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61 events found in Canada
| Date & time: | 06 March 2010 5.00 to 10.00 |
| Event: | HONOUR & GIVE: A TRIBUTE TO THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY |
| About: | Honour & Give, with guest of honour Buffy Sainte-Marie, features entertainment, dinner and a silent auction, with funds donated to the Regina Early Learning Centre. A photogallery titled 100 Years: 100 Women will honour 100 local, national and international feminists. |
| Venue: | Evraz Place, Regina |
| Organisation: | Prairie Lily Feminist Society: The Prairie Lily Feminist Society is a Saskatchewan-based network of feminists. We are committed to building a community of feminist leaders and to bringing together women of diverse backgrounds to build a safer and more just society. |
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| Date & time: | 06 March 2010 20.00 |
| End date: | 07 March 2010 3.00 |
| Event: | WOMEN OF ROCK |
| About: | A festival to benefit Montreal Women's Shelters. All participating bands have at least one female - all profits donated to SOS Violence Conjugale (a 24-hour hotline for abused women looking for help). |
| Venue: | L'Alizé
(900 Ontario Street East, corner St-André), Montreal, H2L 2P4 |
| Organisation: | Triggered Response: Triggered Response blurs the prescribed boundaries of modern Rock music; influenced by the illnesses of the world we live in. This is music with a message, this is Triggered Response. Using classically simple rock songs fuelled by the aggression of contemporary punk, dynamite grooves inspired by the loops of rap music or stripped down acoustic melodies. These songs, front-lined by haunting vocals, bring to focus the issues saturating today’s society... Triggered Response presents to you not music, but a movement. |
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| Date & time: | 07 March 2010 10.00 to 14.00 |
| Event: | SHARING THE STRENGTH FROM WITHIN CELEBRATION |
| About: | The iconic Monika Deol will be delivering this year’s Keynote Address. Monika is a media personality, active community volunteer and mother. She began her career in the entertainment industry when she was in University and was the first South Asian female DJ in Canada. Later, she became Canada’s first South Asian VJ when she joined MuchMusic and Chum/City. Monika relocated to Vancouver in 1997 where she anchored on CTV and assisted OMNI in obtaining its CRTC license for what was then channel M. When Citytv launched in Vancouver, Monika also took the anchor on their late evening news. Come to this amazing event and hear her share her amazing journey and also chat about her community contributions. |
| Venue: | SFU, Surey Campus, Surrey, V3T 0A3 |
| Organisation: | SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY: |
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| Date & time: | 07 March 2010 14.00 to 16.00 |
| Event: | INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATION: STILL SEARCHING FOR BREAD AND ROSES |
| About: | Free information, performances and refreshments available!
Contact WISE (info below) if you have an affordable or free women's service and would like to get involved. |
| Venue: | The Bronson Centre, Mac Hall
211 Bronson Ave.
Ottawa, ON, Ottawa, K1R 6H5 |
| Organisation: | OCTEVAW - COCVFF: Some organizations involved: Women in Science and Engineering, Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women, and Women's Events Network. |
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| Date & time: | 07 March 2010 13.00 to 16.00 |
| Event: | LUNAFEST |
| About: | An inspiring festival of short films by, for and about women |
| Venue: | U of W Architecture School Theatre
7 Melville Street, Cambridge ON |
| Organisation: | Soroptimist International of Cambridge: Over 28 years of supporting programmes and services for women and girls in our local community. |
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| Date & time: | 07 March 2010 11.00 to 15.00 |
| Event: | INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY |
| About: | Luncheon dedicated to the contributions of women in the private and public spheres-
Guest Speaker :Dr Ann Cavoukian Ph.D
Privacy Commissioner of Ontario |
| Venue: | The Westin Prince Hotel
900 York Mills Road
Toronto
Tel: 416 444-2511, Toronto |
| Organisation: | Aremenian Relief Society-Toronto Roubina Chapter: |
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| Date & time: | 07 March 2010 10.00 to 16.00 |
| Event: | "IT'S ALL ABOUT ME" WOMEN SHOW |
| About: | This popular annual event will motivate and encourage you in business. Come and pamper yourself with variety of mini-treatments. Make lots of connections and be inspired buy helpful business tips provided through different networking activities.
We will have a Silent Auction with proceeds going to charity and many door prizes.
Admission is FREE
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| Venue: | Fendley Banquet Hall, 565 Bryne Drive, Barrie, Ontario, Canada, Barrie, L4N 8X1 |
| Organisation: | WINGS- Women In Networking Grow Strong: Our mission is to have an organization that effectively provides both a physical and virtual way for referred caring small business owners to connect. In order to share Business and Life skills in a supportive Mentoring atmosphere where honest trusting relationship are fostered which in turn results in business and referrals happening naturally.
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| Date & time: | 07 March 2010 3.00 to 7.00 |
| Event: | INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATION |
| About: | THIS SUNDAY! Join Community Action Resource Centre as we celebrate International Women's Day. Activities, Entertainment Craft Tables and Special Guest Speakers. Writer adebe d.a., Actor, Writer, Comedian Blakka Ellis, the evolving Eco-FeMANist and Khadija "THE" Somalian Poet. FREE Transportation. FREE Daycare and FREE Food. |
| Venue: | Community Action Resource Centre, 1652 Keele Street at Rogers Road adjacent to George Harvey Collegiate Institute. For more information and RSVP for daycare please contact Charlyn Ellis at 416-652-2273 Ext. 401 or womynspace@gmail.com, Toronto |
| Organisation: | Community Action Resource Centre: Our organization works to build the capacity of our communities by mobilizing resources and providing supportive social services, for the empowerment of individuals and groups. |
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| Date & time: | 07 March 2010 12.00 |
| End date: | 21 March 2010 17.00 |
| Event: | SPECIAL EXHIBITION: BEYOND THE SILK ROAD: GLIMPSES OF CONTEMPORARY TEXTILES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA |
| About: | In honour of the historical link between women and textiles, Artistri presents 14 contemporary interpretations of the art of silk weaving by Cambodian and Laotian craftswomen. |
| Venue: | Artistri 5319 Park Avenue, Montreal., Montreal, H4C 2T4 |
| Organisation: | Artistri: Artistri promotes art and craft created by women, including local women artists as well as women and small producer groups in the developing world. |
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| Date & time: | 07 March 2010 1.00 to 3.00 |
| Event: | CELEBRATE WOMEN |
| About: | An opportunity for women in Thunder Bay from all avenues to get together to share their ideas on how to promote women's issues locallay, provincially and internationally. |
| Venue: | Event is at OPSEU's regional office at 1201 Amber Drive, Thunder Bay Ontario. Time is 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. to allow for everyone to share some refreshments renew friendships and obtain new friendships., Thunder Bay, P7B 5N1 |
| Organisation: | Ontario Public Service Employees Union: Provincial Women's Committee Region 7 promotes women's issues in Thunder Bay and the region. |
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