Spread the BPW Spirit!

As BPWO President for the next two years, my focus and mission will be to “Spread the BPW Spirit”. I will do everything I can to help each club member across Ontario use every opportunity to get the BPW message out there to other women.  We are proud to be members of BPW and we show it!

BPW has a long history of the ways we “Spread the BPW Spirit”. Because of our accomplishments in advocacy and working for women’s issues, the opportunities for personal and professional development, and our community involvement, BPW has something to offer a lot of women.

Our work has already begun. We have completed a Position Paper on a Violence Against Women Action Plan requested by the Minister Responsible for Women’s Issues. You can read the entire submission on our website. It is truly a great summary of the issues BPW has championed in this important area.

Our latest module “You Are Worth It! Compensation Pitfalls and How to Manage Them” is on our website. We have been working jointly with the Ontario Pay Equity Office on this initiative. We are excited about the profile this brings to BPW.  BPW is adding to the current groundswell of women’s voices on the pay equity issue – an ongoing issue.

Our Brief to the Ontario Government, which is based on the resolutions passed June 2010, is being sent to Premier McGuinty, the Attorney-General and six Ministers, as well as the Opposition Leaders. This is really an example of how far our resolutions reach into Ontario society. Work has already begun at government levels against human trafficking and to regulate tanning bed use, telling us that our 2010 resolutions are on target. See our 2010 Brief on our website.

See our listing of local clubs, call us today, and become a member of BPW!

Teresa Habs
BPWO President
June 2010