ARC AGM & CONFERENCE 2023
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ATLANTIC REGIONAL COUNCIL & CONFERENCE
APRIL 28-29, 2023
"Women and the Environment".
Registration $100
Club members of CFUW Charlottetown are very pleased to host the first in-person ARC AGM and Conference since 2019!
Conference begins at 1:00 pm Friday, April 28th and ends after lunch on Saturday.
The conference will be held at the Holman Grand Hotel (https://www.theholmangrand.com/en/) in the heart of downtown Charlottetown. It is a beautiful venue in a terrific location.
Conference room rate: $152, single or double occupancy (plus applicable taxes).
This rate is available to conference attendees April 28th as well as two days before and two after for those who wish to come early or stay later.
Note: Rooms will be held until February 28th, so book early. After that date, the room rate will be the same but availability is not guaranteed.
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Schedule and Hotel Information
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SCHEDULE OVERVIEW
Friday, April 28, 2023
12:30 Registration
1:30 Opening Remarks (Her Honour Antoinette Perry, Lieutenant Governor of PEI) Introduction of the MC (TBD)
2:00 Stephanie Arnold, CLIMAtlantic
2:40 Coffee Break and ARC Boutique
3:00 Student Panel, UPEI Graduate Students in Environmental Studies
3:40 Break and ARC Boutique
4:00 Wrap – up
5:00 Welcome Reception
6:30 Dine around groups
Saturday, April 29, 2023
8:15 Registration (pick up voting card - club voting delegates only)
8:30 ARC AGM
10:00 Tracey Cutcliffe, L’nuey
10:40 Coffee Break and ARC Boutique
11:00 Emma Norton, Climate Emergency Unit
11:40 Break and ARC Boutique
12:00 Jane Farquharson, CFUW, NSCAR
12:40 Break and ARC Boutique
1:00 Closing Remarks
1:15 Lunch (CFUW President, Joy Hurst)
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Past ARC AGMs
2020 ARC AGM
Was held virtually by Zoom on Saturday, October 24, 2020
1:30 - 4:00 pm
Guest Speaker: Kathryn Wilkinson, CFUW National President
Featuring: President's Round Table
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2019 ARC AGM
Thank You - CFUW Fredericton
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2018 AGM
​Inclusiveness
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Thank you - CFUW Wolfville
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Host Locations for Atlantic Council Conferences
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Organizational meetings were held in Truro, Nova Scotia in 1987 and on March 9, 1988 in Sackville, New Brunswick. The CFUW Atlantic Regional Council was formed in Wolfville, Nova Scotia in October 1988.
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1988 Wolfville, NS
1989 Charlottetown, PEI
1990 Truro, NS
1991 St. John's, NL
1992 Fredericton, NB
1993 Sydney, NS
1994 Saint John, NB
1995 Halifax, NS
1996 Pictou County, NS
1997 Moncton, NB
1998 Wolfville, NS
1999 Charlottetown, PEI
2000 Dartmouth, NS
2001 St. John's, NL
2002 Saint John, NB
2003 Wolfville, NS at the 2003 CFUW AGM
2004 Halifax, NS
2005 Fredericton, NB
2006 Moncton, NB
2007 Truro, NS
2008 Wolfville, NS
2009 St. John's, NL
2010 Kent (Bouctouche), NB
2011 St. John's, NL at the 2011 CFUW AGM
2012 Dartmouth, NS
2013 Moncton, NB
2014 Saint John, NB
2015 Halifax, NS
2016 St. John's, NL
2017 Moncton, NB
2018 Wolfville, NS
2019 Fredericton, NB
2020 Virtual (Zoom)
2021 Virtual Fall Gathering
2022 Virtual
2023 Charlottetown, PEI
2024 Virtual
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Report on AGM 2014
Talk by Dr. Joanna Everitt, "A Profile of Women at Canadian Universities." Click here to download the PowerPoint presentation.
Registration DeskTreasurer, Past President and Social committee Chair of the host club, CFUW Saint John, at the Registration Desk |
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WelcomeThe President, CFUW Saint John, welcomes delegates at the opening reception. |
Thank you, Dr. Joanna EverittPat McGill of the Program Committee of the Saint John Club thanks Dr. Joanna Everitt who presented "A Profile of Women at Canadian Universities." |
Presidents' Round Table |
Information SessionSome serious tinking during one of the AGM sessions. |
Chatting with ARC PresidentMembers chat with the newly-elected ARC President, Grace Hollett. |
Two CFUW Moncton participants |
Speaker Megan MainwarringMegan Mainwarring speaks about Saint John's Stonehammer Geopark, North America's first Global Geopark. |
Thanking Debbie RathwellRoseline Anderson, ARC Conference Planning committee Chair, thanks Debbie Rathwell, who spoke on "100 women Who care" in the Greater Saint John area. |
ARC BoutiqueDelegates from all four Atlantic provinces donated items to be sold or auctioned at the arc boutique. The money earned helped to defray the costs of the AGM. |
ARC Conference SponsorsCFUW Saint John was quite successful in getting a number of sponsors who recognized the value of the Club's contribution to the community. |