Drawing on their experience providing advice to employees and employers, nationally recognised employment law lawyer Janice Payne, along with Ainslie Benedict, Julie Skinner, and Ella Forbes-Chilibeck will canvass common legal issues that arise in the workplace. The panel will explore how legislators, arbitrators, and courts are gradually re-writing workplace law to acknowledge and address changing workplaces and the challenges of juggling “real life”—child care, elder care, family status, illness—with the expectations of employers. Visit the DIVA Foundation web site for complete information: http://divafoundation.org/sessions.html#Payne

All are welcome to attend and join the panel for a lively discussion of these issues. Refreshments will also be served.  Tickets are $25 (general admission), or $15 for students.

For tickets, email tickets@divafoundation.org or call Darlene at 613 444 0123.

The Golf Classic is being held at Loch March Golf and Country Club in Kanata, Ontario, and will feature:

• Eighteen holes of golf in a scramble format (with cart)
• Golf clinic with professionals
• Silent auction 
• Lunch and dinner

The DIVA Foundation Golf Classic is held annually to raise money for The DIVA Foundation’s Speakers’ Series. The Speakers’ Series provides affordable education for women about important women’s health issues. The 2012 series will address four pillars of women’s health: physical, mental, social, and financial. The Speakers’ Series will showcase some of the most notable experts in fields related to women’s health. The series will include five presentations in Ottawa or Gatineau and will be delivered in either English or French. Click here for more information on The DIVA Foundation Speakers’ Series.

Sponsorship opportunities are available. For information, email golf@divafoundation.org.

For tickets, email golf@divafoundation.org or call Allyne at 613-730-3535.

After a hiatus of a few years and due to popular demand, 2011 sees the return of the Speakers’ Series.

For more information click here.

The event is being hosted by the Itty Bitty Titty Committee, a group of women who participate in the annual Weekend to End Women’s Cancers. The weekend consists of a 60 km walk; participants raise money through sponsorships. All funds raised go towards supporting research, treatment, and prevention programs for breast and gynecologic cancers at the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation. The Itty Bittys participate in the weekend as a team, and hold several fundraisers throughout the year leading up to the Walk to ensure that each team member meets the $2000 minimum raised to be permitted to walk.

For information about the Wine Sampling, or to reserve your spot, go to The Weekend Ontario Wine Fundraiser web site. Note that space is limited, and early bird registration ends on January 14.

For these and other silent auction treasures, join us at the DIVA Foundation Golf Classic at the Camelot Golf and Country Club, on September 20^th. Tickets also available for lunch and keynote address, which will allow you to bid on these fantastic items in the silent auction.

For more information: www.divafoundation.org/Golf.html
For tickets: email tickets@divafoundation.org or call Darlene at 613-444-0123

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Grace and Emma speak with TL Rader and guest host Cub Carson about the DIVA Foundation, upcoming events, and what participants can expect from the DIVA Foundation Golf Classic on September 20th. Emma also discusses the psychology of golf and gives a glimpse of what participants at the Golf Classic can expect during her seminar on the mental game of golf.

To buy tickets for the DIVA Foundation Golf Classic email tickets@divafoundation.org or call Darlene at 613 444 0123

For more information visit http://divafoundation.org/Golf.html

Tickets for the lunch and keynote address are $75.

To purchase tickets,  call Darlene Wilson at (613) 444-0123, or email tickets@divafoundation.org.

When?

Monday 20 September, 2010 8:00 AM for breakfast

Where?

Camelot Golf and Country Club, Cumberland, Ontario (http://www.camelotgolf.ca/)

The event

• Nine holes of golf in a scramble format
• Half day of golf instruction (short and long game clinics with CPGA pros; mental game seminar with Dr. Emma Stodel)
• Inspirational keynote by Sylvie Fréchette, Olympic gold-medalist in synchronized swimming
• Silent auction
• Breakfast, lunch, and cocktail reception

The purpose

To raise money for The DIVA Foundation’s 2011 Speakers’ Series. The Speakers’ Series provides affordable education for women about important women’s health issues. The 2011 series will address four pillars of women’s health: physical, mental, social, and financial. The Speakers’ Series will showcase some of the most notable experts in fields related to women’s health. The series will include 5 presentations in Ottawa or Gatineau and will be delivered in either English or French. Click here for more information on The DIVA Foundation Speakers’ Series.

Tickets

$200 per golfer
Register now!

In May, 2009 the DIVA Foundation partnered with CHPCA to host the Celebrating Excellence in Hospice Palliative Care and Recognizing the Challenges of Caregiving luncheon at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa. The DIVA Foundation recognizes the important role that women play in providing end-of-life care in Canada.

The CHPCA Conference is the foremost national conference in Canada focusing on hospice palliative care. This event provides hospice palliative care professionals, volunteers, and family or informal caregivers with the opportunity to share their experience and expertise on a national platform. For more information, please visit: http://conference.chpca.net/chpca 

Throughout the conference, participants will learn about the important issues facing people who work with those who are dying, and will hear experts in a number of fields debate and discuss these issues and offer solutions. Participants will hear both consensus and controversy, and will leave with many answers, and perhaps some questions not thought of before.

The conference will feature the following plenary speakers:

• The Honourable Sharon Carstairs, a champion for hospice palliative care in Canada since 1994 as a Senator and as federal Cabinet Minister
• Dr. Kathleen M. Foley, Medical Director of the International Palliative Care Initiative of the Public Health Program of the Open Society Institute
• Dr. David Kuhl, Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia and the Director of the Centre for Practitioner Renewal
• Maureen McTeer, Canadian lawyer, author of Tough Choices: Living and Dying in the 21st Century, and recipient of the DIVA Award for Outstanding Contributions to Women’s Health and Well-Being.

Registration for the conference is now open; the early bird deadline for registration is July 15. Click here to register and for more information.

The project is culminating this year in the G(irls)20 Summit in Toronto on June 15 to 26, an inaugural gathering of women from each of the G20 countries which will parallel the G20 Summit of political leaders occurring the following week in Muskoka. Female delegates from the G20 countries will meet to share ideas on how to reach the UN’s Millenium Development Goals that most impact women and girls. Panelists from around the world representing corporate, non-profit, research, and education sectors will be speaking during the first few days of the conference. The second part of the conference will consist of workshops covering the topics of blogging, media and public relations, using digital media to communicate to the world, government relations, intergenerational mentorship and leadership, and managing finances. Delegates will also travel to Ottawa to meet with Canadian Members of Parliament and Senators.

Next year, G(irls)20 Summit will reconvene prior to the G20 Summit in France.

Meanwhile, the Girls and Women project is inviting everyone to share their ideas on “how to provide universal education, improve child and maternal health, and eradicate poverty so that girls and women can fully realize their potential and contribute to the economic prosperity and stability of their communities and countries.” Visit The Change Room to share your ideas, or read or vote for others’ ideas about what actions or initiatives should be implemented to maximize the impact of women in the world.