CFUW Etobicoke

10/04/2026

CFUW Etobicoke Speakers Series presents: Colonel Melanie Lake
October 15, 2026 at 7pm at Fairfield Center, Etobicoke
Colonel Lake graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada with a degree in Chemical Engineering and a Masters in Defence Studies. She has served in all three Combat Engineer Regiments in Canada. She deployed to Afghanistan three times under NATO’s International Security Assistance Force. She currently serves as the Joint Force Engineer for CAF’s new Joint Force Command and recently completed her 3-year term as Deputy Chair of the NATO Committee on Gender Perspective Executive Committee and is a member of the Women in International Security-Canada Advisory Council.In 2024, she was named one of Canada’s Top Women in Defence.

09/01/2026

In 2026–27, CFUW Etobicoke will celebrate 75 years of friendship, learning, advocacy, and service. Since our founding in March 1952, our Club has been part of the wider Canadian Federation of University Women, a national organization established in 1919 with a longstanding commitment to education, culture, charitable work, and the advancement of women and girls.

Our story began in a rapidly growing postwar Etobicoke. At the time, the nearest club was the University Women’s Club of Toronto on St. George Street—a difficult trip, especially before the subway system existed. In response, a group of women came together to form a club closer to home. Twenty-five attended the organizing meeting in March 1952; by June, membership had grown to 66.

Seventy-five years later, that same spirit of community and purpose continues to define CFUW Etobicoke. Throughout this anniversary year, we will take part in activities that reflect the CFUW mission of improving the status of women and girls.

06/21/2026

National Indigenous Peoples Day is celebrated annually on June 21. In 2026. It marks the historic 30th anniversary of the holiday, offering a prime opportunity to recognize the cultures, traditions, and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples in Canada.

The day intentionally coincides with the summer solstice—the longest day of the year—which holds deep spiritual and cultural significance for Indigenous communities as a time of renewal and connection.

06/08/2026

June is National Indigenous History Month.

We talk of looking at things from different perspectives as being an important skill. Empathy is based on being able to see things from another person’s point of view.

The Indigenous peoples have an interesting way of explaining that. They call it Two-Eyed Seeing. It talks of integrating Indigenous knowledge with Western knowledge in a way that benefits everyone. It is about seeing the world in which one eye is the Indigenous perspective and the other eye is the other eye Western perspective.

It’s called Etuaptmumk in Mi'kmaq language.

05/10/2026

Supporting post-secondary education for women has been a priority for our Club since 1987 when the Trust was established as the University Women’s Club of Etobicoke Scholarship Fund now the CFUW Etobicoke Charitable Trust.

04/10/2026

Mark your calendar for April 25.

One of the biggest arts and fine craft sales of the year is back!

03/26/2026

Eid Mubarak!

Eid ul-Fitr is the first of the two main festivals in Islam. The holiday falls on the first day of Shawwal, the tenth month of the Islamic calendar. One of the most important Islamic celebrations, Eid-ul-Fitr is celebrated by Muslims worldwide as it marks the end of the month-long, dawn-to-dusk fasting (sawm) during Ramadan. Hence it is also called Festival of Breaking the Fast.

The holiday is known under various other names in different languages and countries around the world.

03/05/2026

CFUW Etobicoke reminds you to support International Women's Day.

provides a key opportunity for groups and organizations to celebrate women's achievements worldwide ✨. also elevates a focus on forging positive change as groups reinforce and amplify their ongoing commitment to supporting women's advancement 💜. How are you marking and what will you gender equality?

👉 https://bit.ly/IWD2026

02/22/2026

Ramadan is considered one of the holiest months of the year for Muslims. In Ramadan, Muslims commemorate the revelation of the Qur’an, and fast from food and drink during the sunlit hours as a means of drawing closer to God and cultivating self-control, gratitude, and compassion for those less fortunate. At the end of Ramadan, Muslims celebrate one of their major holidays called Eid ul-Fitr or the “Festival of the Breaking of the Fast.”

The greeting for someone who is fasting is Ramadan Mubarak, which is more formal, or Ramadan Kareem.