The evening will commence with inspiration focused on ethical performance and peer mentoring by Anna Murray, one of Canada’s most Powerful Women: 2010, Top 100 Winner, and Founder of Young Women in Energy.
It will be followed by election and installing of new executive officers of BPW Calgary. On May 14, play your part as a woman in business or in the professions to contribute your ideas on how we can improve conditions of women locally, nationally and internationally. We will review our core programs including Scholarships, Mentorship and Equal Pay to define a way forward as we enter the next term, 2014-2016.
The theme we started with in 2012 was Transforming Vision into Reality, and, as a committed group, we recognized the ripple effect especially when we marked Equal Pay Day in Calgary in 2013 and 2014. This motivated us to submit a renowned Resolution to BPW Canada on “Declaring Equal Pay Day Nationally”. With a strong and spirited capacity at the executive and committee levels, we certainly transformed vision into reality. Along the way, we sparked the next generation of female leaders through education and awareness.
We will also begin to renew memberships in May!
REGISTER ONLINE by Wednesday, May 7, 2014 using the form to the right. Also note our dinner location and cancellation policy in the sidebar. If you have any dietary restrictions, please email them to [email_info] after completing your online registration.
Just use the form in the sidebar at right to register for this month’s dinner.
As we showcase the work of BPW Calgary’s close community partners, you will have an opportunity to witness how the club has a strong impact on women in the City of Calgary.
Janice Ashcroft, Senior Legal Counsel at the Alberta Human Rights Commission, will share the current legislation on Equal Pay specific to gender and highlight cases where the courts have found that women in the workforce have been paid less than their male counterparts performing the same or “substantially similar” work.
On Wednesday, February 12, 2014, Dr. Adrienne Kertzer, Advisor to the President on Women’s Issues, from the University of Calgary will present highlights of her report on Mentorship, Service and Culture of Leadership.
As Albertans ring in the new year and continue rebuilding after the floods, BPW Calgary wants to seize this opportunity to highlight the 