AGM Quebec Council of CFUW AGA Conseil Québecois de la FCFDU
The AGM for the Quebec Council of CFUW will be held on April 27, 2024 and this year it will be hosted by MLUWC.
Please find attached the Invitation and Registration form. It includes some preliminary information and payment instructions. Be sure to register!
We Are Going! From Earth to the Moon, and All Things Between and Beyond. This presentation will demonstrate how Canadian students and their global counterparts are preparing for future space exploration missions to the moon and beyond. Learn how even the youngest children are doing important research through carbon farming so our global citizens can continue to provide food for our planet. Learn about the ever-increasing STEM and STEAM education movement to prepare young minds to meet the needs of our planet and other planets in the solar system. See how Science Yourself: No G's About It is providing hands-on, real-life space exploration experiences for everyone from K to Grey. Dianea Carroll Phillips
We have some exciting news! The MLUWC Networking Group has joined forces with Maison WILOH for a last-minute breakfast networking event. Please Save the Date... Monday May 13th, 8 - 10 am Maurizio's on St-Charles in Kirkland Omelette Breakfast Cost: $25 - payment details to follow - there will be a paypal link RSVP Deadline - Wednesday May 8th Net proceeds from the event will go to benefit Maison WILOH To Register CLICK HEREThere may be door prizes ! Communicate with Veronica if you want to donate a door prize. Linda Sestock, MLUWC Networking Veronica Desaulniers, Maison WILOH https://maisonwiloh.org/en/
We look forward to seeing you at this year's AGM! When: Wednesday May 15, 2024 Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Where: The Church of Saint John the Baptist 233, avenue Sainte-Claire, Pointe-Claire H9S 4E3 Format: Finger foods, savoury and sweet, wine and non-alcoholic beverages will be served Cost: $20 Registration and payment is required PayPal payment link is in the regitration form as well as instructions on how to pay via e-transfer Link to Register Note: Your payment is your confirmation
The program for the evening is as follows:
7:00 p.m.: Social time. Catch up with friends and partake in finger foods.
7:30 p.m.: Business Meeting - We will be hearing a few words from our Scholarship Recipients (Agenda will be included in the reminder email sent at the end of the week)
8:15 p.m.Guest Speakers
Scholarship Recepients
Marvin Rotrand on Human Rights
Marvin Rotrand is a former Canadian politician, last sitting as an independent. He previously served as a member of Montreal City Council, representing the district of Snowdon. Rotrand served on Montreal city council from 1982 until 2021, and was its dean for several years; he worked full-time in his duties.
Rotrand holds a Bachelor of Arts in history from SirGeorge Williams University and a Bachelor of Education from McGill University. Prior to becominga city councillor, he was a high school history teacher.
Rotrand’s political career had him part of the Montreal Citizens' Movement (MCM) which he left for the Coalition Démocratique in 1989. He was then a member of the Union Montréal political party,which he quit to sit as an independent on November 15, 2012, following the corruption allegations against the party in the Charbonneau commission hearings. In the election of November 3, 2013, he was elected as a councillor for Coalition Montreal - Equipe Marcel Cote, of which he eventually became interim leader.
After represented the Snowdon district for 39 years under eight different mayors, he left city politics for a new position at B’nai Brith’s League of HumanR ights as National Director.
From 2002 to 2017, he also served as the Vice-Chair of the Société de transport de Montréal (Montreal Transit Commission) and the president of its finance committee and of its customer service committee.