International Women's Day in Winnipeg

The Honourable Jennifer Howard, minister responsible for the Status of Women spoke with representatives of a variety of women's agencies and organizations with displays at the Manitoba Legislative building honouring International Women's Day.
(Taken from govt. website)


There were more than 500 mostly women and men at the Legislature yesterday to celebrate International Women's Day and to have a free lunch on the government. The sandwiches, made by University of Winnipeg Diversity Catering Group were individually packaged in recyclable containers.  They were delicious.  It was nice to see the catering people picking up these containers afterwards as the leg does not have recycling bins. They were taking these containers back to the University to be recycled.
  According to one of the organizers, they catered for 500 participants and actually ran out of food. That is a good sign, more people are becoming engaged in women's issues.

I did not hear the speeches but people who heard them said they were informative especially June Menzies living history talk that took them down memory lane.  Perspective is always good. Good job.