Events

Here is a listing of upcoming CFUW-Ottawa events.          

Upcoming events

    • 22 Sep 2025
    • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    • Mosaic Convention Centre - 2465 St. Laurent Blvd

    Join members to kick off our 2025-26 Season Opener

    Monday, September 22nd from 7:00 -8:30 pm.

    Mosaic Convention Centre - 2465 St. Laurent Blvd

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    • Catch up with old friends, 
    • Bring a friend who may be interested in joining
    • Sign up for your Interest Groups
    • Find some new Interest Groups
    • You can renew your membership too
    • 06 Oct 2025
    • 7:00 PM
    • Hybrid: Riverside United Church, 3191 Riverside Drive and ZOOM



    Jennifer Ditchburn, Journalist, President of the Institute for Research on Public Policy

    Topic: A 'Fireside chat'

    Jennifer Ditchburn is the President and CEO of the Institute for Research on Public Policy. She is a not-for-profit sector executive and seasoned communicator working to make complex public policy issues and politics better understood by Canadians. From 2016 to 2021, she was the Editor-in-Chief of the IRPP’s influential digital magazine, Policy Options.

    Prior to joining the IRPP, Jennifer spent two decades covering national and parliamentary affairs for The Canadian Press and for CBC Television. She is the winner of three National Newspaper Awards, the recipient of the prestigious Charles Lynch Award for outstanding coverage of national issues, and three Canadian Online Publishing silver awards for her columns. In 2015, she was named one of the 10 most influential Hispanic-Canadians. Jennifer sits on the board of the Banff Forum, an influential Canadian leadership network. She is also a fellow at Carleton University’s Political Management program, and an inductee in the Hall of Distinction at CEGEP John Abbott College.

    Jennifer is the co-editor with Graham Fox of the 2016 book The Harper Factor: Assessing a Prime Minister’s Policy Legacy (McGill-Queen’s University Press). Her research on the history of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery appeared in five chapters of the 2016 book Sharp Wits & Busy Pens (Hill Times Publishing). She has a Bachelor of Arts from Concordia University and Master of Journalism from Carleton.

    Jennifer Ditchburn

    • 20 Oct 2025
    • 11:00 AM
    • The Royal Ottawa Golf Club
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                   CFUW-OTTAWA LUNCH & GAMES FUNDRAISER

               

             Supporting scholarships at Carleton University,

             the University of Ottawa and Algonquin College

            DATE:    Monday, 20th of October, 2025

            TIME:    Check-in 11:00 AM.  Lunch 11:45 AM 

            PLACE:   THE ROYAL OTTAWA GOLF CLUB

                           1405 Aylmer Road, Gatineau

            REGISTRATION OPENS ON SEPTEMBER 7th

             COST: $80.00 - A tax receipt of $20.00 will be issued


     Please join us for friendly conversation and a luncheon, followed by a fun  afternoon of Games- Social Bridge, Mahjong , Board Games & A Trivia Game. If you can't  stay for the Games, please consider coming for lunch. 

     Guests are welcome.

     







      


         




    • 03 Nov 2025
    • 7:00 PM
    • Hybrid: Riverside United Church, 3191 Riverside Drive and ZOOM





    Dr. Myra J Hird, Full Professor, School of Environmental Studies, Queen’s University

    Topic: Microplastics

    Myra Hird

    • 04 May 2026
    • 7:00 PM
    • Hybrid: Riverside United Church, 3191 Riverside Drive and ZOOM



    Dr. Ruth Slack

    Director, University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute (uOBMRI), Professor, Faculty of Medicine

    Dr. Ruth Slack


    Dr. Katey Rayner

    Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President of Research at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute

    Dr. Katey Rayner

    Topic: Brain-Heart Interconnectome (BHI), Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa

                           

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