CFUW National AGM and Realizing Potential Conference

CFUW National

Join us at the CFUW National AGM and Realizing Potential Conference to connect, learn, and grow together!

Sandman Signature Edmonton Downtown Hotel

Realizing Potential Conference - Wednesday, July 24th- Open to external individuals.(Please view Wednesday, July 24th Agenda below for Speakers List and Sessions) Welcome to the CFUW National AGM and Realizing Potential Conference! Join us for a fantastic event filled with exciting speakers, engaging workshops, and networking opportunities. This in-person event will be held at the Sandman Signature Edmonton Downtown Hotel. Get ready to connect with fellow members, gain valuable insights, and be inspired. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to learn, grow, and have a great time. We can't wait to see you there!CFUW Members Only- AGM Business and Policy Meetings- Monday, July 22nd- Tuesday, July 23rdRealizing Potential Conference - Wednesday, July 24th- Open to external individuals.

Monday, July 22nd, 2024

Hotel Check-In

CFUW Members- Registration Table Opens

CFUW Members- First Time Attendees- Meet and Greet

Election Buddy Voting - Practice Session

CFUW Members- Cocktail/Mocktail Hour

CFUW Members- Opening Ceremonies, Dinner and Awards

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

Registration Table Opens

AGM and Business Meeting, National Board Member Elections

CFUW Members- AGM & Business Meeting

Lunch

CFUW Alumni Meeting & Lunch

CFUW Members- AGM & Policy Session

Break

CFUW Charitable Trust Hosts: Join us for a wonderful evening with dinner, fundraising and a CFUW Charitable Trust Fellowship Speaker.                                                                                            To donate to the Charitable Trust please go to: https://cfuwcharitabletrust.ca/canadahelps-org-donation-form/

CFUW Charitable Trust- Fundraiser, Dinner & Fellowship Speaker

Conference- July 24, 2024

Janice Makokis is a prominent Indigenous legal scholar and advocate who works tirelessly to address the intergenerational trauma caused by residential schools and to create a better future for her community. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Native Studies, a Master of Arts in Indigenous Governance, and a Bachelor of Laws. In addition to her academic achievements, she is a gifted educator and cultural keeper. Dr. Patricia Makokis is a Nehiyô (Plains Cree) from Saddle Lake Alberta who is on a mission to inform, educate and gain allies to create a bridge between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples through her work. Dr. Patricia Makokis is an Indigenous servant leader, speaker, and consultant who bridges the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples through her work. Her 25+ year career in academia and strong relationships with Indigenous knowledge keepers and elders give her a unique approach when sharing insights and offering solutions.

Opening & Speaker Session with Dr. Patricia and Janice Makokis

Based on participant experiences, identities, and struggles, this session unveils the historical foundation and consolidation of oppressive social structures in Canada. We invite participants to identify the relationship of events and legislation and how this has formed and perpetuates unquestioned cognitive biases, prejudices and discrimination. Participants will engage in reflection on their social location and positionality and engage in dialogue and learning on practical ways to transform everyday spaces with an anti-oppressive lens. The session will focus on localizing and making anti-oppression relevant and tangible. Participants will receive an electronic toolkit they can use to get further information and education on the “Story of Canada.”

Fundamentals in Anti-Oppression Workshop

As Canada prepares to build a low-carbon energy sector, it must develop a plan to fulfill the hundreds of thousands of new jobs arriving with a decarbonized economy that our current workforce cannot fulfill. This is an important opportunity for Canada to supply the labour demand by investing into a sustainable workforce- one that is equitable and offers good, well-paying jobs.
Gender equity can be a solution to and co-benefit of transitioning to a clean energy economy. There is an untapped talent potential found in communities that have historically been excluded from the energy sector. Canadian women, girls and gender-diverse individuals are not offered an equitable platform to the same resources, opportunities, compensation, and treatment as their male peers. Canada’s gender pay gap is heavily influenced by the energy sector due to a lack of representation. The opportunity to address climate change—and to invest in the energy sector is time sensitive—it must happen this decade. 

Bridging the Gap to Net-Zero: Gender Equity in Energy

Networking Lunch

As Next Gen Men's Executive Director, Jake is passionate about changing the way we see, act, and think about masculinity among youth, in communities, and at the workplace towards a future where boys & men experience less pain, and cause less harm.
Jake has earned recognition from Avenue Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40, Ashoka, the British Council, and the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion. He has spoken at the United Nations as part of the Canadian Delegation and has also served as a proud advisor to the Calgary Immigrant Women's Association, Canadian Women & Sport, as well as Men &. 

Moving Beyond Male Allies

Puneeta McBryan is the CEO of the Edmonton Downtown Business Association, a role she took on in December of 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as cities, downtowns and businesses all over the world grappled with the devastating impact of the pandemic and the unknown reality ahead. As the lead convener, connector, and ‘chief optimist’ for Edmonton’s Downtown, Puneeta is working with all three orders of government, the private sector, the arts & cultural and post-secondary sectors, and her city’s social services and nonprofit leaders to help build vibrancy, social well-being, and economic prosperity for her community. This work has led to her recognition as the Inspired Leader of the Year in 2022 by IABC Edmonton, one of Edmonton’s Top 40 Under 40 by Edify Magazine in 2021, and the recipient of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce’s 2022 Community Impact Award. 

Stronger local economies for stronger communities.

Kathryn is a communications and advocacy expert and the Principal Consultant at LeBlanc (& co.) Communications. 

As a sought-after strategist and speaker, Kathryn uses communications strategy to help organizations reach their social impact goals. Before starting her consulting firm, Kathryn worked in leadership roles at nonprofits and was a Press Secretary on Parliament hill. Now, Kathryn’s clients include local, national, and international organizations — exclusively in values-aligned fields such as health, housing, philanthropy, frontline services, arts, and city building. Kathryn has a particular focus on advocacy related to 2SLGBTQI+ rights, gender justice, and sexual health, having led many major campaigns in these areas. 

Finding your voice: advocacy for gender equality and beyond

CFUW Members- LAC Planned Dinners (optional)

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