Our Events
The Club offers several activities, such as monthly dinner meetings, a book club, a Speaker Series, an annual Shaw Festival trip, an annual lobster dinner, and so much more.
Monthly Dinners
The Club meets monthly, September to May, on the 3rd Monday of the month. Our meetings are held at various local restaurants (or over Zoom during restrictions).
The business meetings are followed by a three-course dinner and a local Speaker.
Upcoming & Recent Events
April 26, 2025
Annual Fund-raising Book Sale—Raising Dollars for Scholars
St. Andrews Church Parish Hall, 156 Main Street West, Grimsby
Women scholars get scholarships and you get great books at a great price!
April 21, 2025
Speakers: Marion Quirk, RN, BHSc & Jan Fedyczko, RN, BA, MHSc
Title of Talk: TBA
February 14, 2025
Annual Lobster Dinner and Silent Auction Fundraiser
Proceeds from this ever popular event support scholarships for post secondary education.
January 20, 2025
Speaker: Tricia Cosgrove, BA (Labour Studies) & MEd (Continuing Education & Counselling Psychology)
Title of Talk: The Niagara Sexual Assault Centre
November 18, 2024
Speaker: Jolie Phuong Hoang (https://www.joliehoang.com/), Mathematics Professor at Niagara College and author of “Anchorless” and “Three Funerals for My Father”
Title of Talk: My Publication Journey
October 21, 2024
Speaker: Julie Stobbe (https://mindoverclutter.ca/), Professional Organizer, Lifestyle Organizing Coach, and owner of Mind Over Clutter
Title of Talk: Mind Over Clutter Takes the Clutter Out of Your Mind
September 16, 2024
Speaker: Nancy Taber (https://www.nancytaber.ca/), Professor, Educational Studies, Brock University, and author of “Sea of Spectres”
Title of Talk: Ghosts, Phantom Ships, and the Acadian Expulsion
April 20, 2024
Annual Fund-raising Book Sale—Raising Dollars for Scholars
St. Andrews Church Parish Hall, 156 Main Street West, Grimsby
Women scholars get scholarships and you get great books at a great price!
April 15, 2024
Speaker: Alexis Milligan, An Acclaimed Actor and Movement Director with Shaw Festival
Title of Talk: The Shaw Festival: A Centre for Real Human Connection
March 18, 2024
Monthly supper meeting with group discussion of resolutions to be voted on at upcoming annual national meeting of the CFUW
February 19, 2024
Speakers: Dr. Sherrie Bieman-Copland, a neuropsychologist, & Deidre (Dee) Sperry, a Communications Disorder specialist
Title of Talk: Maximizing Your Brain’s Potential in Everyday Life
February 9, 2024
Annual Lobster Dinner and Silent Auction Fundraiser
Proceeds from this ever popular event support scholarships for post secondary education.
January 15, 2024
Speaker: Dr. Francine McCarthy, Professor of Earth Sciences, Brock University
Title of Talk: The Global Implications of Crawford Lake
November 20, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Julia Baird, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre of Brock University
Title of Talk: Getting to Water Sustainability: Shared Decision Making and Individual Attitudes
October 16, 2023
Speaker: Margaret Pickles, aka “The Bug Lady,” a retired Niagara College science professor
Title of Talk: Bugs are Cool!
September 30—National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
We marked this day by gathering for a group “orange shirt” photo. See our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/CFUWGrimsby)
September 18, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Samah Sabra, the Workplace Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Manager for Niagara College
Title of Talk: Building an Inclusive Organizational Culture - From the Ground Up
June 9, 2023 — Annual visit to Shaw Theatre
Lunch at the Queens Landing Buffet followed by Shaw matinee performance
May 15, 2023 — Annual General Meeting
Dinner at Grand Oak Culinary Market, Vineland ON
Presentation by our 2022 Continuing Education Scholarship Recipient, Beatrice Bromley