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 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. To view the poster for such details as menu, check out our Facebook page,
https://www.facebook.com/CFUWGrimsby
For tickets email lobsterdinnerfundraiser@gmail.com before January 26
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
April 22, 2023
Annual Fund-raising Book Sale—Raising Dollars for Scholars
Women scholars get scholarships and you get great books at a great price!
April 17, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Danielle Sirianni Molnar, Professor of Child and Youth Studies, Brock University
Title of Talk: Young, Perfectionistic, and Struggling: How Perfectionism is Hurting Young People
Sunday March 26, 2023 — “Goof Off” Event
We attended a showing of “Women Talking” at The Film House,
Performing Arts Centre, St. Catharines
February 20, 2023
Speaker: Elvira Prucazyk, MA, PhD Candidate Psychology, Brock University
Title of Talk: Pornography: When and Why Does it Harm Women?
February 3, 2023
Annual Lobster Dinner and Silent Auction Fundraiser
After having to miss two years, we were thrilled to once again host our popular lobster dinner. The proceeds went to scholarships (see the scholarship page for more information about the scholarships we offer).
January 16, 2023
Speaker: Dr. Tiffany Hunt, CPsych
Dr. Hunt, a registered psychologist, discussed the use of breathwork and sound to promote healing.
December 19, 2022
Speaker: Dr. Joshua Black, grief researcher, speaker, consultant, and host of the Grief Dreams Podcast (https://www.griefdreams.ca/)
Title of Talk: Dreams of the Deceased
November 21, 2022
Speaker: Dr. Shauna Pomerantz, Professor of Child and Youth Studies, Brock University
Title of Talk: The Importance of Social Media, Particularly TikTok, in the Lives of Children and Youth
November 18, 2022
Day trip to tour Niagara Gleaners, followed by lunch.
Niagara Gleaners (https://niagaragleaners.org/) collect over three million pounds of surplus produce which they clean, dry, and then distribute worldwide to people in need.
October 17, 2022
Speaker: Dr. Nancy Taber, Brock University, 2022 inductee into the International Adult and Continuing Education (IACE) Hall of Fame
Title of Talk: Researching historical novels: Balancing fact, fiction, and fun
September 19, 2022
Welcome Back ! After two years of online meetings, we had our first face-to-face supper, at the Judge and Jester, Grimsby.