Material Type

Administrative History

Date

1949-

Synopsis

In 1949, members of the Vancouver University Club living on the North Shore formed the West Vancouver Women's Graduate Group. In 1956, the group voted to become affiliated with the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) founded in 1919, and by 1957 the group became the West Vancouver University Women's Club. In 1989, structural changes to the Canadian Federation of University Women led to a consequent name change of the local group to Canadian Federation of University Women - West Vancouver. The Canadian Federation of University Women is a member of the International Federation of University Women.

Mandate

The mandate of the Canadian Federation of University Women is: firstly, to encourage advanced study and research by women university graduates; secondly, to arouse and sustain among members an intelligent interest in all aspects of public affairs in the political, social, cultural and scientific fields and to encourage an active participation in such affairs by qualified women; thirdly, to foster a sense of responsibility and encourage women university graduates to place their educational and professional training at the service of the community in local, national and international fields and to be concerned with human rights and at the same time to safeguard and improve the economic, legal and professional status of Canadian women; and fourthly. to participate in the work of the International Federation of University Women in order to bring about understanding, friendship and cooperation among women university graduates, irrespective of race, religion or political opinion.

Parent Bodies

International Federation of University Women

Canadian Federation of University Women

Chief Officers

Cicely Pierrot (President 1949-1951)

Doris Anderson (President 1951-1952)

Edith Griffiths (President 1952-1954)

Muriel Leeson (President 1954-1955)

Rosilin Watts (President 1955-1956)

Margaret Dalton (President 1956-1957)

Jean Baynes (President 1957-1958)

Doris Appelbe (President 1958-1959)

Beverley Field (President 1959-1960)

Dorothy Gordon (President 1960-1961)

Mary Gilleland (President 1961-1962)

Joan Myers (President 1962-1963)

Esme Temoin (President 1963-1964)

Margaret Williams (President 1964-1965)

Peggy Rich (President 1965-1966)

Mignon Donovan (President 1966-1967)

Dorothy Bleue (President 1967-1968)

Marjorie West (President 1968-1969)

Nora Wheeler (President 1969-1970)

Barbara Woods (President 1970-1971)

Sheila Candy (President 1971-1972)

Gillian Taylor (President 1972-1973)

Mary Neil (President 1973-1974)

Eleanor Stockner (President 1974-1975)

Eleanor Reymeyer (President 1975-1976)

Wendy Patton (President 1976-1977)

Elizabeth Mendgen (President 1977-1978)

Margaret Ramsay (President 1978-1979)

Margaret Filmer (President 1979-1980)

Sharon Miles (President 1980-1981)

Margaret Campbell (President 1981-1982)

Guninder Mumick (President 1982-1983)

Marney Peirson (President 1983-1984)

Ann Barber (President 1984-1985)

Carol Mitten (President 1985-1986)

Penny Rinald (President 1986-1987)

Selma Jo Richards (President 1987-1988)

Jay Coulter (President 1988-1989)

Margaret Rogers (President 1989-1990)

Claudia Paton (President 1990-1991)

Jean Johnston (President 1991-1992)

Nora Wheeler (President 1992-1993)

Ruth Gunn (President 1993-1994)

Marilyn Miller (President 1994-1995)

Margaret Worrall (President 1995-1996)

Laura Cooney (President 1996-1997)

Iola Knight (President 1997-1998)

Madge Wiesman (President 1998-2000)

Maggi Mowatt (President 2000-2001)

Fiorenza Albert-Howard (President 2001-2002)

Eleanor Scarth (President 2002-2003)

Phyllis Scott (President 2003-2004)

Jan Harvey (President 2004-2005)

Official Names

Canadian Federation of University Women. West Vancouver

Predecessor

Vancouver University Club

West Vancouver Women's Graduate Group

West Vancouver University Women's Club

Repository

West Vancouver Archives

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