CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN
CFUW Nelson & District
What We Do
We promote lifelong learning and education, support and scholarships, community engagement and advocacy, and other activities to enhance the lives and status of women and girls in our local communities, as well as across BC, Canada and abroad. Check our upcoming events!
Meeting, gatherings & outings
We have monthly general meetings with guest presentations from community groups and sometimes field trips. Some members meet up for hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and environmental clean-up days. Our Book Club meets monthly. We sometimes go out-to-lunch or happy hour, and also have a Hot Chicks (hot springs) Group! Previously, we've had a Bridge Group and Anything-But-Bridge Group,
Public Events
For over 50 years, CFUW Nelson & District has co-hosted a Nelson Municipal All Candidates Forum often with Nelson & District Teachers Association. Join us to hear from candidates on October 7, 2027 at 7 pm at Wildflower School. Our last one was October 11, 2022.
We were excited to host our 4th Stories Inspire Passion: SIP Talks scholarship fundraiser on March 29, 2025 highlighting dynamic Kootenay women leaders. Our 3rd SIP Talks scholarship fundraiser was September 24, 2022. Learn about the dynamic Kootenay women leaders who've presented at our first 3 SIP Talks!
Advocacy & Community Engagement
Many of our club members advocate locally, as well as provincially, nationally, and internationally to improve the lives of women and girls. As members of CFUW National and Graduate Women International (GWI), our club also engages in online policy advocacy and education activities on issues impacting the lives and status of women and girls. In 2022, our Nelson & District club wrote a national CFUW policy resolution for Strengthening Employment Equity.
We always participate in Coldest Night of the Year. On February 27, 2027, please join or sponsor our CFUW Nelson & District CNOY team as we walk to raise funds for Nelson CARES Society and the Ready for Home program that supports residents at Ward Street Place residents to stay warm and safely housed.
Scholarships & Support
Our mission includes raising funds for scholarships and bursaries that we award annually to local women and youth in our community. Our Elizabeth Wallach Scholarship goes to a Grade 12 woman graduating from LV Rogers Secondary School. At Selkirk College, we award a Bursary as well as a Scholarship for a 2nd year student.
Nationally, CFUW's Charitable Trust and its local clubs award close to $1 million annually to women to help them pursue post-secondary studies!
