“The Best is Yet to Come: How to make the Rest of your Years, the Best of your Years”
Hailey Patry, A.K.A. “The World’s Happiest Woman” will present a joy-producing workshop on October 19. Hailey is a True Happiness Coach and author of 8 award-winning books. She will share her proven, practical happiness hacks, and her 5 step I.D.E.A.L. Happiness Method.
She will cover…
- The world’s top longevity tips from the centenarians in the Blue Zones
- How to allocate your “5 Precious Resources” on your “I-TEAM”
- How to Use “The 4 C’s of Change”:
- Resilience 101
- Her I.D.E.A.L. Happiness Method and her “5 Questions of Shift”
- Plus how to schedule for happiness
Hailey Patry is best known for her work as Your True Happiness Coach, The Happy Business Coach and The Marriage Mentor.
Nicknamed as “World’s Happiest Woman”, and the recipient of countless business and life impact awards, Hailey is a Master Coach on happiness, relationships, communication and success. She was recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate for her internationally recognized work.
Having spoken for over 4 million audience members, with students in 136 countries, she is an international speaker, coach and facilitator, plus an award-winning author with eight International-Best-Selling Books. When she’s not serving her amazing clients, you’ll see her out in nature with her family.
As a happily married mom of three boys, with significant neuro-diversities, plus health challenges of her own, Hailey understands what it takes to create joy no matter what. We can’t wait to learn her proven and practical techniques that truly work!
Read more about our speaker here: theliftedlid.com
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“The Emotional & Visual Dimensions of Music”
On September 21 we welcome Dr. Patricia Debly, a retired Associate Professor from Brock University, where she taught music history for 30 years. As a musicologist, her research has focused on eighteenth-century German and Italian opera, and she has published articles on the Italian operas of Joseph Haydn. Over nearly 40 years, Dr. Debly has presented papers at conferences for music and eighteenth-century academic societies across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe.
She is also committed to sharing her expertise with non-musicians, ensuring that her lectures are accessible to all, regardless of their ability to read music or their technical background.
Music is traditionally understood as an art form that engages our hearing and shapes our emotions. Yet music also invites us to “see” with our imagination, conjuring images, scenes, and colours that deepen our connection to sound. Throughout history, composers have used melody, rhythm, harmony, and instrumentation to paint vivid pictures in the listener’s mind—from flowers and rain-soaked gardens to the buzzing of insects. This lecture will present examples from different centuries and countries to illustrate how classical composers created these visual effects through music.
The lecture will conclude with unusual musical scores that depart from standard treble and bass clefs, revealing the diverse styles of notation from the Renaissance to the late twentieth century. By simply looking at these scores, one can often sense whether the music expresses love or laments the ravages of war.
CFUW-Oakville announces Scholarship Winners: $28,500 for 2026
CFUW-Oakville announces the successful recipients of the University Women’s Club of Oakville Scholarship Fund awards and scholarships for 2026. CFUW-Oakville is pleased to announce scholarships of $28,500 in total to help local students with their educational journey. These young women were selected from the city’s publicly funded high schools, based on high academic achievement, outstanding community service and demonstrated leadership.
We thank the CFUW members and their families and friends who have donated to the scholarship fund. We especially thank the family members of Lilian Fulford, Richard Garnett and Miriam White who sponsor named scholarships in memory of a loved one; and Melissa Vassallo Idiens who sponsors the Access Scholarship. The Mildred Allworth and Jean Malcolm Smith scholarships, named after previous CFUW members, are funded by CFUW Oakville member donations.
SCHOLARSHIPS
ACCESS SCHOLARSHIP
Elva Yang – Iroquois Ridge High School
CFUW ARTS SCHOLARSHIP
Scarlett Coulter – Garth Webb Secondary School
CFUW OAKVILLE ACADEMIC AND SERVICE SCHOLARSHIPS
Anna D’Cuhna – Abbey Park High School
Susana Maria Junco Arciniegas – St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School
Olivia Zimmermann – St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School
NAMED SCHOLARSHIPS
JEAN MALCOLM SMITH SCHOLARSHIP
Ellis Kim – Iroquois Ridge High School
LILIAN FULFORD SCHOLARSHIP
Nabira Rashid – White Oaks Secondary School
MILDRED ALLWORTH SCHOLARSHIP
Meghan Calicchia – Holy Trinity Secondary School
MIRIAM WHITE SCHOLARSHIP
Jessica Wang – White Oaks Secondary School
RICHARD GARNETT ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIPS
Qinyao Wu – Garth Webb Secondary School
Grace Shen – Oakville Trafalgar High School
Introducing our Scholarship Winners From Left to Right:
Susana Maria Junco Arciniegas, Meghan Calicchia, Scarlett Coulter, Anna D’Cuhna, Ellis Kim, Elva Yang, Qinyao Wu
Not Shown: Nabira Rashid, Jessica Wang, Grace Shen, Olivia Zimmermann
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A special Advocacy Speaker Event May 11, 7p.m.
“Piercing the Deafening Silence: How Storytelling Advocacy Combats Silencing Women”
Featuring J. Nadia Headley
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May 11, 2026, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm via Zoom
Register Here
J. Nadia Headley is Executive Director of Women’s Centre Halton. Nadia holds a Master’s in Global Development and Social Justice. As a nonprofit leader and consultant, she has over 20 years of experience leading organizations serving women, children and communities. Nadia will share with us how to unlock the power of our collective voices to stop the silence.
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CFUW Oakville Spring Dinner
On May 4, 2026 Anthony Bastianon, Musician, Composer, Educator will be our Guest Speaker for the evening, his presentation is “Secrets of the Music Industry”.
Anthony Bastianon’s work as a music director, conductor, pianist, composer, arranger, teacher and producer has been entertaining audiences and inspiring young artists for over 30 years. His versatility has brought him opportunities to share the stage with singers such as The Tenors, Dan Hill, Steven Page, Josh Groban, Il Volo; music theatre icons such as Andrea Martin and Sarah Brightman; and countless superb local and international musicians. Anthony has been the music director of over 200 theatre productions, currently acts as a music director for Disney Cruise Lines, and is celebrating his 10th season as choir director of Voices Rock Canada.
Oakville Conference and Banquet Centre
2515 Wyecroft Rd., Oakville, ON L6L 6P8
Doors open 6pm. Seating 6:50pm
Cost: $70.
Bar accepts only cards (credit/debit etc.)
Members should RSVP to Katherine Beaudry before April 25
Look for contact and payment details in the email invitation to members
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We welcome Detective Constable Derek Gray presenting “Frauds and Scams 101” at our April 20 monthly meeting.
D.C. Gray Graduated in 1996 from University of Guelph earning a B.Comm. and started his career in the hospitality industry. He took the step into policing with Halton Regional Police Service in 2008, and worked from 2016 to 2022 in Criminal Investigations in the Burlington Elder Abuse and Financial Crime Unit.
He then advanced to the Regional Investigations Financial Crimes Unit in a Fraud Intake role between 2023 to 2025 and as of January 2026 in Major Fraud investigations. A local Halton Region resident with a wife and 2 adult children, he enjoys spending his time off at the gym, gardening and travelling.
This promises to be an interesting and informative talk, with D.C. Gray inviting questions from our members.
The meeting starts at 6:45 or 7:00 pm
Trafalgar Park Community Centre
Pine Room
133 Rebecca St
Stephen Ilott is our March 16 speaker with “Decluttering for Seniors”. For over twenty years and 3000+ homes worked on, his passion for organizing, downsizing clients and decluttering still interests audiences eager to have an ally who will motivate, downsize and reinvent their lives….
He has carved a unique niche in the diverse field of Professional Home Organizing and balances his life with writing non-fiction and fiction He lives in Oakville, Ontario, his home base.
Stephen’s book, “The Domestic Archaeologist: Confessions of a Professional Home Declutterer,” was published by Iguana Books, for details visit iguanabooks.ca/the-domestic-archaeologist
Learn more about decluttering at decluttering.ca
The March 16 meeting will be held at Trafalgar Park Community Centre, 133 Rebecca St., Oakville at 7p.m.
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On February 23 we welcome Jill Heinerth with “The Science of Cave Diving”
From technical dives deep inside underwater caves to being the first person to swim inside Antarctic icebergs, Jill Heinerth, a Fellow of the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame, collaborates with climatologists, archaeologists, biologists, and engineers worldwide.
Jill has made TV programs for the CBC, BBC and National Geographic, and has produced independent films. Her books “Into The Planet” and “The Aquanaut” were lauded by diverse voices from Oprah to the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Dolly Parton. A new documentary “Diving Into The Darkness”, celebrates her life as an explorer.
A sport once tagged as the domain of adrenaline junkies, cave divers have become an important asset to scientists exploring global climate change, archaeology, water issues and unique biology. Jill Heinerth will share stories from expeditions to faraway caves around the world from Egypt to Antarctica and Bermuda to the Bahamas. She will offer a fast-paced multimedia show about tiny venomous creatures and ancient lofty stalagmites that tell the story of earth before man.
Learn more: intotheplanet.com/about
Documentary: DivingIntoTheDarkness.com
This is a Zoom event. Members will receive the link via 