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WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
Submitted by
E. Marion Brown
Blanche Cunningham,
Alberta Women's Institutes
District 5 Director related
her experiences of attending
her first Federated
Women's Institutes of
Canada conference in
Lennoxville. Quebec June
24- 29/ 03 at the
Cottonwood Hall. Her captive
audience incl uded
members from the Olds-
Sundre and Innisfail
C o n s t i t u e n c i e s
- Cottonwood. Gordon,
Little Red Deer Dorcas,
Mary Riley, Eagle Valley
-'' and Coburn as well as four
members of the Pine Lake
Women's Institute.
Supported by attractively
mounted photos and convention
artifacts, Ms.
Cunningham expressed her
thrill of flying across our
well defined " patch work
quilted" prairies to the
forests and lakes and the
mighty St. Lawrence of our
eastern neighbours. And
neighbours and friends we
were as we participated in
the 16th National
Convention with the theme.
Participation +
Communication =
Achievement, A Formula
for Success.
Keynote speakers were:
Ann Medina, C B C broadcast
journalist; Ashton
Sewlal, motivational speaker;
Elizabeth Rushton,
A C W W Area Pres. for
Canada; Rev. Canon
Heather Thomson, Bishop's
University; and Sharon
McCully, Editor of the
Sherbrooke Record.
Workshop leaders
included: Liliana Padula
and Line Guiguere, Brother
International Corporation;
Genevieve Claver and Rox-
Ann Duchesne, students of
Champlain College who
spent six weeks working in
Peru; Dennis Beaudet,
Bishop's computer specialist;
Tom Fletcher, assistant
professor of environmental
studies; Julia Annette of the
Ontario ROSE program;
and Phyllis Kosik , Alberta
AW1 President Elect presenting
Communicate with
Confidence.
Quebec hosted a series
of entertainment of Irish
Dancing. Blue Grass and
Old Time Music,
Barbershop, Singer Karen
McKenna, doggers, step
dancers and outstanding
fiddle players. Quebec Day
took all delegates and visitors
on a tour of the
Sherbrooke area and south
to the U. S. border. The day
included visits to historic
schools, churches, museums
and monasteries;
renowned border opera
house/ library, wineries and
factories ending with a typical
Quebec dinner at a
" sugar shack" near Granby,
Quebec complete with
maple sugar on snow!
Alberta is continuing to
be twinned with
Newfoundland and
Labrador. As the two
provinces met. President
Mildred Luz of Alberta personally
presented President
Joan MacNeill of
Newfoundland and
Labrador with a monetary
donation for Badger,
Newfoundland - Twinning
in Action!
234 registered as full
time delegates with 19 from
Alberta. Numbers soared
to almost 400 as day time
visitors registered. Awards
were presented for a variety
of competitions and Roy
Brown was again honoured
as the only " Erland Lee"
Award recipient present.
Displays were completed
for all educational studies
and Marion Brown displayed
her C E L E B R A TE
C A N A D A interactive project
board. The Alberta display
board invited
" Canada" to come to
Alberta in 2006 where the
next Federated Convention
will be held.
Congratulations to now
FWIC Past President Faye
MaybeiTy, her Board and
the Conference Committee
for such a successful event.
Blanche Cunningham
concluded the afternoon
presentation by reviewing
the three highlights of her
trip to the Quebec conference:
1) Viewing the mighty
St. Lawrence River
2) Visiting the Notre
Dame Basilique in
Montreal
3) Joining hands with
women across the nation
and singing, " This Land is
Our Land"
Faye Mayberry Presents Roy Brown with
Erland Lee Certificate
Marion Brown meets Twillingate Twin Dianne Vatcher
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Pine Lake History, 2000-December 31, 2007 |
| Subject | AWI; Pine Lake Branch |
| Description | Branch History |
| Language | en |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Type | text |
| Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
| Identifier | awi0811090 |
| Date | 2007 |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Description
| Title | Page 95 |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | AWI Collection |
| Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
| Repository | AU Digital Library |
| Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
| Transcript | WOMEN'S INSTITUTE Submitted by E. Marion Brown Blanche Cunningham, Alberta Women's Institutes District 5 Director related her experiences of attending her first Federated Women's Institutes of Canada conference in Lennoxville. Quebec June 24- 29/ 03 at the Cottonwood Hall. Her captive audience incl uded members from the Olds- Sundre and Innisfail C o n s t i t u e n c i e s - Cottonwood. Gordon, Little Red Deer Dorcas, Mary Riley, Eagle Valley -'' and Coburn as well as four members of the Pine Lake Women's Institute. Supported by attractively mounted photos and convention artifacts, Ms. Cunningham expressed her thrill of flying across our well defined " patch work quilted" prairies to the forests and lakes and the mighty St. Lawrence of our eastern neighbours. And neighbours and friends we were as we participated in the 16th National Convention with the theme. Participation + Communication = Achievement, A Formula for Success. Keynote speakers were: Ann Medina, C B C broadcast journalist; Ashton Sewlal, motivational speaker; Elizabeth Rushton, A C W W Area Pres. for Canada; Rev. Canon Heather Thomson, Bishop's University; and Sharon McCully, Editor of the Sherbrooke Record. Workshop leaders included: Liliana Padula and Line Guiguere, Brother International Corporation; Genevieve Claver and Rox- Ann Duchesne, students of Champlain College who spent six weeks working in Peru; Dennis Beaudet, Bishop's computer specialist; Tom Fletcher, assistant professor of environmental studies; Julia Annette of the Ontario ROSE program; and Phyllis Kosik , Alberta AW1 President Elect presenting Communicate with Confidence. Quebec hosted a series of entertainment of Irish Dancing. Blue Grass and Old Time Music, Barbershop, Singer Karen McKenna, doggers, step dancers and outstanding fiddle players. Quebec Day took all delegates and visitors on a tour of the Sherbrooke area and south to the U. S. border. The day included visits to historic schools, churches, museums and monasteries; renowned border opera house/ library, wineries and factories ending with a typical Quebec dinner at a " sugar shack" near Granby, Quebec complete with maple sugar on snow! Alberta is continuing to be twinned with Newfoundland and Labrador. As the two provinces met. President Mildred Luz of Alberta personally presented President Joan MacNeill of Newfoundland and Labrador with a monetary donation for Badger, Newfoundland - Twinning in Action! 234 registered as full time delegates with 19 from Alberta. Numbers soared to almost 400 as day time visitors registered. Awards were presented for a variety of competitions and Roy Brown was again honoured as the only " Erland Lee" Award recipient present. Displays were completed for all educational studies and Marion Brown displayed her C E L E B R A TE C A N A D A interactive project board. The Alberta display board invited " Canada" to come to Alberta in 2006 where the next Federated Convention will be held. Congratulations to now FWIC Past President Faye MaybeiTy, her Board and the Conference Committee for such a successful event. Blanche Cunningham concluded the afternoon presentation by reviewing the three highlights of her trip to the Quebec conference: 1) Viewing the mighty St. Lawrence River 2) Visiting the Notre Dame Basilique in Montreal 3) Joining hands with women across the nation and singing, " This Land is Our Land" Faye Mayberry Presents Roy Brown with Erland Lee Certificate Marion Brown meets Twillingate Twin Dianne Vatcher |
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