Women’s Centre has exciting year planned
by Holly McKenzie
the Carillon

On October 2, 2003, the University of Regina Women’s Centre will be holding their Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will kick off a year of new initiatives as well as expansion upon returning initiatives.

Although the Womens’ Centre AGM only needs 30 in attendees in order to reach quorum and proceed, Kim Sakundiak is not sure if they will reach quorum, “We didn’t last year,” Sakundiak says.

The motions on the table are “housekeeping motions,” meaning rewording motions, et cetera.

In the next year the Women’s Centre is planning on expanding on initiatives of former years as well as creating new ones. The Women’s Centre plans on organizing a date rape campaign in conjunction with other interested stakeholders.

There are three bursaries the Women’s Centre is developing; one bursary is open to male and female students in the Faculty of Arts, another bursary is open to all male and female students, with preference to female students, the third bursary is open to any Women’s Studies majors. All of these bursaries will be given out according to need.

There will possibly be a Rape Aggression Defense course in February around the same time as the week long campaign for “Healthy Minds and Body” which will feature workshops and an art exhibition.

The activities for the sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, which takes place annually in December will include a bottle drive this year to earn money for Sophia House, a women’s shelter within Regina for women and children escaping domestic abuse, as well as a vigil.

On February 13-14, 2004, Vagina Monologues will once again serve to entertain the student population.

During March to celebrate International Women’s Day, the Women’s Centre is hoping to present an art exhibition and speech by Carmen Dyck. Dyck has interviewed women from South Africa about their experiences with AIDS, women’s rights and post-apartheid issue.