Welcome to our
E-News for Thursday, April 9, 2015

1) Leaders' Forum on Women's Issues

The PEI Coalition for Women in Government and Holland College Student Union are pleased to host a leaders’ forum on women’s issues on Tuesday April 14 from 10am-12pm in the Holland College CAST Building, 3rd Floor Boardroom. We are thrilled that the four party leaders will join us for the first forum on women’s issues since 1986.  Jill Lightwood will moderate the forum and members from over ten community organizations will pose questions inspired by the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women Equality Report Card. The forum will be live streamed at www.hcsu.ca. For more information please contact Dawn at peiwomeningovernment@gmail.com or 902.218.2184.

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2) Home and School to Hold Leaders Debate on Education

3) April Council Meeting to Open with a Poem

The City of Charlottetown will participate in the Canada-wide Mayor’s Poetry City Challenge at a Council meeting on April 13 in celebration of National Poetry Month.

The Mayor’s Poetry City Challenge project encourages municipal councils across Canada to take a few minutes at the beginning of their Council meetings to recognize the poets in their communities and the contribution of poetry to the arts in Canada. This initiative was created by Regina Mayor Michael Fougere in 2012.

“National Poetry Month and the Mayor’s Poetry City Challenge provide a platform for poets in our community to share their talents and passion for the art at a municipal level,” said Charlottetown Mayor Clifford Lee. “There is so much creativity in Charlottetown and we are always looking for ways to honour artists within the broader community. Their efforts impact the city in a positive way and strengthen the arts and cultural sectors.”

Charlottetown poet Jane Ledwell is an award-winning poet and editor and has published one volume of poetry, Last Tomato, ad other individual poems and commissions. Ledwell is the full-time Executive Director of the PEI Advisory Council on the Status of Women. 

“I am very pleased to have the opportunity to share my love of poetry in the Mayor’s Poetry City Challenge this month,” Ledwell said. “This Challenge is a great way to showcase local talent and to highlight poetry in unconventional aspects of our daily lives.” 

Ledwell will read the poem “Horse in a Rut” from a project called “Bird Calls” that was a part of the PEI Council of the Arts Sesquicentennial Public Art Commission. The poem offers an unusual take on historic Charlottetown from the vantage point of a horse.

“After great success with our first Mayor’s City Poetry Challenge last year, we are pleased to continue highlighting PEI talent at our April council meeting with Jane Ledwell,” Mayor Lee said. “Our goal is not only honour local artists, but to also share their artistry with others.”

The next City Council meeting will be held at City Hall on Monday, April 13 at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

To discuss this and other poetry initiatives with Dianne Hicks Morrow, the current PEI Poet Laureate, email: peipoetlaureate@gmail.com. For more information about the PEI Council of the Arts Sesquicentennial Public Art Commissions, visit: http://2014.peica.ca/ 


 

4) The Rhyme of History: 150 Years of Writing About the Island 

5) CFUM Charlottetown's April Meeting

6) PEIBWA Upcoming Events

PEI Business Women's Association E-news for April 2, 2015
News on: Financial Planning Breakfast, Symposium, SongCamp


 

7) Workshop It's Not Right! Neighbours, Friends & Families for Older Adults

• Learning to recognize warning signs and risk factors
• Discussion about ageism
• Scenarios – video presentations of situations of abuse and neglect
• Building skills: how to respond safely and supportively / how to have a conversation about suspected abuse

8) Invitation to LAMP Workshop

• Catherine O'Brien (Coalition for the Protection of PEI Water) 
• Gary Schneider (Macphail Woods) 
• Steven MacKinnon (National Farmers Union) 
• Ann Wheatley (Wheatley River Improvement Group).

9) Spring Into April in the Town of Cornwall

The Town of Cornwall E-News





 

10) Status of Women Call for Proposals: Working in Partnership to End Violence Against Women and Girls

• focus on improving or transforming the environment that perpetuates or contributes to violence against women and girls or that puts women and girls at risk of violence;
• confirmed key decision-makers and community leaders to work towards ending violence against women and girls within the project; and
• potential to create sustainable change beyond the life of the project.

11) Bonshaw Ceilidh (Updated)

12) New Toolkit: You Are Not Alone - A Toolkit for Aboriginal Women Escaping Domestic Violence

New toolkit: You Are Not Alone - A Toolkit for Aboriginal Women Escaping Domestic Violence provides Aboriginal women with community safety planning resources to address domestic violence. The toolkit also includes a Who’s Who: Domestic Violence Resource Guide of services available to Aboriginal women in every province and territory. Hard copies of the toolkit can be ordered free-of-charge to raise awareness about domestic violence in communities. An electronic copy of the toolkit will be available online at: www.nwac.ca. For more information or to place an order, contact: Cherry Smiley, Project Manager – Violence Prevention and Safety, Native Women's Association of Canada at csmiley@nwac.ca  | 613-722-3033 ext. 234 | Toll free: 1-800-461-4043 | Fax: 613-722-7687.


 

13) “The Time of Our Lives”- Seniors College Group Art Show

14) Benefit for PEI Family Violence Prevention Services: Ash & Bloom with Special Guests Amy & Rachel Beck

The dynamic duo, Ash & Bloom will be making a stop in Charlottetown on their 2015 Eastern Canadian “Your Town” tour. Hosted by Alan Buchanan, the show takes place Thursday, April 30th at 7:30pm at The Guild, and features an opening performance by Island favorite’s Amy and Rachel Beck. Tickets are $20 and benefit PEI Family Violence Prevention Services. Tickets are available at The Guild’s box office 902-620-3333 or online at www.ticketpro.ca.