Tuesday, 13 November, 2018 7:00 p.m. Looking Back at Some of the History of CFUW as it enters its 100th yearWe are delighted to welcome Susan Russell to our November meeting and hear her first hand account of many years of service to CFUW - at all levels - local, national and international. Susan Russell was born in Cashel, County Tipperary, in the Republic of Ireland. Her formal education was at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. After graduation, Susan spent six years in Guyana, South America, where she worked as a High School Teacher. Susan has belonged to CFUW since 1980 and has held many positions on the CFUW Board of Directors, including Vice President Ontario, Chair of the CFUW Status of Women Committee (now Advocacy), Resolutions and Vice President International. Current: Vice President CFUW Nepean, member of CFUW Nepean, Ottawa and Wolfville, (NS). 2010-2016: Board member of the Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund; member of the Projects Grants Committee and Chair of the VGIF United Nations Committee
She also holds a City of Nepean Award for Community Service. Susan has been a tireless advocate for the rights of women in Canada and abroad. She advocated for the implementation of UN Peace and Security Resolution 1325 that calls for the inclusion of women in the peace process. She was part of the small group that founded Women, Peace and Security, Canada – a group that meets to discuss women’s issues in conflict with Foreign Affairs, Canada. As part of the Ad Hoc Coalition for Women’s Equality and Human Rights she contribute her expertise and time to ensuring that women’s voices were part of the democratic debate in Canada. This work enhanced the visibility of CFUW as a progressive women’s equality seeking organization. |