Federated Women's
Institutes of Canada
The Federated Women's Institutes of Canada, hereafter "WI Canada", is a registered non-profit organization. We are a community-based organization, compromised of representatives from every province with an active Women's Institute branch.
The WI Canada Board of Directors consists of elected representatives from across the country. Executive committees are charges of the WI Canada Board and consist of at least one representative and members at large.
WI Canada also manages working groups for special projects such as centennial celebrations, heart health, rural childcare, Into the North Food Summit, advocacy at a federal and international level, as well as the running of the Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead, a national historic site in St. George, Ontario.
Board members serve a three-year term which starts at the Triennial Convention and Meeting.

Our mission: a national network for women and families to promote leadership and personal development opportunities through education and fellowship.
Judy Page-Jones (QB)
Chair, Outreach & Development
Mary Shortt (ON)
Communications & Public Relations
Elizabeth Young (NL)
Outreach & Development
2021 Triennial Meeting (Ad Hoc)
VACANT
Executive Director
2018-2021 Board Members
Joan Holthe (BC), President
Chair, Executive Committee
Margaret Byl (ON), President-Elect
Executive Committee
Chair, Community, Culture & Heritage
Linda Mason (AB), Treasurer
Executive Committee
Outreach & Development
Jill Copes (BC)
Executive Committee
Chair, Advocacy
Lynn MacLean (NS)
Executive Committee
Advocacy
Karen Gerwing (SK)
Communications & Public Relations
Justina Hopp (MB)
Community, Culture & Heritage
Miriam Lank (PEI)
Community, Culture & Heritage
Angela Scott (NB)
Chair, Communications & Public Relations

Dates to Remember
FWIC Annual Board Meeting & Annual General Meeting
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late summer/early fall each year
Executive meetings
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at the call of the Chair
Committee meetings
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organized by Committee Chairs
Triennial Convention
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June 2021 hosted by Newfoundland and Labrador Women's Institutes