2020 Ontario Council Recognition Awards
The Ontario Council Recognition Awards have again been awarded this year, with thanks to the clubs who have applied. This year clubs were asked to highlight one project only. The award winners are listed below, along with their projects. More information about these can be found here.
The Carolyn Day Award for Environmental Action has again been presented this year. This award was created in honour of Carolyn Day, a Past-President of Ontario Council, 1998-2000, who was the Environment, Clean Water and Great Lakes Policy Advisor from 2000 until her death in 2018, having written more than 40 briefs and letters for Ontario Council.
Teri Shaw, Kathy Wosnick, Isobel Boyle, Anne Cordon – CFUW Advocacy Committee, 2018-2020
ONTARIO COUNCIL RECOGNITION AWARDS
| Club | Project |
| CFUW Etobicoke as a member of CFUW Toronto Housing Group | HOUSING FOR ALL advocacy providing a united, collective voice for affordable housing and healthy communities in Toronto |
| CFUW Guelph | Celebrating Women: International Women’s Day 2020 Posters project |
| CFUW Leaside-East York as a member of CFUW Toronto Housing Group | HOUSING FOR ALL for affordable housing and healthy communities in Toronto |
| CFUW Markham-Unionville | 100th Anniversary Cookbook with members’ recipes – raised $3773 for Education Fund |
| CFUW Milton & District | 100th Anniversary Project: 100 Years/100 Women – Celebrating Milton’s Trailblazers with sculpture, Opening Night Gala, booklet |
| CFUW North Bay | Perspectives on Education – 3-part Speaker Series. |
| CFUW North Toronto | Advocacy to end homelessness, especially for women and girls in conjunction with a number of agencies |
| CFUW North Toronto as a member of CFUW Toronto Housing Group | HOUSING FOR ALL for affordable housing and healthy communities in Toronto |
| CFUW Orangeville & District | Women’s Campaign School – a Federation of Canadian Municipalities demonstration project |
| CFUW Scarborough as a member of CFUW Toronto Housing Group | HOUSING FOR ALL for affordable housing and healthy communities in Toronto |
| CFUW Scarborough | Annual fashion show raising over $57,000 for scholarships and community over the years |
| UWC of North York as a member of CFUW Toronto Housing Group | HOUSING FOR ALL for affordable housing and healthy communities in Toronto |
| UWC Toronto as a member of CFUW Toronto Housing Group | HOUSING FOR ALL for affordable housing and healthy communities in Toronto |
| UWC Toronto | A new scholarship charity which has given over $100,000 to scholarships and community |
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
| CFUW Leaside-East York | Coldest Night of the Year, Feb. 22 – $3375 for Sistering, Bloor St. West Women’s Shelter |
| CFUW Muskoka | CFUW Muskoka Lecture Series |
| CFUW Perth & District | Coldest Night of the Year – $1100 for Cornerstone Landing, a non-profit support organization for youth re homelessness |
| CFUW Sudbury | Environmental action including Regional gathering, petition, meetings |
CAROLYN DAY AWARD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION
| CFUW Haliburton Highlands | Environment Haliburton connection including speaker series, newsletter articles, member actions with a number of other environmental groups |
Advocacy Award Booklets from 2003-2004 through 2018-2019 are archived in DropBox and can be viewed or downloaded HERE.
