Category Archives: Brantford news

October General Meeting

Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Meeting Starts at 7:00 p.m.

Date: October 24, 2018

Speaker: Rita- Marie Hadley, Executive Director, Landsdowne Children’s Centre

Topic:  “Landsdowne Children’s Centre, All Grown Up”

The presentation will explain the role of the Centre in the community

 

Come and join us at Thorpe’s Carriage House!

Mayoral Candidates Night – October 3, 2018

The event, sponsored once again by RTO District 40, was extremely well attended by CFUW members, RTO members and other members of the public.  We had a full house!  Six of the seven candidates were present:  Kevin Davis, Chris Friel, Michael Issa, Wayne Maw, John Turmel and Dave Wrobel.  Nora Fueten was, once again, our excellent moderator.

For more info, here’s the Expositor article.

April meeting: The Library in the 21st Century

Kathryn Goodhue, the Head Librarian at the Brantford Public Library, presented on   “The Library in the 21st Century”.  She spoke about all the programs offered through the Brantford Library, the increasing focus on technology, and also about the exciting redesign and renovation of the main Brantford.  library. It was very informative and all present enjoyed her presentation.

Heather Foss, Regional Director, attended our CFUW meeting on Wednesday

Topic: Our Library in the 21st Century: April 25 meeting

Speaker: Kathryn Goodhue, the Head Librarian at the Brantford Public Library   

 DATE: Wednesday, April 25th,  2018. Doors open at 7:15 p.m. Meeting, beginning with the speaker, starts at 7:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Thorpe Funeral Home, Carriage House, 96 West Street, Brantford

All welcome.

Kathryn  will enlighten us on how libraries are changing in the 21st century and will also tell us about the exciting redesign and renovation of the main Brantford library.