Message from the past co-Chairs, Avigail Eisenberg and Amy Verdun

The Academic Women Caucus (AWC) has a long story at UVic, giving a collective voice to academic women on campus since its establishment in 1985. Over the years, the AWC network has been not only a source of friendship, and academic support but also of mobilization for campus activism. During our more than 20 years at UVIC we have served this academic community in different capacities. We both served on the steering committee in the past. We hope you will join us on the steering committee, if you are keen to participate, and come to our social events.

The Women’s Caucus is a space where we can support each other, celebrate and or discuss challenges we face in our academic units, or just enjoy one another’s company. It is a space where we feel that one is not alone or ‘abnormal’. One of the highlights of the AWC’s history has been its support in the creation of the UVic Minority and Indigenous Women Network (MIWIN).

AWC is open to all academics on campus who identify as women (or gender-fluid): librarians, faculty members, sessional and limited term appointments. We are firm believers of the power of women coming together and forming partnerships with other progressive groups on and outside campus.

Following in the footsteps of previous Chairs, as co-Chairs and a behalf of the steering committee we invite you to join us to continue having a voice in matters that are important to us. Stay tuned, as we will be announcing social and academic events in the coming months. We will inform you about programs to put into practice the AWC philosophy of supporting each other.

Looking forward to meeting and/or reconnecting with you all.

Avigail Eisenberg and Amy Verdun
avigaile@uvic.ca and averdun@uvic.ca

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Dear colleagues,

In celebration of International Women’s Day, the Academic Women’s Caucus (AWC) will be hosting a get together at the University Club in the Fireside (or adjoining) Lounge on March 8^th 2024 from 4-6pm.

The AWC is a unique opportunity to meet people from across campus who you might otherwise never meet. It provides a voice on campus to lobby for policies and initiate projects relating to gender equity, and a network for female-identified, non-binary and gender non-conforming faculty, librarians, sessionals, limited term instructors and postdocs to meet and support each other. The organization is unique in bringing together people who work in different such roles and who work in many different parts of the campus community. Please come along and bring a colleague!

Also, if you or someone you know would be interested in joining the Steering Committee, please send me or Amy Verdun an email. We are gathering nominations until March 8^th.

Friday, March 8^th 2024, 4pm-6pm. See you there!

Avigail Eisenberg and Amy Verdun

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Please note that we received a notification from Elisabeth Gugl about a talk on 8 March (zoom) (details below). If you are interested please register for this talk please register: https://www.economics.ca/events/ceweccfecs-international-womens-day-lecture

https://www.economics.ca/events/ceweccfecs-international-womens-day-lecture