ACTEW held the 2007-2008 Annual General Meeting on April 17th, 2008, at the SteelWorkers Union Hall in Toronto.
The meeting was open to all ACTEW members and public.
Highlights of the meeting include:
The unveiling of ACTEW’s new mission and strategic directions
A keynote address by Nancy Peckford on Canadian Women, Sevices and Public Policy: A Report from the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Musical performances by Megobrebi, a Georgian women’s singing ensemble
Many thanks to Marco Campana from the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI) for helping ACTEW launch its first webcast of the annual general meeting.
Also, thank-you out-of-town ACTEW members who participated in the webcast and helped to make it a success.
See below for webcast recordings.
ACTEW Strategic Plan Overview (17:44)
Through funding from the Trillium Foundation, ACTEW embarked on a strategic planning and resource development process in the summer of 2007 to be implemented over 2008-2010. With input from our members and select key stakeholders, ACTEW has created a visionary framework to support, sustain, and strengthen the employment and training sector servicing women in Ontario.
Canadian Women, Services and Public Policy: A Report from the UN Commission on the Status of Women
ACTEW was honored to have Nancy Peckford present the keynote address for this years annual general meeting. Nancy Peckford is currently the program director at the Candian Feminist alliance for International Action (FAFIA). FAFIA is dedicated to improving governments' compliance with its human rights obligations to women in Canada.
Nancy has cultivated her feminist leanings through her work with the St. John's women's centre (in Newfoundland and Labrador), as National Lobby Coordinator for the Canadian Women's March Committee to End Poverty and Violence Against Women (2000), researcher with the National Association of Women and the Law (2001), provincial coordinator of the Ontario Women's Network on Child custody and Access (2002), and program officer with the Canadian Labour Congress' Women's and Human Rights Department (2003).
ACTEW was pleased to present musical guests Megobrebi: a Torontonian Georgian Singing Ensemble, who performed a series of beautiful Georgian vocal harmonies for this year's meeting.
Megrobebi Part 1 (2:26)
Megobrebi Part 2 (17:28)
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