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A New Location for Monthly Meetings
Starting in September, 2026, our Wednesday evening meetings will be held at the Best Western on Holiday Inn Drive in Brantford. At the May AGM, members voted unanimously for the move. This change was made to allow more time for our meetings, especially for socializing after the business part of the meetings. While we are grateful to McCleister for hosting us for the past year, we have had to sacrifice some things due to the time constraints at that site. The room we will be using at Best Western is the Alexander Graham Bell room across from the main reception desk. It will be available to us for as long as we would like each evening. It will be wonderful to have time for our meetings, for the speakers, and especially for chatting over treats at the end of the meeting. Hope to see you all there at 7:00 pm on September 23.
Colette W for the Search Committee
Games group
The games group meet on April 9, 2026 and played farkle….which sounds naughty but is not
. Teddy B. Is the reigning champion.
Food for thought
The food for thought group meet on april 6, 2026. Dinner and conversation were lovely but the highlight of the evening was the key lime pie made by Barb S. which was a work of art.
Jennifer Seberras speaks at CFUW Brantford’s 2026 May Banquet
We are excited to announce that Jennifer Seberras, P. Log, will be the guest speaker at this year’s May banquet, Jennifer began her career by founding, building and eventually selling a multi-million dollar transportation and logistics company in an industry dominated by men. She learned on the job what it really takes to build a business from the inside out. From her experience, she recognized a recurring gap: many women were capable, driven and ambitious, but lacked practical support and real-world guidance to navigate the perils of entrepreneurship. Jennifer has founded Leadership Hub to address that gap.
Jennifer now works with women across all stages of business, from start-ups to established high-growth companies run by women. She helps them develop clarity, confidence and sustainable strategies, skills she wished she had when growing her own business. In addition to this coaching work, Jennifer hosts Women Who Dared, a growing series of curated luncheons and events which bring together women entrepreneurs, leaders and professionals, whose conversations support and mentor other women who are developing companies. Through Leadership Hub and Women Who Dared, Jennifer creates spaces where women can connect, learn and support one another as they grow. Jennifer comes highly recommended, and we look forward to her talk to CFUW Brantford.
Nova Vita: Our annual donation tradition
Book chat at lunch
We had a small group today because of the weather but that gave us time to discuss for great books at length. Natalie told us about Kristin Hannah’s Magic Hour, an unputdownable novel by one of her favourite authors. Leslie inhaled Wally Lamb’s The River is Waiting, a novel recommended at an earlier gathering by Marsha. A heartbreaking and transformational story. Norah has embarked on the worthy goal of reading Sue Grafton’s novels from the beginning, and so got A and B via inter-library loan. She read excerpts to us to give us the flavour of how this series began. Very interesting! Marsha just finished Philip Pullman’s La Belle Savage, book one of his The Book of Dust trilogy and she thoroughly enjoyed being plunged into the origin story of Lyra and being immersed in the brave selflessness of Malcolm and Alice and their treacherous journey on La Belle Savage. Even for those who don’t like fantasy, Pullman makes his worlds so real that you can’t help but love the stories.
September 24th speaker
Some members of CFUW Brantford may know Erin Byron from her years of operating Welkin Wellness Yoga Studio in Brantford,
or from her books related to yoga therapy. Erin is a registered psychotherapist who, over twenty years, has helped many
clinicians, business professionals and others enhance their personal health and wellness, and improve their corporate cultures.
Erin will explore the building blocks of wellness and, through a variety of activities and science-backed data, will give us some
tools to feel less stressed, be more present in our lives, and enjoy a greater sense of well-being. Erin’s three books: Yoga for the
Creative Soul ($20), Safety in the Body ($20), and Yoga Therapy for Arthritis ($30), will be available for purchase at our general
meeting on September 24. (Please arrive early if you are planning to purchase a book as books will be available during the
social period from 6:30 to 7:00.)
Colette W for the CFUW Brantford Program Committee
The bookaholics are at it again!
The Monday afternoon book club met again and as usual, we read a TON of good books. Norah presented Patriot by Alexei Navalny (fairly interesting and detailed but overlong and wordy) and posed for this pic.
Other books read and highly recommended:
Closed Doors by Lisa O’Donnell, Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton, Angels and Demons by Dan Brown, This Will Be Difficult to Explain and Other Stories by Johanna Skibsrud, The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis, She Didn’t See It coming by Robyn Harding, Anatomy of a Con Artist: The 14 Red Flags to Spot Scammers, Grifters, and Thieves by Johnathan Walton and Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris.
Walking with a friend!
We had spectacular weather for walking today: no humidity, no mosquitoes, nice shade and great conversations. Plus we made a new friend. Here they are, hitch-hiking on Wendy B’s hat!
