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The next week, on February 19, 1897, the first formal organization of a Women's Institute took place in Saltfleet Township. [3] The original Branch is now known as the Stoney Creek Charter Women's Institute, by Ontario Regulation 352/78. [4]
The Federated Women's Institutes of Canada is an umbrella organization for Women's Institutes in Canada. "The idea to form a national group was first considered in 1912. In 1914, however, when the war began the idea was abandoned. At the war's end, it was Miss Mary MacIssac, Superintendent of Alberta Women's Institute, who revived
Members of the Federation of Women's Institutes of Ontario were eventually successful in finding it and having it re-installed and re-dedicated at the ACWW 23rd Triennial Conference in June, 2001. The ceremony included a re-enactment of Madge's 1936 speech.
Federated Women's Institutes of Canada; Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario; Fédération des femmes du Québec, founded 1966; Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire; Junior League; Lesbian Organization of Toronto; Local Council of Women of Halifax; National Action Committee on the Status of Women, founded 1971; National Council of Women of ...
In Canada the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada (FWIC) is the national organisation, and provincial organisations including Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. As of January 2019 there were 8,000 members in 672 branches across 10 provinces. [34]
Bernice Noblitt – President of the Federated Women's Institute of Canada, women's rights activist and teacher; John C. Parkin – architect; Beryl Potter – activist for the rights of people with disabilities; John Josiah Robinette – lawyer; Murray Ross – founding president of York University; Robert B. Salter – Orthopedic surgeon and ...
Janet Robertson (Chisholm) Lee (1862–1940) was an important figure in the Niagara Region of Canada, best known for her role in the formation of the Women's Institutes in 1897, and for pioneering the Kindergarten program in Hamilton, Ontario. [1]
Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter; Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women; Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies; Canadian Federation of University Women; Canadian Girls in Training; Canadian Women Voters Congress; Canadian Women's Foundation; Canadian Women's Suffrage Association; Catholic Women's League of Canada