Hidden homelessness includes women who are temporarily staying with friends or family or are staying with a man only in order to obtain shelter and those living in households where they are the subjects of family conflict or violence. Hidden homelessness also includes situations where women are paying so much of their income for housing that they cannot afford the other necessities of life, such as food; those who are at risk of eviction; and those living in illegal and physically unsafe buildings, or in overcrowded households. Researchers also address women's homeless - specific health concerns including barriers homeless women's face in the current systems of support. The study finds that social and medical services are not fully responsive to homeless women's health care issues and needs. The report includes a number of recommendations that reflect the lived realities of homeless women's lives. For further information contact arobertson@sistering.org


Editor's Request:
I would like an updated club roster as well as news items forwarded to me @ 23 Cornell Place, Thompson, MB. R8N 0H4. Fax: 204 - 677 - 6249 Email: pelcon@norcom.mb.ca.

Any information for the Web Page can be emailed to wrpelton@autobahn.mb.ca for updating.


Link to: Previous Newsletter March 2002