Raising Women's Voices: Women’s Campaign School

In early 2017, the Research Shop completed the Women and Politics project with the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW), a piece of research that focused on supporting women who are seeking public leadership roles in our community. We are excited to see they are moving forward with one of the proposed supports: a campaign school for women interested in running in the 2018 municipal election.

The United Nations estimated that a minimum of 30 percent of elected representatives have to be women in order for government to reflect women's concerns. Women in Canada currently constitute 18 percent of mayors and 28 percent of councillors. Based on this, Canada would need 1,408 more women in elected office today to reach the 30 percent target.

This day-long event brings talented individuals to share their insights on communications, marketing and how to build a campaign team.  Participants can expect to learn about the nomination process, rules about fundraising, and how to develop a campaign platform and strategy.

Who should attend?

• Women thinking of running for school trustee/councillor in the 2018 municipal election
• Women who may be interested in local government
• Anyone wanting to support a woman’s campaign

For information and registration: https://gwcampaignschool.com/

The GW Campaign School is hosted by Councillor June Hofland. Raising Women’s Voices is a partnership between CFUW Guelph, The People and Information Network (PIN), The Rhyze Project and the Zonta Club of Guelph.