Meetings

Meetings are held on the third Monday evening of each month (except when it falls on a holiday)

Meetings are for CFUW Edmonton members, however guests of members are welcome to attend. If you would like to attend as a guest and do not know a CFUW Edmonton member, email president@cfuwedmonton.org to to be invited as a guest of the president.

Location: In-person and on Zoom. Private Room at the Home Fire Grill, 18210 100 Ave NW. Click here to get directions. Free parking. Our meetings are also on Zoom. 

Homefire Grill: "A Regionally Inspired Menu at Our Edmonton Restaurant - Fresh Off The Flame"

Time: Meeting starts at 11:30am (except otherwise listed below) but everyone is welcome to come early and socialize. 

Refreshments: Lunch entrees, starters, desserts, coffee, tea etc are available via the Homefire Grill menu, at your cost. 

Agenda: Most meetings we have a speaker during the first half of the meeting. The second half of the meeting is the business meeting where the executive give updates on current and upcoming activities and discussions take place. December and May we have Social Meetings (no business is conducted). March we discuss the Resolutions that will be voted on at the CFUW national Annual General Meeting in June. April is the club Annual General Meeting (members only). 

Meeting Schedule

September 15, 2025

• Our 1st meeting of the 2025-2026 year. We will be talking to everyone (members, guests, prospective members) about CFUW activities over the summer, and the upcoming activities for CFUW Edmonton for 2025-2026 This is the meeting members sign up for our various Interest Groups (click here for Interest Group details).

October 20, 2025

• Speakers Anne Dabros, Jaime Pinzon (male), and Sarah Nason will be speaking on the topic of “Challenges in Restoring Boreal Peatlands” 

• This will be followed by a club business meeting. 

November 17, 2025

• Tentatively, we have speaker Jesse Cardinal from Keepers of the Water coming to talk to us.

• This will be followed by a club business meeting. 

December 8, 2025 Holiday Social!

• We gather for entertainment and celebration of the holiday season. Our 2025 Holiday Social will feature Maria Dunn! Maria is "a Juno-winning Canadian songwriter and musician. Her music blends Celtic folk with North American bluegrass and country influences." (website)

January 19, 2026

• Presentations by our graduate scholarship winners followed by the CFUW Academic Awards Fund Annual General Meeting.

February 23, 2026

• A speaker has not been booked yet but we recruit speakers that talk to us on a relevant topic to our mission and goals. 

• This will be followed by a club business meeting. 

March 16, 2026

• This meeting is for discussion of the CFUW national resolutions. 

• This will be followed by a club business meeting. 

April 20, 2026

• CFUW Edmonton Annual General Meeting (members only) 

May 11, 2026 Spring Social!

• This last meeting of our club for the 2025-2026 year is our Spring Social! Everyone welcome! email treasurer@cfuwedmonton.org if you are interested in attending. Event details coming soon.