The CFUW logo combines the Canadian flag symbol with an imprint of the  lamp of learning, symbol of the International Federation of University Women.

Canadian Federation of University Women Victoria

Celebrating A Second Century

Welcome to CFUW Victoria, winner of the 2007

Philanthropic Service Award

The Club we now know as CFUW Victoria was formed as the University Women’s Club of Victoria in 1908. In 1919 this Club was one of five founding members of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW). That same year CFUW became a founding member of the International Federation of University Women .(IFUW)

 

At its Annual Meeting in May of 2008, in recognition of beginning a new century of activity, the Victoria-based Club changed its name from the name under which it operated for 100 years, to Canadian Federation of University Women Victoria. At that same meeting a revised and updated logo, seen on these pages, was approved by the membership. Currently CFUW Victoria is a growing Club of over 270 members, one of the largest CFUW Clubs in Canada.

 

Since its inception, the Club motto has been Altissima spectamus - we reach for the highest. It is in this spirit that members commit to the CFUW goals:

-the pursuit of knowledge,

-the promotion of education,

-improvement in the status of women and human rights,

-active participation in public affairs in a spirit of                     cooperation and friendship.

 

The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW), is a voluntary, non partisan, non-profit, self-funded bilingual, national organization of close to 10,000 university women, whose members are active in public affairs, working to raise the social, economic, and legal status of women, as well as to improve education, health, the environment, peace, justice and human rights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The CFUW Victoria logo incorporates the symbols of its parent organizations: the IFUW lamp of learning enclosed  by the Canadian maple leaf. Revised for the Centennial year from the original Club shield, our theme: "We reach for the highest," remains. The  Douglas fir cone in the centre symbolizes British Columbia.