CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN VICTORIA SCHOLARSHIP AND BURSARY SOCIETY
Registered Name: CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN VICTORIA SCHOLARSHIP AND BURSARY SOCIETY
Business No: 119260768RR0001
This organization is designated by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) as a registered charity. They comply with the CRA's requirements and have been issued a charitable registration number.
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CFUW Victoria and the S&B Society
The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Victoria Scholarship and Bursary (S&B) Society is a registered non-profit society and charitable organization in Victoria, BC Canada with the ability to issue tax receipts. It was founded in 1977 to fund scholarships and bursaries at post-secondary institutions in British Columbia, primarily in the Victoria area (University of Victoria, Camosun College, Royal Roads University). The society's function is to oversee and direct the funds received by the Club (CFUW Victoria) for scholastic awards funded through donations, bequests, fundraising, and an annual stipend from Club dues.
Our first award was in 1917!
Our club made its first award more than 100 years ago. Then known as the University Women’s Club of Victoria, in 1912 the club made a commitment to financially support women’s university education in British Columbia and, in 1917, was the first organization in BC to recognize the newly planned University of British Columbia by establishing an annual bursary for $50. It took a considerable effort to create a fund that would produce an annual bursary of this magnitude. The Club maintained a loan fund during the depression and the war years and loans were repaid once the recipient was employed!
More than $1.2 million in funds and more than 33 awards
CFUW Victoria S&B supports more than 33 awards at our three post-secondary institutions. Scholarship and bursary recipients are selected by the Awards Committee of each institution according to established criteria. The value of our endowed funds is more than $1.34 million and in 2020/21 we disbursed more than $58,000 to students in a wide variety of subject areas: Approximately $15,000 to Camosun students, $8,000 to RRU students, and more than $29,000 to students at the University of Victoria.
We're honoured to be overseeing these funds that support post-secondary education in our region.
Our current board members are Brenda Canitz, Chair; Jutta Owens, Treasurer; Leta Wright, Secretary; and Joan Feyrer, Fund Raising
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