Meetings

Our monthly General Meetings start at 7 pm on the fourth Wednesday of the  month in September, October, November, January, February, March, and  April. We offer hybrid meetings which means that you are welcome to attend  in person at McCleister Funeral Home at 495 Park Road North. (Park Road North is the extension of West Street).

Please park at the back of building, enter, and walk past the office on the left to a small hallway. Follow the hallway to the meeting room.

Meetings will start at 7:00 pm sharp. We are asked to bring a food item for the Food Bank to each meeting.

Please note that we have decided to run  our January and February meetings by Zoom only because of the uncertainty of winter weather. This decision is based on our members’ requests and allows our Program Committee to engage speakers from farther afield.  

Our monthly meetings are about 2 hours long, and feature a guest speaker, a  short business meeting, and a time for socializing afterwards. Our members  have asked the Social Committee to reduce the amount of sweets and fruit  that a group of volunteers provide each month, in case you are wondering  about how big a dinner to have before the meeting 🙂

Here are our the speakers for the 2025/26 General Meetings

September: Erin Byron, Psychotherapist specializing in yoga therapy
October: Paulette Breau, retired RCMP officer and author of Never At Ease: A Memoir of a Mountie
November: Kari Astles: Volunteer co-ordinator for the Brant Community Health Services
March: Laurie Macintyre, Executive Director of Jaycees Brantford Non-Profit Homes
April: Brian Wood, curator the Alexander Graham Bell Homestead and expert in local history.

 

May Banquet

On May 28, CFUW Brantford celebrated its 80th anniversary with a bang. Our speaker for the evening, journalist Liz Renzetti, ...

Many Thanks to Bruno Bove!

When illness forced Brian Wood to cancel his talk the day before the April General Meeting, Bruno Bove came to ...

Banquet 2025 Keynote Speaker: Liz Renzetti

As a journalist, columnist and author, Liz Renzetti has been a voice for women for 25 years. In her work ...

May Banquet

Social committee members: Marla M, Jeanne C, Lynne D. Questions? Contact us: ...

Brian Wood knows telephones! Our Speaker at the April 23 General Meeting

Brian Wood knows telephones! After more than 36 years as curator of the Bell Homestead Historic Site, there is not ...

March general meeting: Stephanie McLarty, Recycling of computer parts

Stephanie McLarty is an award-winning young entrepreneur and champion of responsible and sustainable corporate practices. Her company REfficient connects companies ...

New Venue for monthly meetings

CFUW Brantford is on the move! Due to security issues at Thorpe’s Funeral Home, our General Meetings are moving to McCleister ...

The High Ladies: Feb speakers

February 26 General Meeting Speakers The High Ladies began as two moms seeking a creative outlet separate from parenting and ...

January Speaker: Karen Stiller — the art and pleasures of memoir writing

This month Karen Stiller will speak to us about The Art and Pleasures of Memoir Writing. Karen is a teacher ...

November meeting

Dean de St. Croix talked about the fundamentals of artificial intelligence (AI), clarified common misconceptions and explored what AI is—and ...

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